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Edited by Mrph1 on Aug 26th 2024 at 10:24:26 AM
I was looking through a comic book price guide one time, and came across a comic from the '50s that awkwardly fused two popular genres of the time. The result was "Space Western". Someone must have been thinking, "Hey, we'll sell twice as many comics this way!"
I'm picturing horses with space helmets and oxygen masks.
I put my friend in a coconut! He lives in my hat! Hey, come hang out!There's also something to be said for genre crossovers in those days when science fiction, cosmic horror, and fantasy were regularly thrown in a blender topped off with a good helping of purple prose. For instance, Northwest Smith was a character in the thirties that could have been Han Solo's ancestor having smuggling and trading between planets derailed after encountering an Eldritch Abomination of the week. Even better as there's a story where a wizard summons up the author's Action Girl protagonist from her own fantasy series and they go on an adventure.
Hay Ike. Did you find that list you were looking for?
I put my friend in a coconut! He lives in my hat! Hey, come hang out!Settings in general are way too attached to specific traits of popular works. Every fantasy is a medieval european setting where everyone is racist, every cyberpunk is a corporate dystopia, and sci-fi is either Star Trek or Doctor Who.
Some bloody variety maybe?
Oh and here is something silly I made in ponymaker
◊ Just thought I might as well share.
Maybe? I don't know.
Blind Final Fantasy 6 Let's Play@Syd: Space Western is actually a legit genre now. There have been some pretty popular and well regarded shows of that type. Cowboy Bebop and Firefly come to mind.
Reaction Image RepositoryIt worked for Firefly.
Blind Final Fantasy 6 Let's Play^^^ I'm going to assume you only neglected to mention Trigun there because it should go without saying.
edited 9th Dec '13 2:52:17 PM by Wryte
ah, the Silver Age. when Batman was blue, super-intelligent gorillas were the most normal villain you could find, and anything was possible.
Trigun hits closer to the western side of Space Western, as there's no interplanetary travel and plays a lot of western tropes with futuristic weapons. Aside from a few mentions of past history, the 3 suns, and the fact that it's not on Earth, you'd hardly notice.
Battle Beyond the Stars is another great example, though it's more like the Seven Samurai In Space though both genre conventions are done rather well.
edited 9th Dec '13 3:07:23 PM by darkabomination
Edited because no one gives as hit.
edited 10th Dec '13 1:13:04 AM by Sydxelia
I put my friend in a coconut! He lives in my hat! Hey, come hang out!@Luminosity, Starscream:
stuff like that is why i loved Batman: The Brave and the Bold. just one huge animated love letter to the Silver Age and all its goofiness.
edited 9th Dec '13 3:03:24 PM by crimsonstorm15
All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not.Syd- yeah, we found it. Thank goodness for that.
And yeah, silver age stuff was awesome. If I ever get to run a superhero campaign it's definitely gonna have some silver age influence. Maybe I'll even bring back the dragon versus T Rex fight idea I had...
http://h0useb0und.tumblr.com/@ Ike: Good. Glad to hear it.
@ Star: Wut.
edited 9th Dec '13 3:07:02 PM by Sydxelia
I put my friend in a coconut! He lives in my hat! Hey, come hang out!@Luminous Ah come on, current Batman's not that bad. If it weren't for him then we wouldn't have the Animated Series but then again maybe I'm used to Batman being all dark and gritty. Surprisingly I have never watched an entire episode of Batman Brave and the Bold outside of one clip that is.
@Syd (Sighs) Yes Syd, it happened....
edited 9th Dec '13 3:08:14 PM by Starscream759
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