Big Iron
A picture book and record insert for the 1959 song 'Big Iron' by Marty Robbins, re-popularized by the Fallout video game. See the full lyrics here. Inspired by Western films and pulp novels. Completed for my residency at the School of Visual Arts.
-
![Retro cowboy viewing town in distance]()
To the town of Agua Fria...
-
![Cowboy riding into town]()
It was early in the morning...
-
![A view of the cowboy from a window above the main road]()
The stranger there among them...
-
![The cowboy staring at the cantina wanted posters]()
He's here to do some business...
-
![The outlaw Texas Red on a bucking black horse]()
An outlaw by the name of Texas Red...
-
![The outlaw Texas Red surrounded by the grave markers of his challengers]()
Many men had tried to kill him...
-
![The cowboy entering the cantina]()
The stranger started talking...
-
![The cowboy explaining his mission to the townspeople in the cantina]()
He was after Texas Red...
-
![Someone coming to warn Texas Red]()
The story was relayed to Texas Red...
-
![Texas Red relaxing in front of his target practice]()
20 men had tried to kill him...
-
![The standoff begins on opposite sides of the town]()
It was time for them to meet...
-
![The cowboy grimly stares down his opponent]()
Folks were watching from the windows...
-
![Texas Red smirks back at the cowboy]()
Everybody held their breath...
-
![They reach for their guns]()
There was forty feet between them...
-
![But the cowboy wins]()
And the ranger's aim was deadly...
