Popular Last Week: Thrilling Western Rides

April 3rd is Pony Express Day, so why don't we take a wild ride into the past with some old fashioned Westerns with a few twists! Werewolves, magic, and robots; these Westerns are not your ordinary setups. The comics for our Popular Last Week stay true to the classic westerns but make it their own.

Varcolacii (The werewolves), 62 pages - Published by Bad Opera Comics, (cc/ @BadOperaComics)

A bloody western werewolf creature feature from Bad Opera Comics!

Story and Art by Bad Opera Comics

Project: Rove, 21 pages - Published by Base Mint Comics, (cc/ @DinoBonanno)

A foreign world, decimated by harsh environments and authoritative oppression. A barren place of decaying neglect and technological innovation. An ongoing journey with an unknown destination for all involved. Witness the intertwining stories between a multitude of characters to uncover the effects and truths of an underlying conflict in Project: Rove.

Story and Art by Base Mint Comics

Jupiter Invincible, 63 pages - Published by Power of Priya, (cc/ @rattapallax)

JUPITER INVINCIBLE is an augmented reality comic book series about an African-American enslaved person, Jupiter, who is suddenly given the power of immortality. The story takes place on a Southern plantation near Baltimore before the U.S. Civil War. The project is a mixture of pop-culture, history, innovative technology, and dynamic storytelling written by Pulitzer Prize winning poet Yusef Komunyakaa, illustrated by Ashley A. Woods, Syd Fini and Neda Kazemifar and augmented reality by Ram Devineni.

Story and Art by Power of Priya

Lone Wolf, 52 pages - Published by Gravestone Press, (cc/ @gravestonepress)

There have always been monsters who roamed the land preying upon humankind. In the past, brave warriors rose up to battle these horrors and protect their people, but these warriors are long since gone. Imbued with the powers of the Elders, Wolf is now the last protector of Earth. With his grandfather's guidance, he hunts the dark things that lurk in the shadows.

Story and Art by Gravestone Press

Eldritch Kid, 195 pages - Published by Gestalt Comics, (cc/ @Gestalt)

Tales of deep kinship between two outsiders in the face of horror and prejudice. Set in the Weird Wild West, where every myth, monster and magic is real.

Story and Art by Christian D. Read, Michael Maier, Paul Mason, Wolfgang Bylsma

KYKLOS: World's End Rhapsody, 66 pages - Published by t.scaletta, (cc/ @tscaletta)

SUPPORT ME AT ko-fi.com/tscaletta! In the year 2025, the world began to experience the beginning of the end; *Ophelia's Staircase.* Souls disappear from people's bodies, one by one, leaving them a vegetative husk to rot. Two years later, Felipa Corazón is one of the unfortunate bunch of people that still live day by day, waiting for their inevitable end. But by chance, an encounter with an unusual priest and a familiar little girl that clutch beside him unlocks a mystery that only leads to a downwards spiral.

Story and Art by t.scaletta