AstroEric Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 Do any of you fellow manly men enjoy watching westerns, specifically spaghetti westerns (also known as Italian-Westerns, Euro Westerns...you know...The Good the Bad and the Ugly, Sergio Leone, and all the B-Stuff that followed...)? The section of westerns in my DVD collection is by far larger than any other category and I'm always on the lookout for any new stuff or good films I haven't seen -- From the silent Great Train Robbery to John Ford to Johnny Depp in Dead Man, I like 'em all. But lately I've been on this big spaghetti kick and I'm looking for more in the genre. Anybody have any suggestions? One of the reasons I'm interested is because one of my New Year's resolutions involves keeping up a steady drawing regimen, and I've decided to do a spaghetti western web comic. You can see my preparatory doodles on this blog. Which leads me to my second question...do any of you Arizona/New Mexico folks have hi-res pictures of the desert I could use for reference? --Eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UncleMo Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 OT, but whoever does the inking has the UncleMo seal of approval. And this: http://www.ericnewsom.com/spaghetti/djangofashion2.png reminds me of of Erik Larsen's characters he makes up. That face with the beady eyes reminds me of his style. edit: beady eyes here too: http://www.johnnyraygun.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HardcoreLegend Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly has certainly been tops for me for a long time. I've also always said that Yule Brenner was the prettiest cowboy in the world in The Magnificent Seven. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brutushayesosu Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 A few more that I enjoyed: Once Upon a Time in the West Fistful of Dollars For a Few Dollars More High Plains Drifter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstroEric Posted February 16, 2007 Author Share Posted February 16, 2007 Those are all good. Leone's last western has yet to be released on DVD in the States. It's called Fistful of Dynamite / Duck You Sucker / Once Upon a Time in the Revolution, and it's pretty awesome. James Coburn as an Irish IRA expatriot helping the Mexican Rod Steiger (basically playing Wallach's Tuco) in the Mexican Revolution. Great stuff. Hopefully it will be out this fall. Mo: Thanks for the compliments! All art you see has been done by me...except for the fonts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstroEric Posted February 18, 2007 Author Share Posted February 18, 2007 Here's a doodle I made up for all of you GB&U fans: See? I can draw and color...I just can't make these damned cyberfaces! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xiberger Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 Eric, have you ever heard of Bud Spencer and Terrence Hill? Now that's what I call Italian/Euro Western! :-) btw, nice drawing! You're really talented. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstroEric Posted February 18, 2007 Author Share Posted February 18, 2007 Here's an old doodle for XiBerger! AstroEric is Still My Name! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medric822 Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 The closest thing to a spaghetti westers is The Godfather. Naw, I'm not a western person, too corny for my taste. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstroEric Posted February 18, 2007 Author Share Posted February 18, 2007 If you like the Godfather though, you should check out the gangster film by the master of spaghetti westerns, Sergio Leone: Once Upon a Time in America. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
konjo Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 Some of my favorites: Once Upon a Time in The West The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly The Wild Bunch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xiberger Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 Here's an old doodle for XiBerger! AstroEric is Still My Name! Fantastic! I've always loved these guys... Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
golfguy10 Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 It's not a spaghetti western and has Kevin Costner in it - Open Range - pretty good movie. I may have been more partial to the High Def so reader beware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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