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Where does Mojo storytelling come from? How does a fella learn to spin over-the-top yarns of any sort: horror, suspense, humor, science fiction, Western, what have you? First you got to see the world, like champion Mojo storyteller Joe R. Lansdale, who has lived everywhere from Gladewater, Texas to Mount Enterprise, Texas to Nacogdoches, Texas! "Texas is so wrapped up in myth and legend, it’s hard to know what the state and its people are really about," says Lansdale. "Real Texans, raised on these myths and legends, sometimes become legends themselves. The bottom line is, Texas and its people are pretty much what most people mean when they use the broader term ‘America.’ No state better represents the independent spirit, the can-do attitude of America, better than Texas." The second ingredient to good Mojo storytelling is learning how to take a punch. Or a kick. Or a poke in the eye. And then learning how to avoid them. Lansdale is a student of the martial arts for more than thirty years. He’s a two-time inductee into the International Martial Arts Hall of Fame, one such honor bestowed upon him for his founding of Shen Chuan, Martial Science. He holds belts in Daito Ryu Aikijujutsu, Combat Hapkido, American Combat Kempo, and Aikido, amongst others; in fact, his standard day is six hours at the typewriter, three hours at Lansdale’s Self Defense Systems, the martial-arts studio which he owns and at which he teaches. With more than twenty books to his credit, Lansdale is the champion Mojo storyteller. He’s been called "an immense talent" by Booklist; "a born storyteller" by Robert Bloch; and The New York Times Book Review declares he has "a folklorist’s eye for telling detail and a front-porch raconteur’s sense of pace." He’s won umpty-ump awards, including five Bram Stoker horror awards, a British Fantasy Award, the American Mystery Award, the Horror Critics Award, the "Shot in the Dark" International Crime Writer’s award, the Booklist Editor’s Award, the Critic’s Choice Award, and a New York Times Notable Book award. He’s got the most decorated mantle in all of Nacogdoches! Lansdale lives in Nacogdoches, Texas, with his wife, Karen, writer and editor.
Please note: This is a work in progress. We will continue to update the list as we dig deeper into the vaults! In the meantime, if you have any additions or corrections please e-mail them by clicking here. "Hap Collins and
Leonard Pine" mysteries
Savage Season (1990)
Mucho Mojo (Cemetery Dance
Publications, 1994)
Two-Bear Mambo (1995)
Bad Chili (1997)
Rumble Tumble (1998)
Veil's Visit (includes the
eponymous story, written with Andrew Vachss) (1999) (limited edition)
Captains Outrageous (2001)
Vanilla Ride (2009)
Blue to the Bone
("not due out until some time into the next decade")
The
"Drive-In" series
The Drive-In: A “B” Movie
with Blood and Popcorn, Made in Texas (1988)
The Drive-In 2: Not Just
One of Them Sequels (1989)
The Drive-In: A
Double-Feature (1997, omnibus) compiles the first two
The Drive-In: The Bus Tour
(2005) (limited edition)
The "Ned the
Seal" trilogy
These are all limited
editions published by Subterranean Press
Zeppelins West (2001)
Flaming London (2006)
The Sky Done Ripped
(release date unknown)
Other novels
Act of Love (1980)
Texas Night Riders (1983)
(originally published under the pseudonym Ray Slater)
Dead in the West (1986)
(written in 1980)
Magic Wagon (1986)
The Nightrunners (1987)
(written in 1982 as Night of the Goblins)
Cold in July (1989)
Tarzan: the Lost Adventure
(1995) (with Edgar Rice Burroughs)
The Boar (1998) (initially
a limited edition, later republished)
Freezer Burn (1999)
Waltz of Shadows (1999)
(written in 1991) (limited edition "Lost Lansdale" vol 1)
Something Lumber This Way
Comes (1999) (Children's book) (lim. ed. "Lost Lansdale" vol 2)
The Big Blow (2000)
(limited edition)
Blood Dance (2000)
(written in the early '80's) (limited edition "Lost Lansdale" vol
3)
The Bottoms (2000)
A Fine Dark Line (2002)
Sunset and Sawdust (2004)
Lost Echoes (2007) Leather Maiden (2008)
Pseudonymous novels
Molly's Sexual Follies (as
Brad Simmons) Pseudonymous porn novel written with Brad Foster
Mark Stone: MIA Hunter
series
These are a few novels
Lansdale wrote under the pseudonym "Jack Buchanan". These novels
were probably co-written with Stephen Mertz. Some people erroneously report
that Lansdale is responsible for the entire series, which is definitely not
true.
Hanoi Deathgrip (Stone:
MIA Hunter #3)
Mountain Massacre (Stone:
MIA Hunter #4)
Saigon Slaughter (the
consensus seems to be that this is #7, though some claim #8)
Short stories
Collections
By Bizarre Hands (1989)
Stories by Mama Lansdale's
Youngest Boy (1991) aka Author's Choice Monthly #18
Bestsellers Guaranteed
(1993)
Electric Gumbo: A Lansdale
Reader (1994) (Quality Paperback Book Club exclusive)
Writer of the Purple Rage
(1994)
A Fistfull of Stories (and
Articles) (1996)
The Good, The Bad, and the
Indifferent (1997) (limited edition)
Private Eye Action, As You
Like It (1998) (with Lewis Shiner) (limited edition)
Triple Feature (1999)
(limited edition)
The Long Ones: Nuthin' But
Novellas (2000)
High Cotton (2000)
For a Few Stories More
(2002) (limited edition "Lost Lansdale" vol 4; the
"ultra-limited" edition of this book included a previously
unpublished Young Adult vampire novel called Shadow Time which has not appeared
anywhere else)
A Little Green Book of
Monster Stories (2003) (limited edition)
Bumper Crop (2004)
Mad Dog Summer and Other
Stories (2004) (initially a limited edition, reissued in paperback)
The King: and other
stories (2005) (limited edition)
God of the Razor and Other Stories
(2007)
The Shadows, Kith and Kin
(2007)
Chapbooks
On the Far Side of the
Cadillac Desert With Dead Folks (1991) (limited edition)
The Steel Valentine (1991)
(Pulphouse Hardback Magazine #7)
Steppin' Out, Summer '68
(1992) (limited edition)
God of the Razor (1992) (limited edition)
Tight Little Stitches In A
Dead Man's Back (1992) (limited edition)
My Dead Dog Bobby (1995)
(limited edition)
Bubba Ho-Tep (2003)
(novella) (published standalone as a movie tie-in)
Duck Footed (2005)
(novella) (limited edition)
Uncollected Short
Stories
"Castle of
Shadows" (written with Ardath Mayhar) from Weirdbook #21 (1985)
"Boo Yourself!"
from Whispers VI, ed. Stuart David Schiff (1987) republished in 100 Tiny
Tales of Terror, ed. Martin H. Greenberg
"Dead in the West:
Screenplay" from Screamplays (1997)
"Disaster Club"
from Cemetery Dance #32 (1999)
Comic book-related
writings
Novels and stories with
Batman
Batman: Captured by the
Engines (1991) (novel)
Batman: Terror on the High
Skies (1992) (junior novel) (illustrated by Edward Hannigan & Dick
Giordano)
"Belly Laugh, or The
Joker's Trick or Treat," short story in The Further Adventures of The
Joker, ed. Martin H. Greenberg (1989) reprinted in Adventures of the Batman,
ed. Greenberg (1995)
"Subway Jack,"
short story in The Further Adventures of Batman, ed. Greenberg (1989)
(features Lansdale's character The God of the Razor) reprinted in Tales of
the Batman, ed. Greenberg (1994)
Graphic novels and
comic books
Lone Ranger & Tonto
(1993, 4 issues - Art by Tim Truman and Rick Magyar, also tpb, Topps Comics)
Jonah Hex: Two Gun Mojo
(1993, 5 issues- Art by Tim Truman, also tpb, DC Comics)
Jonah Hex: Riders of the
Worm and Such (1995, 5 issues - Art by Tim Truman, DC)
Blood and Shadows (1996)
(4 issues. Art by Mark A. Nelson - DC/Vertigo)
The Spirit: The New
Adventures #8 (1998) (art by John Lucas, Kitchen Sink Comics)
Red Range (1999) (graphic
novel - Art by Sam Glanzman. Mojo Press)
Jonah Hex: Shadows West
(1999, 3 issues - Art by Tim Truman. DC/Vertigo)
Conan and the Songs of the
Dead (2006) (art by Tim Truman) (5 issues) also tpb (Dark Horse Comics)
Marvel Adventures:
Fantastic Four #32 (January 2008) (art by Ronan Cliquet) Marvel Comics)
Pigeons from Hell (2008
adaptation of the Robert E. Howard short story - Art by Nathan Fox. 4 issue
mini-series ongoing from Dark Horse Comics)[1] [2]
Short stories
Drive-By (1993, adapted
from a story by Andrew Vachss- Art by Gary Gianni); originally published in
Andrew Vachss: Hard Looks #5; reprinted in Andrew Vachss: Hard Looks TPB;
subsequently reprinted as limited edition trade paperback containing Vachss'
original story, Lansdale's comic script, and the as-published illustrated
story
"Grease Trap" in
Creature Features (1994) (art by Ted Naifeh, Mojo Press)
"Shootout at Ice
Flats" in Supergirl Annual #1 (1996) (co-wr: Neal Barrett Jr.) (art by
Robert Branishi and Stan Woch, DC)
"The Elopement"
in Weird War Tales #2 (of 4) (July 1997) (art by Sam Glanzman, DC)
"The Initiation"
in Gangland #4 (of 4) (Sept 1998) (co-wr: Rick Klaw) (art by Tony Salmons)
(DC/Vertigo)
"Betrothed" in
Flinch #5 (Oct 1999) (art by Rick Burchett, DC/Vertigo)
"The Split" in
Strange Adventures #3 (of 4) (Jan 2000 - Art by Richard Corben. DC/Vertigo)
"Red Romance" in
Flinch #11 (May 2000) (DC/Vertigo)
"Brer Hoodoo" in
Flinch #13 (July 2000) (art by Tim Truman, DC/Vertigo)
"Devil's
Sombrero" in Weird Western Tales #2 (of 4) (May 2001, DC/Vertigo)
"Steam Rider: The
Steam-Powered Heart" in Amazing Fantasy #20 (June 2006, Marvel Comics)
"Mice and Money"
in Marvel Romance Redux #5 (subtitle "Love is a Four Letter Word")
(June 2006, Marvel Comics)
reprinted in Mighty Marvel
Romance trade paperback
"Gunhawk: Midnight
Gun" in Strange Westerns starring the Black Rider (Aug 2006) (art by
Rafa Garres, Marvel)
reprinted in Mighty Marvel
Westerns hardcover
"Moonlight
Sonata" in Tales From the Crypt #7 (Aug 2008) (art by Chris Noeth),
Papercutz
Adaptations of
previously published stories, by Lansdale unless noted
Dead in the West (1993) (2
issues) (adapted by Neal Barrett Jr. - Art by Jack Jackson) (covers by Tim
Truman) (Dark Horse)
By Bizarre Hands (1994) (3
issues) (adaptations by Neal Barrett Jr. and Jerry Prosser) (art by Phil
Hester and Dean Rohrer) (Dark Horse)
Atomic Chili: The Illustrated
Joe Lansdale (1996 - tpb) (Mojo Press)
"Bob The Dinosaur
Goes To Disneyland" (adapted by Rick Klaw) (art by Doug Potter) First
publication at RevolutionSF (2001 in color) First book publication in Geek
Confidential: Echoes From the 21st Century (by Rick Klaw, Monkeybrain, Inc.,
2003 in black and white)
Lansdale & Truman's
Dead Folks (2003) (from the story On the Far Side of the Cadillac Desert With
Dead Folks) (3 issues) (also tpb - Art by Tim Truman) (Avatar Press)
The Drive-In (2003) (4
issues) (also tpb) (adapted by Chris Golden) (art by Andres Guinaldo)
(Avatar)
By Bizarre Hands (2004) (6
issues, adaptations by Neal Barrett, Jr., Keith Lansdale, and Rick Klaw - Art
by Dheeraj Verma, Armando Rossi, and Andres Guinaldo) (Avatar)
The Drive-In 2 (2006) (4
issues, adapted by Neal Barrett, Jr. - Art by Andres Guinaldo) (Avatar)
"Incident On and Off
a Mountain Road" in Masters of Horror #1-2 (2006 - Adapted by Chris
Ryall)
Anthologies edited
The Best of the West
(1989)
New Frontier (1989)
Razored Saddles (1989,
with Pat Lobrutto)
Dark at Heart (1991, with
Karen Lansdale)
Weird Business: a horror
comics anthology (1995, with Richard Klaw)
West That Was (1994)
(co-ed: Thomas Knowles)
Wild West Show (1994)
(co-ed: Thomas Knowles)
The Horror Hall of Fame:
The Stoker Winners (2004)
Retro-Pulp Tales (2006)
(limited edition)
Lords of the Razor (2006)
(limited edition)
Cross Plains Universe:
Texans Celebrate Robert E. Howard (with Scott A. Cupp, 2006)
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