<P> A number of visual artists focused their work on representations of the American Old West . American West - oriented art is sometimes referred to as "Western Art" by Americans . This relatively new category of art includes paintings, sculptures, and sometimes Native American crafts . Initially, subjects included exploration of the Western states and cowboy themes . Frederic Remington and Charles M. Russell are two artists who captured the "Wild West" on canvas . Some art museums, such as the Buffalo Bill Center of the West in Wyoming and the Autry National Center in Los Angeles, feature American Western Art . </P> <P> The popularity of Westerns extends beyond films, literature, television, and visual art to include numerous other media forms . </P> <P> With anime and manga, the genre tends towards the Science fiction Western (e.g., Cowboy Bebop (1998 anime), Trigun (manga serialized in 1996), and Outlaw Star (manga)), although contemporary Westerns also appear (e.g., El Cazador de la Bruja, a 2007 anime television series set in modern - day Mexico). </P> <P> Western comics have included serious entries (such as the classic comics of the late 1940s and early 1950s), cartoons, and parodies (such as Cocco Bill and Lucky Luke). In the 1990s and 2000s, Western comics leaned toward the Weird West subgenre, usually involving supernatural monsters, or Christian iconography as in Preacher . However, more traditional Western comics are found throughout this period (e.g., Jonah Hex and Loveless). </P>

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