Rob Wiethoff auditioned for the role of John Marston by folding laundry while reading his lines. He was not aware … See more

While marketing materials for Red Dead Redemption presented John as a traditional cowboy—isolated and violent, a "white, heteronormative, rugged individual" —his behaviour and ambitions in the narrative are general… See more

John's mother, a prostitute, died during childbirth and his father, who had been blinded in a bar fight, died when John was eight years old. John spent a few years in an orphanage before running away. When John was t… See more

The character of John Marston received critical acclaim. Keith Shaw of Network World described the character as "complicated character". Seth Schiesel, writing for The New York Times, stated that "[John] an… See more

• Humphreys, Sara (2012). "Rejuvenating "Eternal Inequality" on the Digital Frontiers". Western American Literature. 47 (2). University of Nebraska Press: 200–215. doi:10.1353/wal.2012.0048. S2CID 162084363.
• Margini, M… See more