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UPDATED AMERICAN CAPER 2026 ROADMAP AND VOL 3 TRADE PAPERBACK DETAILS

Here is the full updated American Caper 2026 roadmap now including dates and covers for all issues of this debut season through the double-size season finale coming in November.

Visit the American Caper website to see all upcoming main series covers by Tyler Boss and variants of the finale issues by Marguerite Sauvage, Becky Cloonan, and Caroline Cash. Put American Caper on your pull list at your local comic shop to ensure you get your copy of all these issues and variants.

The third and final volume of the trade paperback collection entitled “There Madness Lies” (collecting issues 9-12) will be coming March 2, 2027 and is now available for preorder along with Volume 2 (coming Oct 27) on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or your local comic shop or bookstore.

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AMERICAN CAPER AT SAN DIEGO COMIC CON 2026

Absurd Ventures and Dark Horse Comics are celebrating the release of American Caper Volume 1: Red-Pilled Blues at San Diego Comic-Con 2026. Fans can visit the American Caper section of the Dark Horse Comics booth (#2615) to pick up a copy of the newly released first volume trade paperback, shop for first edition copies of sought-after single issues, and view original pages of artwork from the series on exhibit. Dark Horse will be hosting two rare signings at their booth signing stage: Dan Houser for his first-ever North American signing on Friday, July 24 from 10-10:50am (pre-registration required at the Dark Horse booth), signing copies of American Caper, with fans also welcome to bring one copy of their favorite Dan Houser video game to be signed; and on Saturday, July 25 from 2-2:50pm, Lazlow will be joined by American Caper collaborators Tyler Boss, Chris Anderson, Lee Loughridge, and Shelly Bond for a signing. Visit www.darkhorse.com for more details.

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AMERICAN CAPER ISSUE #9 OUT NOW

From yoga interrupted to the Battle of Fallujah with odd hallucinations and butlers doing burpees… it’s just another ordinary week in Verona, Wyoming.

Issue # 9 of AMERICAN CAPER is on sale now at your favorite comic shops including:

Visit https://findyourcomic.store to find your local shop and put AMERICAN CAPER on your pull list to never miss an issue. Limited copies are also still available at the Absurd Ventures Store. Digital edition available via GlobalComix, Amazon Kindle, and Apple Books.

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AMERICAN CAPER VOLUME 1: RED-PILLED BLUES TRADE PAPERBACK OUT NOW


The first collected volume of the hit crime-fiction comic book series is now available at booksellers and comic shops worldwide. American Caper Volume 1: Red-Pilled Blues is the series’ first trade paperback collection and features the first four issues of the series. The book is now available for purchase through Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org, Books-A-Million, Waterstones, Hatchards, Blackwells, Forbidden Planet, the Absurd Ventures Store, and other booksellers and comic book shops worldwide. Check out the American Caper Volume 1: Red-Pilled Blues trailer above featuring just a few of the critical accolades the series has received.

Volume 2 (Cowboys and Conspiracies; collecting issues 5-8) and Volume 3 (There Lies Madness; collecting issues 9-12) are coming on October 27, 2026 and March 2, 2027 respectively and are now available to preorder.

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ASK ABSURD QUESTIONS… PART ONE

Thank you to everyone who sent a question our way, whether via our website or any of our social channels. We received so many great questions about A Better Paradise, American Caper, the Absurdaverse, and all of our various projects here at Absurd Ventures – far too many to answer in one go – so consider this inaugural edition to be part one of an ongoing series. Look for part two to be published sometime in the next month or two and, in the meantime, please do keep your comments coming so that we may consider them for an upcoming edition of Ask Absurd Questions…

Ask Absurd Questions Part One

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AMERICAN CAPER ISSUE 8 OUT NOW

It’s a nuclear meltdown type of family affair.
American Caper issue #8 is on sale now at comic shops worldwide including:

Visit https://findyourcomic.store to find your local shop and put AMERICAN CAPER on your pull list to never miss an issue. Limited copies are also still available at the Absurd Ventures Store. Digital edition available via GlobalComix, Amazon Kindle, and Apple Books.

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ABSURD VENTURES AT TRIBECA FESTIVAL 2026

“We love creating universes that people get lost in, and they can't find the bottom of it."

Thank you to Tribeca Fest for hosting Absurd at the Storytelling Summit this past weekend with our partners from Smilegate, Dark Horse Comics, and Kevin Anderson & Associates for a talk about narrative and worldbuilding across the A Better Paradise, American Caper, and Absurdaverse worlds and projects, moderated by Elle Osili-Wood.

Read more at IGN: https://www.ign.com/articles/rockstar-co-founder-dan-houser-says-theres-no-right-way-to-play-an-open-world-game-tribeca-festival-2026

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“LUMINARIES: DAN HOUSER’S ABSURD VENTURES” PANEL AT TRIBECA FEST 2026 


Dan Houser and Lazlow will discuss Absurd’s approach to storytelling and worldbuilding at this year’s Tribeca Fest alongside several of our partners from Dark Horse Comics, Smilegate and more. The discussion, titled “LUMINARIES: DAN HOUSER’S ABSURD VENTURES” is part of Tribeca Fest’s Storytelling Summit and will take place Saturday, June 13, 3:30pm at Spring Studios in New York City.

The panel will feature Absurd’s Dan Houser and Lazlow alongside Tim Wiesch (Head of Publishing, Dark Horse Comics) discussing American Caper, Kevin Anderson (CEO of Kevin Anderson & Associates) discussing A Better Paradise novels, and Paul Lee (Vice President of GTM, Smilegate) discussing Smilegate’s video game publishing partnership with Absurd.


Visit Tribeca’s website for more information on available passes.