In this issue: Join us for cocktails and treachery… as brunch gets bloody. 

Visit https://findyourcomic.store to find your local shop and put AMERICAN CAPER on your pull list to never miss an issue. Limited copies of Cover A are also still available at the Absurd Ventures Store: https://store.absurdventures.com
Variant Cover B is sold out at our store but may still be found at a comic shop near you such as:

Revenge Of (CA)
Third Eye Comics (DC / Maryland / Virginia area)
Atomic Empire (North Carolina)
Midtown Comics (NY)
Black Cat Comics (Utah)
Kings Comics (Australia)
Forbidden Planet (UK)
Black Dog Comics (Germany)
MyComicShop (online store - US)
CaptCan Comics (online store – Canada)
Archonia (online store - Europe)

Also available digitally via GlobalComix, Amazon and Apple Books.

Presenting the complete 2026 roadmap with release dates of all twelve issues from this first season of American Caper, plus the first two volumes of the trade paperback collections which are both now available to preorder on Amazon, Barnes & Noble or your favorite comic shop or bookstore.

We have updated the American Caper website to feature covers and synopses of the first 7 issues as well as the first 2 trade paperbacks. Volume 1: Red-Pilled Blues which collects issues 1-4 is coming June 23 and Volume 2: Cowboys and Conspiracies which collects issues 5-8 is coming October 27; stay tuned for info on Volume 3 coming in early 2027. 

Issue #4 hits comic shops next week on NCBD Weds Feb 18. Limited copies of Cover A by Tyler Boss are still available for preorder at the Absurd Ventures Store. Variant Cover B by David Lapham is sold out at our store but may be found at local comic shops next week. Make sure to put American Caper on your pull list at your local shop to never miss an issue.

Dan Houser discusses the very first ideas that led to A Better Paradise.

From Dan’s conversation with Writer’s Routine.
Listen to the full episode on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts:
https://podfollow.com/writersroutine/episode/d27cf86fc2303ba3db7fba451959a614d9b8129d/view

Enter for your chance to win a first print copy of the debut issue of the bestselling new crime-fiction series, American Caper, signed by series creator-writer Dan Houser, producer Lazlow, colorist Lee Loughridge, finisher Chris Anderson and editor Shelly Bond.

With three chances to win – via the Absurd Ventures website, or via Absurd Ventures on Instagram or X. Terms and conditions apply, see official rules at points of entry.

In this issue:
Cowboy cosplay
Conspiracies
Computer games
Convicts… and cocktails

Head to your local comic shop: https://findyourcomic.store/ 
and put AMERICAN CAPER on your pull list to never miss an issue

Limited copies also still available at the Absurd Ventures Store while supplies last: https://store.absurdventures.com/ 

Thank you all for your amazing support in 2025. As we head into 2026, and following the recent releases of the first A Better Paradise novel and the first issues of the American Caper comic book series, we’ve received and seen quite a few good questions from fans and followers about those stories and our other upcoming projects. We will be publishing our very first ASK ABSURD QUESTIONS article here on the Absurd Feed soon addressing questions about A Better Paradise, American Caper, the Absurdaverse and more. If you have questions for us to consider, please do keep them coming via https://absurdventures.com/contact and stay tuned.

In this issue: 

Verona, Wyoming is rattled by a murder…
a crashed van of smuggled immigrants… 
three escaped fugitives on the run…
and an erratic, HGH-swilling billionaire turned cowboy, who reveals a little too much of his insecurities…

Issue 2 is sold out at the Absurd Ventures Store but is available at comic shops across America and beyond, including:

• Revenge Of Comics (CA)
• Collector’s Paradise (CA)
• Third Eye Comics (DMV)
• Atomic Empire (NC)
• The Joker’s Child (NJ)
• Midtown Comics (NY)
• Cosmic Monkey (OR)
• Planet Comics (SC)
• Black Cat Comics (UT)
• Forbidden Planet (UK)

among MANY more. Visit https://findyourcomic.store/ to find your local shop worldwide

Also available digitally via GlobalComix and Amazon Kindle

Titled American Caper: Red-Pilled Blues, this first trade paperback volume collects the first four issues of the series and will be released on June 23, 2026. Preorders are now live via retailers worldwide including Penguin Random House, Amazon and Barnes & Noble, or your local comic shop or bookstore.

Thank you to comic fans worldwide for making American Caper issue #1 the bestselling crime fiction comic book.

William Hamilton dodges a bullet. Literally.
Eliza Charmers discovers a murder weapon. Nearly.
Eva and Maria run into some very familiar “friends.”
Meanwhile: Marnie and her conspiracy crush meet up at a gun range.
And Eva reveals her past life in Mexico...

Cover A by Tyler Boss

Cover B by Simon Bisley

Upcoming issue on sale dates:

Issue 1: Available now
Issue 2: Christmas Eve, Dec 24
Issue 3: January 21
Issue 4: February 18
Issue 5: March 18

Put American Caper on your pull list at your local comic shop to never miss an issue.

The American Caper team go behind the scenes of the full-page ad for the Macher 1000 Kelvin Advanced Edition grill/smoker/abattoir that appears in Issue #1. Illustrated by Chris Anderson.

From the American Caper team’s chat with John Siuntres on the latest episode of the renowned comic book podcast, Word Balloon.