In honor of our annual Western art issue and Bob Boze Bell’s 20 years illustrating the Old West for True West, we offer a showcase of 20 of his most significant and unique pieces of art that have graced the publication and his illustrated books. As Bob calls it, “20 for 20 in 2020!”
Ranging from his first illustration as owner of the magazine of Tom Custer’s tattooed arm in Marshall Trimble’s first “Ask the Marshall” column in the February 2000 issue to his Virgil Earp cover and i

True West October 2020
In This Issue:
Features
Western Books & Movies
To The Point
More In This Issue
Departments
- Ouray, Colorado
- Western Roundup: October 2020
- The Legendary Colt, the Earp Clan and Matt Dillon’s Lasso
- What History Has Taught Me: Dennis Gallagher
- The Bounty of the Hunt
- Following the Tracks of the Kansas Pacific
- Punch in a Pocket—1848 Baby Dragoon Revolver
- Western Masters Remain Strong
- Studying History is One Thing; Walking History is Another