A collection of Lansdale comic adaptations and other related art. This volume includes all previous comic adaptations of Lansdale's work (Dark Horse's BY BIZARRE HANDS, DEAD IN THE WEST, and three Mojo Press works) plus two never-before-seen adaptations of "Pilots" and "The Job".
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For fans of Joe R. Lansdale, it's hard to think of a more delicious treat than a well-produced collection of 10 comic adaptations of his short stories. From the striking mixed-media color cover by Dave Dorman, to the biography and bibliography at the end, Atomic Chili: The Illustrated Joe R. Lansdale is a lovingly executed homage to the storyteller from East Texas. Included are top-notch versions, in a variety of artistic styles, of "By Bizarre Hands," "Night They Missed the Horror Show," "Dead in the West," "Tight Little Stitches in a Dead Man's Back," and "Steel Valentine." The New York Times places Lansdale in the tradition of "country-noir" pioneered by writers such as James M. Cain, Erskine Caldwell, and Jim Thompson: "They share a total trust in the straightforward power of a man's voice speaking when that man has a witch's brew of a tale to tell. No tricks, no stylish ennui, no somnambulant remoteness or pointless savagery are required, but a rare sort of gift is, and Joe Lansdale has his in bushel baskets."
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"This is a hefty compilation of Lansdaliana....Neal Barrett's adaptation and John Garcia's art [of"Trains Not Taken"] are properly moody and affecting...["Night They Missed The Horror Show"] is a modern classic and, like "By Bizarre Hands," it's right there in the Flannery O'Connor track....["Dead In The West"](is) primo primal stuff, full of powerful raw energy....["Pilots"] was an atypical case where I think the graphic adaptation is more effective than the original prose piece....The adapters demonstrate a high respect for Lansdale's original work...Atomic Chili reads just fine as a legitimate Lansdale story collection. It just has more pictures, that's all...." -- reviewed by Ed Bryant in the January issue of Locus ,Issue 432
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Joe R. Lansdale is the author of over thirty novels and numerous short stories. His work has appeared in national anthologies, magazines, and collections, as well as numerous foreign publications. He has written for comics, television, film, newspapers, and Internet sites. His work has been collected in eighteen short-story collections, and he has edited or co-edited over a dozen anthologies. He has received the Edgar Award, eight Bram Stoker Awards, the Horror Writers Association Lifetime Achievement Award, the British Fantasy Award, the Grinzani Cavour Prize for Literature, the Herodotus Historical Fiction Award, the Inkpot Award for Contributions to Science Fiction and Fantasy, and many others. His novella Bubba Hotep was adapted to film by Don Coscarelli, starring Bruce Campbell and Ossie Davis. His story "Incident On and Off a Mountain Road" was adapted to film for Showtime's "Masters of Horror." He is currently co-producing several films, among them The Bottoms, based on his Edgar Award-winning novel, with Bill Paxton and Brad Wyman, and The Drive-In, with Greg Nicotero. He is Writer In Residence at Stephen F. Austin State University, and is the founder of the martial arts system Shen Chuan: Martial Science and its affiliate, Shen Chuan Family System. He is a member of both the United States and International Martial Arts Halls of Fame. He lives in Nacogdoches, Texas with his wife, dog, and two cats.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Great stuff!!,
By A Customer
This review is from: Atomic Chili: The Illustrated Joe R. Lansdale (Hardcover)
Anything Joe R. Lansdale puts out is one more thing the public just may see and finally get. This guys stories should be savored in whatever form it comes out in. Joe's work is so visual that doing comics of his earlier short story work makes alot of sense. Love the whole design of this book.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Atomic Chili is not for readers of Joe Lansdale!,
By A Customer
This review is from: Atomic Chili: The Illustrated Joe R. Lansdale (Hardcover)
That's right folks! AC is not really for readers of Joe Lansdale's stories, as there is quite a bit of repetitious stuff in these comics that were covered in his other paperbacks -- the most egregiously copied one being DEAD IN THE WEST, which is already in another special edition trade paperback! The stories are great (hence the three star rating), but I felt ripped off because of this excessive reprinting of DEAD IN THE WEST as well as the other old, staid stories that have reappeared in other short story anthologies. The AC book would have been infinitely better if had served up more of Joe's lesser known horror stories; and AC would have been spiced up considerably if Joe had added a more witty number, like GODZILLA'S TWELVE STEP PROGRAM, to the menu as well (even though adding that story would also have been reptitious).JL is certainly of a sufficiently inventive mind to crank out more new stories. And he would have better served his readership out there if'n he'd a done this with AC -- like, maybe, totally fresh short stories, dude! I mean, if King can do this with his CREEPSHOW anthologies, surely old Joe can crank 'em out too. That's my only beef about AC; other than that, the stories are first-rate, even though they're as old and crusty as two-week old dog turds.
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