Hap and leonard creator needed to burn bridges to make. His work has appeared in national anthologies, magazines, and collections, as well as numerous foreign publications. Lansdales first published work was a short story collection entitled stories by mama lansdales youngest boy. Lansdales the drivein 2 comic online free and high quality. Joe is arguably most famous for his bram stoker awardnominated novella, bubbahotep, which was later adapted to film. Lansdale lives in nacogdoches, texas, with his wife, karen, writer and editor. When i read the drive in back then, i called joe r. Joe r lansdale is a prolific genre fiction writer, who has published hundreds of novels, novellas, novelettes, short stories, chapbooks, comic books, graphic novels, and collections. Lansdale, sequential adaptation by chris golden, artwork by andres guinaldo, and covers by jacen burrows. Drive in movie culture is mostly dead with one significant exception. He has received the edgar award and eight bram stoker awards, and several of his books have been adapted into films. Available for the first time in a signed limited hardcover, joe r. Lansdale is the author of nearly four dozen novels, including rusty puppy, the edgaraward winning the bottoms, sunset and sawdust, and leather maiden. When a group of friends decided to spend a day at th.
Lansdale is the author of fifty novels and more than three hundred short stories. Lansdale is the author of crime novels that up the ante for violence and cruelty, horror novels and stories that mine the blackest vein of humor and perversity, westerns turned inside out as well as awardwinning mainstream fiction. He has received nine bram stoker awards, the american mystery award, the british fantasy. Hap and leonard creator needed to burn bridges to make it. Lansdale, 2009 fadein prologue im writing now about the time before things got weird and there was high school to kiss off, college to plan, girls, parties and the allnight horror show come friday night at the orbit drivein off i45, the largest drivein in texas. Lansdales books in order of when they were originally published. Apr 22, 2010 the drive in 1988 and the drive in 2 1989 by joe r. He has written novels and stories in various genres, including western, horror, science fiction, mystery, and suspense. He attended tyler junior college, the university of texas at austin, and stephen f. This one was commissioned for a book titled mothers and sons, edited by jill morgan. A bmovie with blood and popcorn, made in texas the drive in 2.
Lansdales the drivein is a four issue miniseries beginning in october 2003 from avatar press. Written in the golden era, this story is an homage to classic cult horror movies. Lansdale is going to go with his next piece of fiction. Lansdale is celebrated across several continents for his dark humor, his grimly gleeful horror, and his outlaw politics. Lansdale includes all three novels in the drive in series. Bob, randy, willard the biker whod saved randys skin in a redneck pool hall and jack attend the allnight horror feature at the orbit. Having written for some of the biggest names in comicbook publishing, such as dc comics, hes created a name for himself that is well established within the industry. So when brian keene says that the drivein by joe lansdale is one of the best horror stories ever written, you go and read it.
The drivein the drivein 2 the drivein 3 paperback or softback lansdale, joe r. Buy the drivein limited, signed by lansdale, joe r. Lansdale grew up poor in east texas and worked as a janitor and in a potato field before finding success as a writer. Soon after the movies start, however, a comet descends, shrouding the drivein in a.
The drive in the drive in 2 the drive in 3 paperback or softback lansdale, joe r. Find 25 photos of the 162 country club dr home on zillow. This is a limited edition and each copy is signed by joe r. The first limited edition hardcover of all three drive in novels, with an introduction by famed horror film director don coscarelli and stunning illustrations by david ho. We were in the first house i remember, and below us was a honkytonk, and beyond that, across the highway, a drivein theater.
Joe richard lansdale born october 28, 1951 is an american writer and martial arts instructor. Drivein movie culture is mostly dead with one significant exception. Lansdale is well known and well regarded for his unique brand of comicbook fantasy and horror. Now i look back at what he has accomplished over the years. Lansdale grew up in east texas, the son of a mechanic. Lansdales three driveins, with the magnificent introduction by film director don coscarelli and all new artwork. The result is a tightly compressed novella that is at once harrowing, hilarious, and utterly impossible to. View more property details, sales history and zestimate data on zillow.
The first limited edition hardcover of all three drivein novels, with an introduction by famed horror film director don coscarelli and stunning illustrations by david ho. Honky tonk samurai is the latest book in his mystery series. Lansdale is the author of over thirty novels and numerous short stories. Lansdale born april 1943 is the author of over thirty novels and numerous short stories. Lansdales thrilling, bleak books about a fridaynight horrormovie marathon that turns into the real thing. Lansdale includes all three novels in the drivein series. It wont be as sweet, but come back next thursday for another bit of writing by champion mojo storyteller joe r. Lansdale all three classic novels collected in one paperback. Joe lansdales epic of insanity finally comes to comics, 10 years in the making. Lansdale has also had a varied career, having worked as a bouncer, a bodyguard, a transportation manager, a custodian, and a karate instructor before becoming a fulltime writer in 1981. When a group of friends decided to spend a day at the worlds largest drivein theater horror fest, they expected to see tons of bloody murders, rampaging madmen, and mayhem, but only on the.
The original novel has a huge cult following as it personifies the best in lansdales writing, and this comic adaptation is true to the original, its undiluted, unaltered lasdale at. Lansdale s the drive in is a four issue miniseries beginning in october 2003 from avatar press. Collected here is the complete four issue series with bonus material including a new interview with lansdale himself about the writing of the drivein. Once again, the embattled but resilient duo find themselves enmeshed in a web of danger, duplicity, and escalating mayhem. First, there has been a lot of interest in the drivein, but, alas, it hasnt actually come to fruition. A bmovie with blood and popcorn, made in texas nel, 1989 among lansdales finest shorts is by bizarre hands and this sure reads like it was written by one of them. Lansdales drivein is harsh and merciless, and the only heroes are the people with enough luck to avoid compromising themselves completely. This edit will also create new pages on comic vine for. Blood, guts, horror, sarcasm and dark humor in joes unbeatable laconic texas drawl.
Soon after the movies start, however, a comet descends, shrouding the drive in in a lethal darkness and trapping thousands of people. I was telling people he was one of the best writers alive. Lansdale is the author of more than forty novels and numerous short stories covering a broad spectrum of genres and appearing in a variety of media, including television, film, newspapers and comic books. In the drive in by joe lansdale, a group of teenagers excitedly pulls into the orbit, a giant multiscreen drive in with multiple horror features on six giant screens. He has written for comics, television, film, newspapers, and internet sites.