Far West | |
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Publication information | |
Publisher | Antarctic Press |
Schedule | monthly |
Format | standard |
Genre | Fantasy Western |
Publication date | Nov. 1998 –May 1999 Feb. 2000–Apr. 2000 2008 |
No. of issues | (1998–1999) 4 (2000) 2 (2008) 1 |
Main character(s) | Ra'Meghan Val'Norium (Meg) Phil |
Creative team | |
Created by | Richard Moore |
Collected editions | |
Far West | ISBN 978-1561632978 |
Far West Pocket Manga Vol. 1 | ISBN 978-0980125542 |
Far West is a comic book limited series created by Richard Moore and published by Antarctic Press. The setting is an industrial age Western-style secondary world full of creatures such as elves, dwarfs, centaurs and other fantasy creatures.
Meg, a half-elf gunslinger and her partner Phil, a talking grizzly bear. [1] As bounty hunters, they are hired to capture an outlaw who uses a fire-breathing dragon to rob trains. They later come into conflict with a gang of ogres led by the notorious Moonshine Kid. [2] In their latest adventure, they pursue a fugitive into the haunted Badlands and have to fight against an evil spirit called Kodiki who can transform himself into the physical manifestations of their worst fears. [3]
The Far West storyline consisted of four issues published in Nov. 1998 – May 1999; a second volume consisting of two issues, published in Feb.–Apr. 2000; and a full-color one-shot published in 2008.