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.

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…

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

• Horizon Comics (CA)
• Third Eye Comics (DC / Maryland / Virginia area)
• Atomic Empire (North Carolina)
• Midtown Comics (NY)
• Black Cat Comics (Utah)
• Forbidden Planet (UK)
• Black Dog Comics (Germany)
• G-Mart Comics (online store – US)
• MyComicShop (online store - US)
• Archonia (online store - Europe)
  

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.

“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

Now at the Absurd Ventures Store:

• The Absurd 3G0 Robot Tee.
  https://store.absurdventures.com/products/absurd-3g0-robot-t-shirt
• You can now preorder American Caper Issue #8
  Shipping June 24
  https://store.absurdventures.com/products/american-caper-issue-8 
  Also available, while supplies last, as part of a Back Issue Bundle including issues 3-8 at a 20% discount.

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.

The love issue. AMERICAN CAPER #7 is now available.

Pick up your copy at your local comic shop. Limited copies are also still available at the Absurd Ventures Store. Digital edition available via GlobalComix, Amazon Kindle, and Apple Books.

A ballad of predators, prey, and PEDs. Issue 6 of AMERICAN CAPER is out now.

Pick up your copy at your local comic shop. Limited copies are also still available at the Absurd Ventures Store. Digital edition available via GlobalComix, Amazon Kindle, and Apple Books.

Update: This event is now sold out.

Absurdaverse animation and video game projects will feature a large ensemble of comedy talent. Today, via Variety, we’ve confirmed a first wave of castings including comedy veterans and standup stars Rachel Dratch, Dan Soder, Ari Matti, Annie Lederman, Yamaneika Saunders, and Steph Tolev with many more to be announced in the future.

The very first animated shorts will be premiered at an exclusive live comedy event as part of the Netflix Is A Joke Festival on May 7 at the Hollywood Improv in Los Angeles. In these original shorts featuring character designs by Kendra Melton (Rick & Morty, Venture Bros), eventgoers will be introduced to an ensemble of eclectic and unhinged characters, including a Chief People Officer who treats his job like a DJ residency (voiced by Dan Soder), a chain-smoking sovereign citizen podcaster (voiced by Rachel Dratch), an insane MMA fighter (voiced by up-and-coming comedian, Samantha Alton), and more. The event will feature live standup from Patton Oswalt and Absurdaverse cast members Dan Soder, Ari Matti, Yamaneika Saunders, Steph Tolev, and host Annie Lederman. Limited tickets are now available: https://www.netflixisajokefest.com/shows/absurdaverse

Download American Caper background wallpapers for phones and desktops featuring Marty Blowman, Freddie Abel, Eva Suarez, William and Marnie Hamilton, and other maniacs of Verona, Wyoming.