Weird Westerns

Suggested by: Greg Cox

Panel Description: In books, comics, games, movies, and TV, mixing old-fashioned westerns with science fiction, fantasy, and horror (and often a touch of steampunk) has never been more popular. What is it about the Old West that lends itself to such cross-genre mashups, and why it is that modern audiences seem to prefer their westerns to feature zombies or dinosaurs these days?

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