Profile: Joe R. Lansdale

Continuing our run-up to the release of Lansdale and Truman’s Dead Folks, here’s a look at award-winning writer Joe R. Lansdale.

A highly-regarded Mojo storyteller from Texas, Joe R. Lansdale has written hundreds of horror, western, mystery, and suspense stories that have appeared in a variety of mediums including books, film, television, and comics.

Lansdale has been a prolific author since beginning his professional career around 1980. He has written some 26+ Novels and Novel-length series installments, and 200 short stories which have been gathered into 16 collections. Three of his stories have been adapted for film, including the recently-made feature-length Bubba Ho-tep starring Bruce Campbell, and he has also written for both Superman: The Animated Series and Batman: The Animated Series. About 10 comics projects have been written by Lansdale or adapted from his stories… (continued in Lansdale’s bio section)

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