More Illustrated Oddments

Here we have a new batch of Illustrated Oddments, books that deserve some ink on this site, even if I can’t justify writing full reviews.

2017: Bedlam in Print

Assembling a best-books-of-the-year list is always a dicey proposition. Quite simply, nobody can be expected to track down and read every worthwhile book printed over the course of the previous year…

RED RANGE

This graphic novel, initially published in 1999, would appear to be the wild card among Joe Lansdale’s comic work

THE NEW DEAD

I wish I could say this zombie-themed anthology was the landmark it so desperately wants to be

THE MAGIC WAGON

There’s never been a western novel quite like THE MAGIC WAGON, an insightful and touching account of Texas circa 1909 that incorporates elements of comedy and the supernatural.

HOT IN DECEMBER

This blistering novella by the incomparable Joe Lansdale is something of a companion-piece to his 1989 psycho-noir masterpiece COLD IN JULY..

THE GOD OF THE RAZOR

An essential volume for Joe Lansdale fans, this is a 20th anniversary hardcover reprinting of Lansdale’s splat happy 1987 classic THE NIGHTRUNNERS.