The Exodusters: The Man from Texas

by Nick Jones

'DEATH WAS...SMILING...AS HE WAITED IN THE SHADOWS. HE WAS...ALMOST...AWAKE. AS SLEEP STAMPEDED FROM HIS EYES, HIS HEAD BEGAN TO CLEAR JUST IN TIME TO BE FACED WITH TWO FIGURES, BOTH OF THEM' DURANGO I AND BOTH OF THEM WIELDING...DEATH! HIS HEAD...CLEARED... AS DEATH KISSED HIM 'FULL' ON THE LIPS'. MY COMPANY, W.T.J. FILMS, SPECIALIZES IN WESTERN PROJECTS CONCERNING BLACK AMERICAN MEN WHO HELPED BUILD THE CORNERSTONE OF OUR NATION-THE AMERICAN WEST! INSPIRED BY A TRUE STORY, THE EXODUSTERS, IS THE FICTIONAL ACCOUNT OF WALTER JACKSON (DURANGO), THE FIRST BLACK COWBOY IN GREAT FALLS, MONTANA. TO DATE, NO ONE HAS ADDRESSED THE BLACK AMERICAN MALE, NOR THE NON-AMER- ICAN BLACK MALE AUDIENCE THROUGH WESTERN PROJECTS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR THEM. YET, NOR AT THE EXCLUSION OF OTHERS WHO ENJOY WESTERN NOVELS! AND, MY PROJECTS ARE DESIGNED FOR MIDDLE-AGED AMERICA! THE WORLD IS ACCUSTOMED TO THE 'RUGGEDLY-HANDSOME' WESTERNER ON HORSEBACK, WHO OVERCOMES COUNTLESS OBSTACLES, WHILE RIDING TO THE RESCUE WITH 'GUNS BLAZING'. THE WORLD IS NOT ACCUSTOMED TO THE 'RUGGEDLY-HANDSOME' WESTERNER ON HORSEBACK, WHO OVERCOMES COUNTLESS OBSTACLES, WHILE RIDING TO THE RESCUE WITH 'GUNS BLAZING' BEING A BLACK, MIDDLE-AGED, COLLEGE EDUCATED, CATHOLIC! GET...READY!

128 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2003

About the author

Nick Jones is an author, editor and writer based in Lewes, East Sussex. In 2000, he moved into sci-fi and genre publishing, editing TV and movie tie-in titles (including Star Trek Magazine) and comics/toys collecting magazine Memorabilia, before taking charge of the graphic novels Dept. at Titan Books, where he edited Dan Dare, James Bond, Modesty Blaise, Wallace & Gromit, and DC Comics graphic novels. He is the author of DC Comics Cover Art and Guardians of the Galaxy: The Ultimate Guide; co-author of Marvel Universe: Map by Map, DC Comics Encyclopedia, and The Mysterious World of Doctor Strange. Currently, he is the editor of the DC Heroes & Villains Collection and Star Trek Explorer magazine.

He blogs at Existential Ennui.