Redrawing the Western

Redrawing the Western, Volume 1, provides a comprehensive history of American Western genre comics from the late 1800s through the 1970s. This work of literary criticism examines how these stories interacted with political and popular culture, beginning with the nineteenth-century illustrated press. William Grady analyzes the evolution of cowboy adventures through the interwar and Cold War eras, eventually addressing the genre revisions that followed the Vietnam War.

This study of comics and graphic novels explores themes of vengeance and justice on the contested frontier. Redrawing the Western, Volume 1, demonstrates how these narratives reflected the social and political milieu of the United States. By analyzing the history and forms of the medium, the author positions comics as a vital component of the Western genre alongside film and popular fiction.