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Unusual images of the Western: Gene Autry comic no. 4; Western Fighters vol.3 no.4; Midnight Cowboy poster; The Good, the Bad and the Ugly<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\"audio\"<\/a> In a pair of Q&As recorded at the Electric Sheep Film Club, in the Prince Charles Cinema in London, Alex Fitch talks to BFI programmer Emma Smart about gay themes in Westerns after a screening of Midnight Cowboy<\/I> and to Ian Rakoff about the crossover between Western-themed comics and movies before a screening of For a few Dollars More<\/I>.<\/p>\n

Ian Rakoff will talk about ‘Magical realism and social realism in comics’ at the Victoria and Albert Museum on 21 July 2010.\n<\/div>\n

Listen to Alex Fitch’s first interview with Ian Rakoff<\/A>, about writing for The Prisoner<\/I> and his experiences in the world of film.<\/p>\n

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Alex Fitch talks to BFI programmer Emma Smart about gay themes in Westerns after a screening of Midnight Cowboy<\/I> and to Ian Rakoff about the crossover between Western-themed comics and movies before a screening of For a few Dollars 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