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Dan Houser, co-founder of Rockstar Games, left the studio in 2020 to launch Absurd Ventures. One of his new projects is American Caper, a crime fiction comic book series. The first story arc spans 12 issues, set in Verona, Wyoming. Issue 1 releases on Nov. 12 for $4.99 / £4.90 (or £3.30 on pre-order).

Official description:

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American Caper is 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. We follow the fortunes of two neighbors who are on the point of collapse: a Mormon hitman and a gambling addict lawyer, both intertwined in a real estate deal gone wrong. Added to the mix are a Mexican beauty queen on the run from her past, two escaped convicts in love, a Wall Street billionaire who has become a cowboy, and a maniac hell-bent on revenge.



From the tax avoiders in the manicured wilderness of Wyoming, to the thought police of Brooklyn, to the confused political battlegrounds of Florida, one thing is certain: this tragedy is someone else's fault.

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American Caper is based on my lifelong fascination with hypocrites, sociopaths, political idiots, dysfunctional families, and violence. Dark, morally ambiguous, very vulgar and, we hope, funny, American Caper is a comic for the confusing world in which we live right now.

If I told that kid growing up in Oklahoma who headed to New World Comics every Wednesday that one day he'd be working with legendary editor Shelly Bond and visual storytelling genius David Lapham making a comic, he would have said, 'who is this weird middle aged guy hanging outside a comic book store rambling about the future?

Each issue will have main cover art by Tyler Boss, with variant covers for the first issue by Simon Bisley, Martin Simmonds, Joe Quinones and Marguerite Sauvage.

Preview:

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Issue 1 cover variants:

 

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I dig the artwork