''Strangeways'' is a

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/ Western

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created and written by Matt Maxwell. Published in a

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format instead of single issues, it is currently appearing in a serial version at

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. The story is set in the Western United States after the end of the Civil War but before the closing of the frontier. It is an example of

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fiction, combining elements of horror (specially

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) and science fiction within a Western setting.Meeting at the Strangeways

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, October 13, 2005

Publication history

Originally solicited for publication by

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in 2005, ''Strangeways'' was pulled from their schedule by the author when it became clear that Speakeasy's financial troubles would shut the company down before completion of even the first story arc. Recently resolicited by Highway 62 Press, the first ''Strangeways''

, ''Strangeways: Murder Moon'' () was published in 2008.Matt Maxwell on Strangeways: Murder Moon

, April 4, 2008 The second story ''Strangeways: The Thirsty'' was serialized at Blog@

.com and then at Robot6 at

.Strangeways
Robot 6,

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Strangeways
on Matthew Maxwell's site
Strangeways album
on Flickr 2008 comics debuts American graphic novels Werewolf comics Western (genre) comics {{comics-stub

Publication history

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