Gobbledygeek episode 465, “FCF: Six-Gun Gorilla,” is available for listening or download right here, on Spotify, and on Apple Podcasts.
Sometimes a gorilla is just a gorilla. Sometimes, though, that gorilla–righteously bearing arms though he may be–is a gateway to a story about the power and fluidity of narrative. For this month’s Four-Color Flashback, Paul and Arlo go ape for Si Spurrier and Jeff Stokely’s Six-Gun Gorilla, a sci-fi Western published by BOOM! Studios in 2013. The boys discuss Stokely’s glorious, hyper-exaggerated art; how the book’s entertainment conglomerate dystopia feels like a logical extension of our present; the way Spurrier weaves various pulp genres throughout his story; and more. Plus, Paul got sick in Gatlinburg again and Arlo admits he was wrong about Dune.
NEXT: Gobbledygeek will return.
BREAKDOWN
- 00:00:55 – Intro / Banter
- 00:21:30 – Six-Gun Gorilla
- 01:25:50 – Outro / Next
LINKS
- “Six-Gun Gorilla: The Complete (Original) Saga”
- “Spurrier Aims for Future Western Weirdness With ‘Six-Gun Gorilla’” by Ryan Ingram, CBR
- “Simon Spurrier & Jeff Stokely’s ‘Six-Gun Gorilla’ Is Insane” by Andy Khouri, Comics Alliance
- “SIX-GUN GORILLA: The Awesome Starts Here” by Simon Spurrier
- “Read the lost adventures of Six-Gun Gorilla, the greatest cowboy gorilla in fiction” by Cyriaque Lamar, Gizmodo
MUSIC
- “Clint Eastwood” by Gorillaz, Gorillaz (2001)
- “Wayfaring Stranger” by Johnny Cash, American III: Solitary Man (2000)
GOBBLEDYCARES
- National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/
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- The Trevor Project provides information and support to LGBTQ youth: thetrevorproject.org
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- National Center for Transgender Equality: transequality.org
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