Leonard Pine, who is quick to anger, is black, conservative and gay. Hap Collins is white, liberal, and even tempered. Lansdale’s most famous creation is the unlikely duo of Hap and Leonard. As if this wasn’t enough, Lansdale has written comics for DC, Marvel, Dark Horse, IDW, and others.ĭesign by Elizabeth Story Cover by John Picacio Cover by John Coulthart He’s edited 15 anthologies including Razored Saddles (1989 with Pat LoBrutto), Dark at Heart (1992 with Karen Lansdale), Weird Business (1995 with Richard Klaw), Retro Pulp Tales (2006), Cross Plains Universe (2006 with Scott Cupp), CRUCIFIED DREAMS (2011), and THE URBAN FANTASY ANTHOLOGY (2011 with Peter S. LANSDALE (2010), DEADMAN’S ROAD (2010), DEADMAN’S CROSSING (2013), Bleeding Shadows (2013), Miracles Ain’t What They Use To Be (2016), Terror is our Business (2018 with Kasey Lansdale), Fishing for Dinosaurs and Other Stories (2020), Apache Witch (2021) and the forthcoming THINGS GET UGLY: THE BEST CRIMES STORIES OF JOE R.

Beginning with By Bizarre Hands (1989), Lansdale’s numerous short stories, essay, and poetry have been collected in several volumes including Writer of the Purple Rage (1994), High Cotton (2000), Sanctified and Chicken Fried (2009), THE BEST OF JOE R.

His novels include The Drive-in (1988), The Nightrunners (1987), COLD IN JULY (1989), the Edgar Award-winning The Bottoms (2000), A Fine Dark Line (2002), FLAMING ZEPPELINS (2010) The Thicket (2013), the Spur-Award-winning Paradise Sky (2015), Jane Goes North (2020), More Better Deals (2020), and Moon Lake (2021).

A fine dark line by joe r lansdale