The drivein the drivein 2 the drivein 3 paperback or softback lansdale, joe r. When i read the drive in back then, i called joe r. He has received the edgar award and eight bram stoker awards, and several of his books have been adapted into films. Lansdale is the author of over thirty novels and numerous short stories. Now i look back at what he has accomplished over the years. Buy the drivein limited, signed by lansdale, joe r. Lansdale includes all three novels in the drive in series. 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. View more property details, sales history and zestimate data on zillow. This one was commissioned for a book titled mothers and sons, edited by jill morgan. 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.
And the drive in and the drive in 2 are a bewilderingly weird combination. Bob, randy, willard the biker whod saved randys skin in a redneck pool hall and jack attend the allnight horror feature at the orbit. A bmovie with blood and popcorn, made in texas the drive in 2. This is a limited edition and each copy is signed by joe r. This edit will also create new pages on comic vine for. Find 25 photos of the 162 country club dr home on zillow. Lansdales thrilling, bleak books about a fridaynight horrormovie marathon that turns into the real thing. Available for the first time in a signed limited hardcover, joe r. Lansdales drivein is harsh and merciless, and the only heroes are the people with enough luck to avoid compromising themselves completely. Lansdales the drivein 2 comic online free and high quality. Lansdale includes all three novels in the drivein series.
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. Lansdales books in order of when they were originally published. He has written for comics, television, film, newspapers, and internet sites. A bmovie with blood and popcorn, made in texas the drivein 2. 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. 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. First, there has been a lot of interest in the drivein, but, alas, it hasnt actually come to fruition. Don really got bubba and i didnt think it could be a film. Lansdale all three classic novels collected in one paperback. Lansdale, sequential adaptation by chris golden, artwork by andres guinaldo, and covers by jacen burrows. Lansdales three driveins, with the magnificent introduction by film director don coscarelli and all new artwork. 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.
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. Lansdale grew up in east texas, the son of a mechanic. The result is a tightly compressed novella that is at once harrowing, hilarious, and utterly impossible to. Lansdale grew up poor in east texas and worked as a janitor and in a potato field before finding success as a writer. He attended tyler junior college, the university of texas at austin, and stephen f. His work has appeared in national anthologies, magazines, and collections, as well as numerous foreign publications. He has written novels and stories in various genres, including western, horror, science fiction, mystery, and suspense.
Soon after the movies start, however, a comet descends, shrouding the drive in in a lethal darkness and trapping thousands of people. We were in the first house i remember, and below us was a honkytonk, and beyond that, across the highway, a drivein theater. 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. When a group of friends decided to spend a day at th. Soon after the movies start, however, a comet descends, shrouding the drivein in a. Drivein movie culture is mostly dead with one significant exception.
Lansdales the drivein is a four issue miniseries beginning in october 2003 from avatar press. Joe is arguably most famous for his bram stoker awardnominated novella, bubbahotep, which was later adapted to film. It wont be as sweet, but come back next thursday for another bit of writing by champion mojo storyteller joe r. Lansdales first published work was a short story collection entitled stories by mama lansdales youngest boy. Lansdale born april 1943 is the author of over thirty novels and numerous short stories. Written in the golden era, this story is an homage to classic cult horror movies. A b movie with blood and popcorn, made in texas, a group of moviegoers are mysteriously trapped in a drivein theater. Hap and leonard creator needed to burn bridges to make. Hap and leonard creator needed to burn bridges to make it. Once again, the embattled but resilient duo find themselves enmeshed in a web of danger, duplicity, and escalating mayhem. 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. Lansdale is celebrated across several continents for his dark humor, his grimly gleeful horror, and his outlaw politics. 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.
Collected here is the complete four issue series with bonus material including a new interview with lansdale himself about the writing of the drivein. 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. In the drivein by joe lansdale, a group of teenagers excitedly pulls into the orbit, a giant multiscreen drivein with multiple horror features on six giant screens. Lansdale is going to go with his next piece of fiction. Joe lansdales epic of insanity finally comes to comics, 10 years in the making. Honky tonk samurai is the latest book in his mystery series.
The drive in the drive in 2 the drive in 3 paperback or softback lansdale, 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. Apr 22, 2010 the drive in 1988 and the drive in 2 1989 by joe r. He has received nine bram stoker awards, the american mystery award, the british fantasy. Lansdale is the author of nearly four dozen novels, including rusty puppy, the edgaraward winning the bottoms, sunset and sawdust, and leather maiden. Lansdale s the drive in is a four issue miniseries beginning in october 2003 from avatar press. 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. Joe richard lansdale born october 28, 1951 is an american writer and martial arts instructor. Drive in movie culture is mostly dead with one significant exception. Blood, guts, horror, sarcasm and dark humor in joes unbeatable laconic texas drawl. Lansdale lives in nacogdoches, texas, with his wife, karen, writer and editor.