Sci-fi Writer and Austin Literary Institution Howard Waldrop Dead at 77

Author leaves incalculable legacy of work and mentorship

"...and the genre mashup of his friend and contemporary, Joe Lansdale, while remaining unique and instantly recognizable...."

Jan. 22, 2024 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Five Fantastic Adventures at ArmadilloCon

Take a step into a bold future of writing at Austin's SF and fantasy conference

"...the Pine Barrens, so join Lone Star literary legend Joe R. Lansdale and a selection of experts and authors..."

Aug. 5, 2022 Arts Column by Richard Whittaker

Q&A: Aharon Keshales Enters Texas Darkness in South of Heaven

Noir, cowboys ... and Ted Lasso?

"...big cities to feel like you fell back decades. Joe Lansdale said that, growing up in East Texas, he..."

Oct. 19, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Cowboys Versus Witches in The Pale Door

Austinite Aaron B. Koontz's weird, weird West

"...said, "I said those words in front of a Lansdale, and he says, 'You should make the movie,' and..."

Aug. 21, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Four Austin Films to Watch in 2020

From cowboy horror to songs to save your life

"...collaborated with the prince of dusty trails terror, Keith Lansdale (son of Joe R. Lansdale), for this story of..."

Jan. 17, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Texas Book Festival 2019: The Full Lineup

Malcolm Gladwell, Sonia Sotomayor, John Grisham, and 300 more

"...I John Langmore FAULT LINES John Langmore OPEN RANGE Joe R. Lansdale ELEPHANT OF SURPRISE Christina Lauren TWICE IN..."

Aug. 28, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

To Know Joe Lansdale Is to Love Joe Lansdale

All Hail the Popcorn King trails the writer of the purple rage

"...the Popcorn King, a tribute to and examination of Joe Lansdale, the Lone Star State's "writer of the purple..."

Aug. 16, 2019 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Bill Paxton’s Lost Film Ties Together UT, Bob Fosse, and William S. Burroughs

Cut up, chopped and screwed: The long path to Taking Tiger Mountain Revisited

"...his true passion project – a long-gestating adaptation of Joe Lansdale's The Bottoms – was greenlit. But he was..."

Aug. 9, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Knuckleball

Southern Gothic in in the Canadian heartland

"...Texas writer Joe Lansdale has said that, even though he was born..."

Oct. 5, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Cult Film Hero Don Coscarelli Turns a Page

Phantasm director discusses his new memoir

"...the Showtime series of the same name, and turned Joe R. Lansdale’s short story “Incident On and Off a..."

Oct. 2, 2018 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Gary Kent Is One of the Last of the Dangerous Men

New documentary Love and Other Stunts catches the daredevil legend in action

"...Ho-Tep, (adapted from a story by East Texas yarn-spinner Joe R. Lansdale)...."

June 1, 2018 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Cthulhu Humor of William Browning Spencer

Austin author William Browning Spencer finds the lighter side of Lovecraft and other horrors

"...In an email, Edgar Award winner Joe Lansdale, author of the Hap & Leonard crime novels,..."

Aug. 4, 2017 Arts Feature by Mike Berry

Writing Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror in Austin

How local authors who work beyond the world we know meet, connect, and launch themselves into the business

"...always popped into my mind with Austin horror was Joe Lansdale – and he's from Nacogdoches. I moved here..."

July 14, 2017 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Point Austin: American Horror Story

What can you say when you can't say "It's Only a Movie"?

"...Writing in The Texas Observer, novelist Joe R. Lansdale describes his Trump-supporting East Texas neighbors as..."

Oct. 14, 2016 News Column by Michael King

Don Coscarelli Returns With Phantasm: Ravager

Great balls of dire

"...had supervised visual effects for Coscarelli's 2002 adaptation of Joe Lansdale's Bubba Ho-Tep. "He came to me and said,..."

Sept. 23, 2016 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

East Texas Noir

Joe R. Lansdale's Hap and Leonard get a swampy series

"...Joe R. Lansdale is loving his moment in the sun...."

Feb. 26, 2016 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Joe O'Connell's Top Reads of 2015

Paradise Sky and The Best I Recall head a list of stellar Lone Star books

"...In my favorite 2015 read, Joe Lansdale takes on the mythically true-ish story of Nat..."

Jan. 1, 2016 Arts Feature by Joe O'Connell

Bone Tomahawk

Hybrid Western/horror film starring Kurt Russell is a brutal delight

"...told me that it was adapted from one of Joe R. Lansdale’s genre-hopping horror stories I would have believed..."

Oct. 23, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Top 5 Soundtracks and Original Scores of 2014

Awesome Mix, No. 2: Tehran punk, Cave, and Carpenter

"...for Ti West’s Jonestown-y nightmare The Sacrament and, with Joel J. Richard, injected some broody, killshot electronica into the..."

Dec. 30, 2014 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

DVDanger: Nick Damici Sees Late Phases

Werewolves, contact lenses, and the Hap and Leonard series

"...Are What We Are, and the recent adaptation of Joe Lansdale's Cold in July, Damici and his long-time directing..."

Nov. 23, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVD Watch: 'Jodorowsky's Dune'

Documentary about a film that never was heads this week's releases

"...Joe Lansdale has joked that the best thing that can..."

July 8, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Unleashing the Fundraising Power of 'Inframan'

Drafthouse screening Hong Kong sci-fi classic for Stephen Romano

"...in the Austin literary and genre scenes, having translated Joe Lansdale's "Incident On And Off a Mountain Road" for..."

June 25, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Cold in July

A dream lineup is one of many treats in this East Texas neo-noir based on a Joe Lansdale book.

"...Cold in July is based on a novel by Joe Lansdale, and the screenplay is adapted by director Jim..."

June 6, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Taking the Temperature of 'Cold in July'

The film based on Joe Lansdale's novel, 'Cold in July,' is a gnarled tale of modern horror

"...When writer/director Jim Mickle started reading Joe Lansdale's novel Cold in July, he expected a by-the-numbers..."

May 30, 2014 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Kickstart Your Weekend: Get Stephen Romano Back on His Feet

Local author needs your help after getting hit by a truck

"...creator Don Coscarelli and the king of Texas Gothic Joe Lansdale for Showtime's adaptation of Lansdale's Incident On And..."

May 9, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Damage Before the Blue Ruin

Actor Macon Blair talks revenge and homelessness in the new thriller

"...bad." That's the theme in the upcoming adaptation of Joe Lansdale's Cold in July (directed by We Are What..."

April 24, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Farewell, Neal Barrett Jr.

Texas' sci-fi, fantasy, and crime author passes

"...movement, pioneered by Bruce Sterling and Barrett's close friend Joe Lansdale...."

Jan. 14, 2014 Books Post by Richard Whittaker

The Weird, Weird West

Giddings gets retro-futuristic for Weird West Fest

"...real slipstream hoedown without the king of Texas Gothic, Joe. R. Lansdale (Bubba Ho-Tep, Zeppelins West, Jonah Hex). He..."

Dec. 12, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

In the Thicket of It

Prolific Texan author Joe R. Lansdale is back with a hellish and hilarious new novel

"...Like pretty much all of Joe R. Lansdale's bibliography, it's a Mr. Toad's wild ride..."

Oct. 25, 2013 Books Feature by Marc Savlov

News/Print

Texas Book Festival is leaking out into other fine events

"...• Joe R. Lansdale – who will be at TBF this..."

Oct. 22, 2013 Books Post by Monica Riese

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