Beware, you are proposing to add brand new pages to the wiki along with your edits. Rent sixstring samurai 1998 starring jeffrey falcon and justin mcguire on dvd and bluray. Written by liefeld and matt hawkins, it featured art by awesome artists dan fraga and john stinsman. Six string samurai t shirt by steez design by humans. It takes place in a postapocalyptic future frozen in 1957, the year the. A continuation rather than an adaptation, the plot summary from the comic is as follows. Their purpose is to prevent international terrorism.
Buddy holly with a samurai sword, as proficient with the sword as he is with the guitar, he walks the west like toshiro mifune, dispatching cannibals, russian soldiers, and death and his minions, all the while followed by a child sidekick. Our hero is a taciturn buddy holly lookalike traveling with samurai sword and six string guitar as he treks across scenic death valley on his way to americas last outpost of civilization, lost vegas, where he expects to be coronated as the new king, elvis having died without naming a successor. Sixstring samurai 1998 91 minutes directed by lance mungia. Sixstring samurai sound department 1998 spacejacked casting department 1997 known for.
Comic book characters comic character comic books art comic art character design tank girl cosplay tank girl comic cyberpunk jamie hewlett art. The gang of evil bowlers known as the pin pals are not to be confused with homers bowling league team from that. What happens when you mix a 50s rock musical with the road warrior and the wizard of oz and then add dashes of spaghetti western and shaw brothers kungfu for good measure. He was voiced by lex lang and physically portrayed by stephane gauger. In september, 1998, a single six string samurai comic was released from rob liefelds awesome entertainment. In this episode, we plucked six string samurai out of the cult movie bin to talk about the zany nuclear plots of this postapocalypse western. In a postapocalyptic america, samurai guitarist buddy holly journeys to lost vegas to become king. Not exactly ninja or samurai but you might enjoy okko by hub yeah, one of those single name guys published by archaia and the immortal iron fist by ed brubaker i.
Death, also known as top hat was the main antagonist of the 1998 actioncomedy six string samurai. Netflix was in talks to adapt the characters for a series of films in 2018 but the deal collapsed. Six string samurai is a tshirt designed by steez to illustrate your life and is available at design by humans stay safe, stay healthy, were here to help. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing sixstring samurai near you. Mar 20, 2020 8 six string samurai a major staple of the fallout games is the various popculture references they have, though some are more obscure than others. Six string samurai 1998 1 awesome publishing comic books rob. But this seemingly insignificant reference becomes more relevant as sixstring samurai and new vegas share many similarities in. Only one piece of the american frontier remained free, a patch of land known as lost vegas.
In the wake of this disaster, lost vegas became the beacon of freedom, but when the. Hes probably too cool for school to do a comic book movie but if. And in this age of far too many comicbook action movies it has to. Three locations to serve you better phoenix, glendale, and mesa. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies.
The definition of what an independent film should be. The hit tv show turned hit comic book returns in this collection of classic samurai jack stories. Rent six string samurai 1998 starring jeffrey falcon and justin mcguire on dvd and bluray. New vegas, for example, has the new vegas samurai trophy which is a reference to the cult film six string samurai.
The comic book series follows up on season 4 of samurai jack, which tells of an unnamed, timedisplaced feudal japanese samurai prince, who takes the name jack, in his singular quest to find a method of travelling back in time. Six string samurai 1998 official full movie subtitles. The definitive 100 greatest black comic book superheroesvillains. On the other hand, they can take advantage of honor codes and abuse them to. Armed with his sixstring in one hand and his sword in the other, buddy is on his way to vegas to succeed elvis as king. In this alternate universe, in 1957 the russians took the united states by nuclear force. But takeo has set out for the mysterious unnamed island to continue his quest to finally discover the truth about his brother and his family. Hes probably too cool for school to do a comic book movie but if he did that would have to be the one right. This is the first book in the shortlived only seven books in the series western series six gun samurai. Art by lynn naylor, bill wray, mike manley and various. Along the way, he saves an orphan who decides to tag along. Sixstring samurai 1998 jeffrey falcon killcount youtube.
Each wiki entry is the title of a comic book series. Until you earn points all your submissions need to be vetted by other comic vine users. This highcamp, independent fantasy adventure mixes elements of comic books, westerns, postapocalyptic science fiction particularly the road warrior 1981, chopsockey action films, elvis presley musicals, and road pictures into a postmodern stew. Death, also known as top hat was the main antagonist of the 1998 actioncomedy sixstring samurai. Under each title will be the most recent publication dates if known, the status of the book, main characters, minor characters, creative team, and the storyline up to the last issue if you need a quick guideline for creating a new wiki page, please use this handy wikiskeleton. Cover is relatively flat with almost no surface wear. Prophet, glory, youngblood, avengelyne, chapel, brigade, and the comic book adaptation of the 90s independent film six string samurai. Would you watch tank girl by quentin terantino with. We are shipping all orders on time, but please expect possible delays in transit. The post office and other shippers are behind schedule and some shipments. Six string samurai is a tshirt designed by steez to illustrate your life and is available at design by humans. Sixstring samurai 1998 sixstring samurai 1998 user.
Samurais are armored knights andor soldiers in feudal japan. Lead actor jeffrey falcon has been studying martial arts for 20 years and has been in 17 hong kong action films. A cover gallery for the comic book rob liefeld covers rob liefeld, samurai. In 1958 the us was invaded by the soviet union, conquering most of the nation as well as getting most of the world destroyed in a nuclear war. The terrible battle against the treacherous akuma has been won, and the empire is safe once more. Samurais become ronin through circumstances such as a masters death, an individual ones disgrace or the destruction of their clans. This edit will also create new pages on comic vine for. It seems that king elvis, who ruled over the land of vegas for forty years, has finally taken his last curtain call and the throne now stands empty. Ronin can even resort to measures such as banditry andor organized crime. One of my personal favorite gweilos jeff falcon goes on a quest to become the king of rocknroll in a dystopian future where dudes who look like slash try to kill 50srock and want to claim.
Filmed on a budget of about a hundredthousand dollars, six string samurai is a fiercely original rock n roll postapocalyptic kungfu nineteen fifties wizard of oz sort of thing. In a postapocalyptic world where the russians have taken over a nuked usa and elvis is king of lost vegas, sixstring samurai chronicles the tale of buddy, a hero whos a 50s rocker and. Warrior girl fantasy warrior warrior princess samurai girl female samurai cyberpunk character concept character design foto gif. Samurai 8 creator reveals how akira inspired the scifi series.
Jul 15, 20 one of my personal favorite gweilos jeff falcon goes on a quest to become the king of rocknroll in a dystopian future where dudes who look like slash try to kill 50srock and want to claim. In the postapocalyptic world of 1960s nevada, a rock n roll samurai on his way to lost vegas takes a young orphan boy under his protection as death and his metalhead horsemen chase after them. New vegas, for example, has the new vegas samurai trophy which is a reference to the cult film sixstring samurai. In a postapocalyptic world where the russians have taken over a nuked usa and elvis is king of lost vegas, buddy is a 50s rocker and wandering warrior rolled into one, toocool package. As with most mens adventure series, the six gun samurai series was written by several different authors mark roberts, patrick andrews, and william fieldhouse and published under a universal pseudonym patrick lee.
Wellshot but stupid, sixstring samurai is one of the years weirdest films. In the postapocalyptic world of 1960s nevada, a rock n roll. Very fine an excellent copy with outstanding eye appeal. The main character of buddy is a toocoolforwords guitarslinging, swordswinging loner, played very well by jeffrey falcon, an american staple of hong kong action films. The most promising is the hero of six string samurai. Through this desert wasteland wanders the six string samurai, a latterday buddy holly who handles a guitar or a sword with equal skill. Samurai 8 creator reveals how akira inspired the sci. Discussion bug reporting deletecombine pages artist showoff offtopic contests battles fanfic rpg comic book. The gang of evil bowlers known as the pin pals are not to be confused with homers bowling league team from that classic episode of the simpsons.
Lance mungias sixstring samurai filmmaker magazine summer. Six string samurai is a 1998 postapocalyptic actioncomedy film directed by. Warrior jeffrey falcon encounters death stephane gauger and other formidable foes. Rent sixstring samurai 1998 on dvd and bluray netflix. A description of tropes appearing in six string samurai. The samurai jack comics was a monthly american comic book series chronicling the travels of samurai jack, the protagonist of the eponymous series on cartoon network. Sixstring samurai 1 awesome entertainment comic book realm. Sixstring samurai is a 1998 american postapocalyptic action comedy film directed by lance mungia and starring jeffrey falcon and justin mcguire. Not exactly ninja or samurai but you might enjoy okko by hub yeah, one of those single name guys published by archaia and the immortal iron fist by ed brubaker i can only speak for the first 3 volumes though. Awesome comics or awesome entertainment also known as awesomehyperwerks when they were briefly joined with hyperwerks entertainment was an american comic book studio formed in 1997 by image comics cofounder rob liefeld. May 8, 2017 six string samurai 1998 1 awesome publishing comic books.
This film can best be described as a postapocalyptic spaghetti western samurai fantasy. You probably have seen children of men, but if you havent, why the heck not. May 19, 2016 in a postapocalyptic world where the russians have taken over a nuked usa and elvis is king of lost vegas, six string samurai chronicles the tale of buddy, a hero whos a 50s rocker and. If qt directed with grindhouse camp and gore, homages to six string samurai and mad max, mr as the hot lead. Lance mungias highconcept epic sixstring samurai collapses so many. A lone drifter bringing order to a postnuclear las vegas overrun by raiders with. As with most mens adventure series, the six gun samurai series was written by several different authors mark roberts, patrick andrews, and william fieldhouse and published under a.
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