{"id":247,"date":"2011-01-12T15:17:32","date_gmt":"2011-01-12T15:17:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2011\/01\/12\/a-creepy-magic-infused-western\/"},"modified":"2012-08-17T05:18:33","modified_gmt":"2012-08-17T05:18:33","slug":"a-creepy-magic-infused-western","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2011\/01\/12\/a-creepy-magic-infused-western\/","title":{"rendered":"A creepy, magic-infused Western"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After reading the first issue of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.onipress.com\/series\/sixthgun\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold\"><span style=\"font-style: italic\">The Sixth Gun<\/span><\/span><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfsite.com\/columns\/graphica323.htm\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">I wrote<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<table width=\"90%\" cellspacing=\"1\" cellpadding=\"3\" border=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"genmed\"><b>Quote:<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"quote\">The second series collaboration from the creators of the excellent supernatural noir thriller <span style=\"font-style: italic\">The Damned<\/span> offers a creepy, magic-infused Western complete with terrifying beasts &#8212; living and undead &#8212; gunfights, and the occult. Investigator Drake Sinclair traffics with the dead as he searches for the powerful sixth gun. Unfortunately, others seek the same mysterious device. Bunn&#8217;s pitch perfect script, combined with the unique artistic talents of Hurtt, deliver what promises to be the finest horrific western since the best of the Lansdale-Truman stories.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><span class=\"postbody\"><\/p>\n<p>Today sees the release of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Sixth-Gun-1-TP\/dp\/1934964603\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;amp;ie=UTF8&amp;amp;qid=1294844835&amp;amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold\"><span style=\"font-style: italic\">The Sixth Gun Volume 1: Cold Dead Hands<\/span><\/span><\/a>, which collects the first storyline (fittingly enough six issues). <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/bb\/weblogs\/upload\/16\/18975036794d2dc33b21a1e.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nIf you like your westerns infused with a touch of horror and the weird (and really who doesn&#8217;t?), <span style=\"font-weight: bold\"><span style=\"font-style: italic\">The Sixth Gun Volume 1: Cold Dead Hands<\/span><\/span> is a MUST read.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After reading the first issue of The Sixth Gun, I wrote: Quote: The second series collaboration from the creators of the excellent supernatural noir thriller The Damned offers a creepy, magic-infused Western complete with terrifying beasts &#8212; 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