Dark Horse Books resurrects Joe Bob Briggs’ long out-of-print and rare Joe Bob Goes to the Drive-In book this coming October with a brand new updated and expanded art book-sized hardcover edition.
The expanded and newly designed edition includes a new cover by Wallace McBride, new illustrations by Mike Norton, and the original introduction by Stephen King.
Joe Bob Goes to the Drive-In features Briggs’ first columns for The Dallas Times Herald, essays on beloved horror classics like Basket Case, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, and The Evil Dead, his famous B-movie reviews, fan letters and his replies, and his insight into drive-in culture.
“I’m thrilled that someone still cares about these little pieces dashed off for a daily newspaper four decades ago and was amazed that they were reprinted in book form the first time,” said Briggs. “To have them now memorialized and illustrated by a prestige outfit like Dark Horse is mind-boggling. They come from a time when the mainstream media hated what I was doing and many organizations actively tried to cancel me, but today they seem so tame that nobody will believe that. I hope all the genre experts of the current day will regard them as the primitive pre-history of pop-culture film criticism.”
“It’s a real honor to be able to participate in a Joe Bob Briggs book,” added Senior Editor Daniel Chabon. “I grew up with MonsterVision when it was on TNT, have been an avid fan of The Last Drive-In since it debuted on Shudder, and went to see Joe Bob’s ‘How Rednecks Saved Hollywood’ when he was on tour. This long out-of-print book is truly something special and essential for all Mutant Fam and more! This editor says, ‘Check it out!’”
Briggs’ book was originally published in trade paperback by Delacorte Press in 1987.
Joe Bob Goes to the Drive-In consists of 200 pages for a suggested retail price of $54.99.
Look for Joe Bob Goes to the Drive-In at your local comic shop or bookstore on October 15, 2025.
