June 16th - Feral Cinema #5 Presents special guest author Joe R. Lansdale

With more than thirty 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 sixteen Bram Stoker Awards, the Grand Master Award from the World Horror Convention, a British Fantasy Award, the American Mystery Award, the Horror Critics Award, the Grinzane Cavour Prize for Literature, the "Shot in the Dark" International Crime Writer’s Award, the Golden Lion 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!

Event Details:

Feral Cinema will be screening 3 films adapted from original stories by Joe R. Lansdale. Joe will be introducing the films and also signing copies of his books.

Thrill To: JFK & The King of Rock 'n' Roll as they eviscerate "Bubba Ho-tep!"

Recoil From:  The full-moon mayhem of "Incident On and Off a Mountain Road!"

Get Hep To: Lansdale-scripted episodes of "Batman: The Animated Series" & "Superman: the Animated Series!"

More info on Joe R. Lansdale

http://www.joerlansdale.com/bio.html

http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid:798801

http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid:529456