That's right. SO MUCH LANSDALE!!! @joelansdale #books
The spread of title selections I was able to compile for the event. Author Joe R. Lansdale and his wife Karen came to Portland, Maine the weekend of September 17-19, 2015. It was their first visit to Maine. We hope they enjoyed it! We had a small but enthusiastic turnout to the screening of Christmas with the Dead, a film produced by the Lansdales with Damian Maffei starring in the lead role. The screening produced a variety of shouts of horror and laughter from the audience, and went over very well. The following Q&A session with Joe and Damian (joined by musician Judy Pancoast!) was lively and we found out the REAL horror of filming in 100+ degree Texas summer weather with zombie makeup, among other things. Everyone got zombie Christmas cookies made by local talent Sasha Leppanen, and Max Alex won the costume contest with her over-the-top blood-drenched presence. The next morning Joe was kind enough to hang out at my place (The Green Hand Bookshop) for anyone who missed the event and wanted their books signed, before taking it easy for the rest of his and Karen's last afternoon in Portland. At the end of the day, we handed the Lansdales off to their daughter, musician Kasey Lansdale, who lives on the east coast nearby. For those of you who missed the event, limited edition screenprinted posters are available at Coast City Comics (artwork by Ben Bishop!), and I have a stock of signed Lansdale books here at the Green Hand for as long as they last.
That's right. SO MUCH LANSDALE!!! @joelansdale #books
The spread of title selections I was able to compile for the event. Author Joe R. Lansdale and his wife Karen came to Portland, Maine the weekend of September 17-19, 2015. It was their first visit to Maine. We hope they enjoyed it! We had a small but enthusiastic turnout to the screening of Christmas with the Dead, a film produced by the Lansdales with Damian Maffei starring in the lead role. The screening produced a variety of shouts of horror and laughter from the audience, and went over very well. The following Q&A session with Joe and Damian (joined by musician Judy Pancoast!) was lively and we found out the REAL horror of filming in 100+ degree Texas summer weather with zombie makeup, among other things. Everyone got zombie Christmas cookies made by local talent Sasha Leppanen, and Max Alex won the costume contest with her over-the-top blood-drenched presence. The next morning Joe was kind enough to hang out at my place (The Green Hand Bookshop) for anyone who missed the event and wanted their books signed, before taking it easy for the rest of his and Karen's last afternoon in Portland. At the end of the day, we handed the Lansdales off to their daughter, musician Kasey Lansdale, who lives on the east coast nearby. For those of you who missed the event, limited edition screenprinted posters are available at Coast City Comics (artwork by Ben Bishop!), and I have a stock of signed Lansdale books here at the Green Hand for as long as they last.