Lansdale’s The Drive-In Opens at Avatar

Avatar Press is pleased to announce that it will publish Joe R. Lansdale’s THE DRIVE-IN, a new comic book mini-series featuring the collaboration of Lansdale (JONAH HEX, DEAD FOLKS), Chris Golden (BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER), and Andres Guinaldo. A twisted mixture of terror and dark humor the likes of which only Lansdale can brew up, Joe R. Lansdale’s THE DRIVE-IN is a four-issue mini-series from Avatar Press with covers by Jacen Burrows (WARREN ELLIS’ SCARS, ALAN MOORE’S THE COURTYARD).

“No one in the world writes like Joe Lansdale. Nobody,” says his collaborator on this project Chris Golden, “From the beginning of his career his voice has been fascinatingly unique. And he’s more than a little weird. He’d have to be, to come up with a concept as nasty and funny and twisted as THE DRIVE-IN.

“I’m very excited about this comic book adaptation, both script and art,” adds THE DRIVE-IN creator Joe R. Lansdale. “A great combo of talent for what is one of my more unique works. One that over the years has acquired a strong cult following. I’m grateful for that, and I hope the comic edition will further interest readers in the original, and that this version will be received with the same enthusiasm.”

“If you’ve ever read any Lansdale, or really even read any reviews of his work, it’s easy to understand why he has such an affinity for comics,” notes Avatar Press editor in chief William Christensen. “People talk about his outrageous ear for dialog, his skill with pacing, an imagination that can be both scary and darkly funny, and that modern sort of Texas pulp voice. But really, the man was simply born to tell these certain kinds of stories, and as it turns out the comics medium is one very good way to help him do that. It’s kind of like if Stephen King and Alan Moore had grown up in the same family, Joe would’ve been one of the other brothers. The way he’s wired lets him do what he does better than just about anybody. The Drive-In is a prime example of the Lansdale mojo at work.” (continued…)