Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 741.5 EAN: 9781593074487 ISBN: 1593074484 Label: Dark Horse Manufacturer: Dark Horse Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 104 Publication Date: January 25, 2006 Publisher: Dark Horse Sales Rank: 841538 Studio: Dark Horse
Product DescriptionPenned with deranged glee by Powell and illustrated by fan-favorite horror artist Kyle Hotz (The Agency and The Hood), Billy The Kid's Old Timey Oddities starts with Billy the Kid free to roam America, having faked his own death. Free, that is, until Fineas Spoule, a.k.a. The Human Spider, discovers his secret. Now, afraid of being exposed, Billy finds himself in the service of a caravan of carnival sideshow performers who have unfinished business with a mad scientist none other than Victor Frankenstein himself! This twisted lovechild of spaghetti westerns and Hammer horror flicks combines Powell's humorous fast-paced storytelling and Hotz's quirky macabre visuals for a story that the whole family will love... if they're they kind of family that love alligator men and miniature boys fighting monstrous mistakes of science with the help of the fastest gunslinger in the West!
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Rating: - This book is fun like League of Extraordinary Gentlmen and Dark Tower Series
This story is a Western with a sprinkling of horror:
The story starts with Billy the Kid travelling after he has faked his own death. He expects that he will get away scott-free without people recognizing him, and trying to turn in him into the police. However, someone does recognize him and threatens to expose him. He is brought before a group of sideshow freaks that are planning a treasure hunt expedition to Dr. Frankenstein's castle. Billy the Kid reluctantly excepts a place ... Read More
Rating: - Disappointing
When I first clapped eyes on the beautiful (supposed) cover by Eric Powell, I was sold. I'm a big fan of Westerns and of Powell's artwork and sense of humor, so this seemed like an easy sell.
The first bit of disappointment hit when I received the book. The cover was not the Powell cover that Amazon shows. Instead it was done by a different artist. This development lead quickly to more disappointment as I found that all of the art was done by this same guy. Now, he's not a terrible ... Read More
Rating: - H.P. Lovecraft's Wild West
William Henry McCarty, a.k.a. William H. Bonney, a.k.a Billy the Kid, was gunned down by lawman Pat Garrett in 1881. Or was he? Writer Eric Powell posits otherwise, working with the assumption that Garrett unknowingly killed the wrong man and Billy, wanting the law off his back, took the opportunity to change his name and disappear. In Powell's version of events, however, Billy doesn't just vanish into obscurity. Instead, he's recruited by a band of sideshow freaks (or "biological curiosities") to take ... Read More
Rating: - Holy Smokes!
So...Billy the Kid fakes his death and ends up travelling with a freak show trying to track down the golems heart and find Dr. Frankenstein. Freakin' Hilarious!!! The art is great, the story is very amusing and the ending is good. I like how it leaves things open if Powell wants to continue, but it also makes it a complete story so you are not waiting for more. I recommend this highly....If you like The Goon, you will like this.
- This book is fun like League of Extraordinary Gentlmen and Dark Tower Series
- Disappointing
- H.P. Lovecraft's Wild West
- Holy Smokes! 
