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American Caper Vol. 1 introduces a cast and story dialed up to 11 and everyone is terrible

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A Mormon hitman. A gambling-addict lawyer. Two neighbors intertwined in a real estate deal gone wrong. Mix in a Mexican beauty queen on the run from her past, a red-pilled housewife, two escaped convicts in love, a Wall Street billionaire who has become a cowboy, and a maniac hell-bent on revenge. The manicured wilderness of Verona, Wyoming is the perfect cocktail of American culture: real estate development, violence and snake oil.

From the tax-avoiders in the Rockies, to the thought police of liberal Brooklyn, to the confused political and environmental battlegrounds of Florida, one thing is certain: This tragedy is someone else’s fault.

Story: Dan Houser, Lazlow
Art: David Lapham, Chris Anderson
Color: Lee Loughridge
Letter: Nate Piekos

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Preview: American Caper #9

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American Caper #9

Writer: Dan Houser · Lazlow
Artist: David Lapham
Colorist: Lee Loughridge
Letterer: Nate Piekos
Cover artist: Tyler Boss

Marty hosts an action-packed cowboy cosplay weekend while Marnie gets into it with the FBI, and Orson finally pulls the trigger. Clint laments his lost love, while William finds his inner fake gangster and then meets a real fake gangster who’s having a full-scale meltdown.

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

American Caper #9

Preview: American Caper #8

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American Caper #8

Writer: Dan Houser · Lazlow
Artist: David Lapham
Colorist: Lee Loughridge
Cover artist: Tyler Boss

It’s a nuclear meltdown type of family affair. William goes on the run from Marnie, his increasingly deranged, AR-15-toting wife. Their son, Brian, finds a new father figure who dabbles in distributing ordinance and cattle carnage. Orson has second thoughts about the path Aaron Olds has put him on to spiritual redemption. Eva describes her harrowing escape from Mexico, while the remaining Los Leopardos brothers mourn Emilio’s murder the only way a cartel family knows how–by leaving a trail of bodies from Mexico to Verona.

American Caper #8 Writer: Dan Houser · Lazlow Artist: David Lapham Colorist: Lee Loughridge Cover artist: Tyler Boss It’s a nuclear meltdown type of family affair. William goes on the run from Marnie, his increasingly deranged, AR-15-toting wife. Their son, Brian, finds a new father figure who dabbles in distributing ordinance and cattle carnage. Orson has second thoughts about the path Aaron Olds has put him on to spiritual redemption. Eva describes her harrowing escape from Mexico, while the remaining Los Leopardos brothers mourn Emilio’s murder the only way a cartel family knows how–by leaving a trail of bodies from Mexico to Verona.

Preview: American Caper #7

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American Caper #7

Writer: Dan Houser · Lazlow
Artist: David Lapham
Colorist: Lee Loughridge
Cover artist: Tyler Boss

A pair of lovers break out of a Texas prison go on the run towards Verona. Meanwhile, Marnie’s seduction of Charlie goes sideways. Orson and Aaron bury one sin and plan another. Arabella makes a surprise visit home and doesn’t like what she finds. And Marty Blowman celebrates hedge fund dividends and progress with his crown jewels. It’s a story of love, with bent hearts, warped souls, and male cosmetic surgery.

American Caper #7

Preview: American Caper #6

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American Caper #6

Writer: Dan Houser · Lazlow
Artist: David Lapham
Colorist: Lee Loughridge
Cover artist: Tyler Boss

A ballad of predators, prey, and performance enhancing drugs. Aaron Olds sends Orson to Marty’s ranch on a slightly salacious mission. William visits his angry daughter Arabella in Brooklyn before attending a woke opera with his boss. Marnie machine guns a few memories. And the FBI begins to put the pieces together just as a terrifying cartel hitman castrates their case.

American Caper #6

Preview: American Caper #5

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American Caper #5

Writer: Dan Houser · Lazlow
Artist: David Lapham
Colorist: Lee Loughridge
Cover artist: Tyler Boss

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 a dark secret of her former life in Mexico amongst the cartels as a glamour model.

American Caper #5

Preview: American Caper #4

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American Caper #4

Writer: Dan Houser · Lazlow
Artist: David Lapham
Colorist: Lee Loughridge
Letterer: Nate Piekos
Cover artist: Tyler Boss

Once upon a time William and Marnie were happy, healthy, progressive newlyweds in Chicago. Now they’re angry parents in Wyoming. She’s DM flirting with the Order of 1780 Militia while she and gambling addict William load up on junk food. Meanwhile, Orson’s boss lays out plans for dealing with the FBI, as Freddie Abel, recently escaped from prison, pays a surprise visit to an old friend, whose betrayal put him away in the first place. Join us for cocktails, lines of chang, and treachery as brunch gets bloody.

American Caper #4

Preview: American Caper #3

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American Caper #3

Writer: Dan Houser · Lazlow
Artist: David Lapham
Colorist: Lee Loughridge
Letterer: Nate Piekos
Cover artist: Tyler Boss

The Hamilton family disappears into separate fantasy worlds of cowboy cosplay, conspiracy, and computer games. The Charmers are questioned by the FBI about the recent murders in Verona and the van full of smuggled immigrants and escaped convicts. Agent Carter Evans tests if his new partner is crooked. Marty parties while breeding bulls. And Freddie interrupts an old friend’s poolside brunch of cocaine and cocktails with a surprise visit.

American Caper #3

American Caper’s collection arrives June 23, 2026

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Dark Horse Comics and Absurd Ventures have announced that the first collected edition volume of creator-writer Dan Houser’s acclaimed new crime fiction comic book series, American Caper, will be released on June 23, 2026. Titled American Caper: Red-Pilled Blues, this trade paperback collects the first four issues of the series and preorders are now live.

Created and written by Rockstar Games co-founder and longtime creative force behind Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption, Dan Houser, the series features a murderer’s row of fellow crime fiction talent including Houser’s longtime writing collaborator, Lazlow, and artwork by Eisner Award–winner David Lapham, Chris Anderson, and Lee Loughridge, with covers by Tyler Boss.

Set in Verona, Wyoming, American Caper follows two neighboring families on the brink of collapse: 

A Mormon hitman. A gambling-addict lawyer. Two neighbors intertwined in a real estate deal gone wrong. Mix in a Mexican beauty queen on the run from her past, a red-pilled housewife, two escaped convicts in love, a Wall Street billionaire who has become a cowboy, and a maniac hell-bent on revenge. The manicured wilderness of Verona, Wyoming is the perfect cocktail of American culture: real estate development, violence and snake oil.

From the tax-avoiders in the Rockies, to the thought police of Brooklyn, to the confused political and environmental battlegrounds of Florida, one thing is certain: This tragedy is someone else’s fault.

To be among the first to secure a pre-order of the inaugural trade paperback collected volume, please visit Bookshop, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or place an order via your local comic book shop or bookstore. Copies will be available in-store starting June 23, 2026.

American Caper: Red-Pilled Blues

Preview: American Caper #2

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American Caper #2

Writer: Dan Houser, Lazlow
Artist: David Lapham
Colorist: Lee Loughridge
Letterer: Nate Piekos
Cover artist: Tyler Boss

Verona, Wyoming is rattled by a murder, a van crash of illegal immigrants, and three escaped fugitives on the run. William visits Marty Blowman, the erratic, HGH-swilling millionaire 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.

American Caper #2
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