maanantai 13. lokakuuta 2014

Joe R. Lansdale & Jussi Piironen: Hap And Leonard Graphic Novel Series



SST PUBLICATIONS TO PUBLISH THE ENTIRE SERIES OF JOE R. LANSDALES HAP AND LEONARD CRIME BOOKS AS GRAPHIC NOVELS

BIRMINGHAM, UK, October 13, 2014 - Short, Scary Tales Publications (SST Publications) owner, Paul Fry is absolutely delighted to announce the signing of SSTs biggest deal to date. SST have acquired the exclusive comic/graphic novel rights to the entire series of best-selling and multiple award-winning author Joe R. Lansdales acclaimed Hap and Leonard crime books. The books will be adapted and illustrated by Finnish comic artist Jussi Piironen. They will be published as full-colour oversized hardcovers and also in oversized softcover and digital formats.

SST Publisher Paul Fry says: This really is a huge honour for me and a massive deal for SST to have acquired the comic/graphic novel rights to Joe Lansdales entire Hap and Leonard series. The books have a huge fan base and are really incredible crime stories. Its also fantastic for the series that Jussi Piironen will adapt and illustrate the books as hes a long-time, massive fan of Hap and Leonard and will be perfect to adapt the books into graphic novel form. Our number one priority is to keep the graphic novels as close to the original books as possible. We really believe they need to stay completely faithful to the original work, and we really dont want to let the fans down! The first title in the series, Savage Season is already in the works and we estimate a rough publication date of late 2015.

About Joe R. Lansdale:Joe R. Lansdale is the author of over 40 novels and three hundred short pieces, fiction and non-fiction. His work has received numerous awards and recognitions. Among them The Edgar, nine Bram Stokers, The Herodotus, The Grinzane Cavour Prize, and two New York Times Notable Books. His novella Bubba Ho-Tep was filmed under the same title, as was his novel Cold in July, and his short story Christmas with the Dead.His short story Incident On and Off a Mountain Roadwas part of Showtimes Masters of Horror series. He wrote scripts for Batman: The Animated Series, as well as Superman: The Animated Series. He also wrote a Jonah Hex short for DC Showcase, and the animated film Son of Batman. He is the author of many comics. Among them the Jonah Hex comic Two Gun Mojo, the Lone Ranger comic It Crawls,Conan comic The Songs of the Dead, and many others. Lansdale is the founder of Shen Chuan Martial Science, a member of The Texas Institute of Letters, the Texas Literary Hall of Fame, and Writer in Residence at Stephen F. Austin State University.

About Jussi Piironen:Jussi Piironen is a graphic designer and artist from Finland. His previous works include writing and drawing long-running, Germany-based series Jerry Cotton and Finlands most famous anti-hero Raid. Find him online at www.kuplanvieressa.blogspot.com and www.twitter.com/jussipiironen.

About the Publisher: SST Publications is an independent publisher of all things dark. They have published several books; the first title, Cold Storage includes an introduction by legendary author Graham Masterton. Their most recent books include the erotic horror anthology Peep Show, Volume 2 and the debut dark, thriller novel Dont Stand So Close by screenwriter/director Eric Red. They also published the classic erotic horror magazine Peep Show, and have recently launched a new horror fiction & dark art magazine Beware the Dark, which is a unique size (7.44 x 9.69 in), full-colour, high-quality produced mag of between 100-130 pages bringing you the best dark and disturbing fiction and artwork. SST has also launched a new Art Book Series and will publish some of the best artists in the genre. The first title Veins and Skulls is by award-winning professional illustrator Daniele Serra. SST publishes their titles in multiple formats which are distributed worldwide by Ingram, the worlds largest book distributor.

View the official Graphic Novel Series faces of Hap and Leonard:






Viimeiset viikot ovat olleet erittäin kuumottavia ja viimein on kaikki nimet papereissa, ensimmäiset hahmoluonnokset (tai tässä tapauksessa pin upit) on hyväksytetty ja homma on virallista.

Olen ollut Lansdalen romaanien suuri ystävä ja ihailija aina Jalavan julkaisemasta Outoja Tarinoita- kirjasarjasta asti.

Hap ja Leonardin vauhdikkaisiin seikkailuihin tutustuin ensimmäistä kertaa Mucho Mojon (toinen sarjassa) sivuilla heidän viedessä täysin sydämeni. Kyseinen romaani on vieläkin kaikkien aikojen suosikkikirjani ja mielestäni hyytävin rikoskirja mitä löytyy. 




Viime aikoina olen joutunut nipistelemään itseäni muutamaan otteeseen, koska en olisi ikinä voinut kuvitellakaan, että olen näin massiivisessa albumisarjassa mukana. 

Kauaa en asioita jää sulattelemaan, vaan olen jo täysillä painamassa Savage Seasonia eteenpäin. Teen ensimmäisen vedoksen käsikirjoituksesta ja sen jälkeen aloitamme hiomaan sitä Joen kanssa. 



Tämä on suuri satsaus kustantajaltamme SST Publicationsilta, koska olemme tekemässä albumit joka Hap ja Leonard- seikkailusta, minun ollessa mukana exclusive- sopimuksella.



Kaikesta tekee vielä mielenkiintoisemmaksi seikka, että Walking Deadista tuttu AMC- kanava omistaa Sundance Channelin, joka on valmistelemassa Hap and Leonardista tv- sarjaa. 

Alla on Variety- lehden linkki, josta pääset kurkistamaan lisää yksityiskohtia.


Tämähän on oikein iloinen asia niin meille vannoutuneille faneille, jotka olemme jo vuosia tätä odotelleet, mutta erinomainen asia myös meidän uunituoreelle albumisarjallemme.



Tulen päivittämään uusia Hap And Leonard- uutisia blogiin tuoreeltaan.











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