One of the most brilliant and prolific writers in the United States, Texan Joe R. Lansdale has always drawn from different narrative registers, mixing very different genres: noir, science fiction, horror, steampunk, coming-of-age stories and even those of historical setting. So, to tell the world of the Frontier, he often defiled the western with horror and the fantastic: this is demonstrated by the series of adventures dedicated to the Reverend Jebediah Mercerwho now become the protagonists of the writer’s new exciting collaborative project with Sergio Bonelli Editore for The Gentleman’s Hotelthe western horror graphic novel, written by Luca Crovi and illustrated by the designer Daniele Serra, was already awarded the prestigious British Fantasy Award in 2021.

The bundle, which comes out today on September 23, tells the story of the preacher and marksman Reverend Jebediah Mercer, who struggles with a nightmare: a woman to be protected, a soul to be freed, cruel furry creatures to fight. The setting is the border of East Texas, through places made up of ghost towns, rivers teeming with moccasin snakes, and alligators. An area where deserts and prairies are rare, but coniferous forests abound.

Lansdale says:

Jebediah is tall and slender, with pronounced cheekbones, pointed chin, black hair and black eyes. Beautiful and strange at the same time … In general, he is confronted with supernatural creatures. In this story, he encounters werewolves, conquistadors, ghosts and creatures that can morph into things even more dangerous than werewolves. In other adventures, however, he fights evil spirits that dig up corpses and feed on them. Horrible creepers a la HP Lovecraft, but also vampires. Basically it fights Evil, no matter what form it takes. I have written several stories in which he is the main character and then collected in the book Deadman’s Road.
Daniele Serra has a style that is difficult to classify. Sometimes it has an impressionistic touch, sometimes it seems more realistic. It is impossible to pigeonhole it. He has great inventiveness and applies it in his covers as well as in his comics. I immediately thought it would be perfect for adapting Pastor Jebediah’s incredible adventures, so I introduced him to Sergio Bonelli Editore as a designer.

The volume, edited by Luca Crovi (former editor of the series devoted to Deadwood Dick) is enriched by the interview with Joe R. Lansdale by Seba Pezzani with illustrations by Daniele Serra. A Variant Cover version of the volume will be available exclusively in the bookshops of the Feltrinelli circuit, in the Bonelli Store in Milan and on the Sergio Bonelli Editore website.


Source: Lega Nerd

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