Verona, Wyoming is rattled by a murder, a van crash of smuggled immigrants, and three escaped fugitives on the run. William visits Marty Blowman, the erratic, HGH-swilling billionaire turned cowboy, who reveals a little too much of his insecurities. Meanwhile, Orson violates his Mormon oath in Mexico, seeks redemption, and finds his wife at home baking pie for a concerning visitor.

Cover A by Tyler Boss

Cover B by Simon Bisley

You can now preorderboth of the first two issues at your local comic shop and add American Caper to your pull list: https://www.comicshoplocator.com/

First two issue release dates:
#1 November 12
#2 Christmas Eve, December 24

Enter for the chance to win the limited-edition AMERICAN CAPER preview ashcan signed by Dan Houser, Lazlow, David Lapham and Shelly Bond - plus an AMERICAN CAPER t-shirt and stickers.
Prizes include:

• The limited-edition 24-page preview collectible ashcan featuring select pages from the first two issues of AMERICAN CAPER, an introduction to characters from the world of Verona WY, and more. These copies will be signed by series creator-writer Dan Houser, producer Lazlow, series artist David Lapham and editor Shelly Bond
• AMERICAN CAPER t-shirt featuring series art from David Lapham on the back
• AMERICAN CAPER and ABSURD VENTURES stickers

Enter to win and see further details and rules at https://www.absurdventures.com/americancaper/ashcangiveaway

Absurd Ventures and Dark Horse Comics present a tale of two totally normal, completely damaged families in a world of corrupt business, inept politics, bungling crime, self-righteous justice, and problematic leisure wear.

The first appearance of a new crime-fiction saga created and written by DAN HOUSER (Grand Theft Auto, Red Dead Redemption, Bully), produced and with additional writing by LAZLOW, and edited by SHELLY BOND and DANIEL CHABON, with a murderers' row of artists including DAVID LAPHAM (story layouts and pencils), CHRIS ANDERSON (finishes), LEE LOUGHRIDGE (colors), NATE PIEKOS (lettering), TYLER BOSS (series covers), and variant covers by SIMON BISLEY, MARTIN SIMMONDS, JOE QUINONES, MARGUERITE SAUVAGE, and more.

WATCH THE OFFICIAL REVEAL TRAILER

PREORDER NOW AT YOUR LOCAL COMIC SHOP

Dark Horse Comics and Absurd Ventures will unveil further details about American Caper at San Diego Comic Con later this week, with a Sunday panel and scheduled weekend signings featuring Lazlow, David Lapham, Shelly Bond and more. The Dark Horse booth (#2615) will also be offering giveaways of American Caper ashcans, t-shirts and other limited-edition items in honor of the series announcement.

Meet the characters, see the variant covers and learn more about AMERICAN CAPER at the official web page: www.absurdventures.com/americancaper

Verona, Wyoming. A small town like any other.
A land of hunter and hunted. Apex predators… and regulations waiting to be broken.

American Caper comic book series coming soon, in partnership with Dark Horse Comics. Details and reveal trailer coming next week at San Diego Comic Con.

Set in the near future, A BETTER PARADISE Volume One: An Aftermath tells the story of the ill-fated development of an ambitious but addictive video game project that goes very wrong. As the software they developed starts to produce unexpected and disturbing results, the project is shut down and left abandoned and undiscovered. Until now.

Adapted from the chart-topping A BETTER PARADISE audio fiction series, the novel will go deeper into the origins and secrets of the mysterious Tyburn Utopias video game project - as told by the tortured souls now on the run from the AI entity they played a part in creating and unleashing.

“At its heart, this is a mythological story about video game development. I have always felt this is fascinating source material for narrative fiction and am finally getting the opportunity to explore it with A Better Paradise Volume One: An Aftermath.” – Dan Houser

A BETTER PARADISE Volume One: An Aftermath is coming October 14 and is available to preorder now.

Adapted from the chart-topping audio fiction series, the novel will go deeper into the origins and secrets of the mysterious Tyburn Utopias video game project - as told by the tortured souls now on the run from the AI entity they played a part in creating and unleashing.

Coming this fall from Absurd Ventures in partnership with Simon & Schuster distribution.

www.absurdventures.com/abetterparadise

A very first look at just a few characters from the ABSURDAVERSE. Prepare to meet some new kinds of heroes (and watch them suffer).

More information to come this year about the first animation projects and about our original story-driven action-comedy adventure game set in the Absurdaverse, now in development at Absurd Ventures.

Stay tuned as well for more updates in 2025 about our other two storytelling universes, A BETTER PARADISE and AMERICAN CAPER.