David Lapham

Thumbnail: Pacing And Violence In 'Stray Bullets'
Thumbnail: Pacing And Violence In 'Stray Bullets'
Thumbnail: Pacing And Violence In 'Stray Bullets'
As endemic as violence is to mainstream comics, it's rare when you see a representation of it that inspires an appropriate level of shock. That's to be expected in superhero comics, where the gap between art and reality is wider, but even in books that maintain a closer relationship with the truth there are only a few books that portray violence in an un-stylized, un-sensationalized manner that still conveys how jarring it really is. There are some great examples, from Scalped to the work of Johnny Craig (still a little sensationalized, but he gets a pass) to almost everything Garth Ennis has ever written. Even among that company, what David Lapham does in Stray Bullets is unique.
David Lapham's 'Murder Me Dead' Is Despair At Its Finest
David Lapham's 'Murder Me Dead' Is Despair At Its Finest
David Lapham's 'Murder Me Dead' Is Despair At Its Finest
When discussing the oeuvre of David Lapham, the comic that comes up again and again is obviously Stray Bullets. As great as Stray Bullets is, though, it tends to overshadow the rest of Lapham's body of work rather unfairly in some cases. Despite the several very good comics that Lapham has produced besides his most famous title – including the incomplete Young Liars, the raucous Juice Squeezers, and of course WWF Battlemania – none can match the near-mythic level of quality and reputation of Stray Bullets, and tend to just get left out of the conversation. The new trade paperback collection of Murder Me Dead, available July 23 from Image Comics, could help change that trend. A dark, stirring, and emotionally manipulative noir about self-destruction, lies, and guilt, it may be the best “other” Lapham comic in his catalog.
The Best Stories From The 'Adventures of Superman' Anthology
The Best Stories From The 'Adventures of Superman' Anthology
The Best Stories From The 'Adventures of Superman' Anthology
With the wrap-up of writer Joe Keatinge's multi-artist "Strange Visitor" epic in Adventures of Superman last week, the series is nearing a full year of weekly, digital Superman stories. It's easily been the best, most daring Superman title DC Comics has been publishing in 2013 and 2014 (and not just because Superman gets to wear his real costume in it). Edited by Alex Antone,  Adventures
'Stray Bullets' Review
'Stray Bullets' Review
'Stray Bullets' Review
Google “Best Crime Comics of All Time” and you’ll find a lot of lists, including a couple from ComicsAlliance, filled with many of the usual suspects: Criminal, Sin City, Torso, Scalped, and Darwyn Cooke’s Parker adaptations appear several times, alongside the archetypal series that defined the genre like Crime Does Not Pay, Dick Tracy (before Chester Gould started sending Tracy off to adventures
David Lapham Talks Bringing 'Stray Bullets' To Image
David Lapham Talks Bringing 'Stray Bullets' To Image
David Lapham Talks Bringing 'Stray Bullets' To Image
Cited by many readers and comic professionals alike as an under appreciated classic, David Lapham's work on his creator owned crime series Stray Bullets has always received high praise. As such, it came as a bit of a blow to the series' followers, and Lapham himself, when he revealed six years ago that the book was going on an indefinite hiatus. Lapham, who first launched the title in 1995 and pub
Dark Horse Announces David Lapham's 'Juice Squeezers' #1 And 'Kid McAllister' [NYCC 2013]
Dark Horse Announces David Lapham's 'Juice Squeezers' #1 And 'Kid McAllister' [NYCC 2013]
Dark Horse Announces David Lapham's 'Juice Squeezers' #1 And 'Kid McAllister' [NYCC 2013]
  David Lapham's got a lot going on at Dark Horse Comics. In fact, he may just be writing and drawing a full DH release every month in 2014 and beyond. The Stray Bullets and Young Liars creator's newest series, Kid McAllister, is set to debut with a 22-page #1 issue in May, while DHP alum Juice Squeezers graduates to a full series with a digital issue collecting its DHP stories on Dark Horse Digit
It’s Kids Vs. Bugs In ‘Dark Horse Presents’ As Lapham Launches ‘Juice Squeezers’ In July
It’s Kids Vs. Bugs In ‘Dark Horse Presents’ As Lapham Launches ‘Juice Squeezers’ In July
It’s Kids Vs. Bugs In ‘Dark Horse Presents’ As Lapham Launches ‘Juice Squeezers’ In July
On top of crafting some of the most critically acclaimed independent crime comics of the past 20 years, David Lapham has worked on a diverse catalog of memorable work-for-hire stories at essentially every publisher in the business. So when Dark Horse hit up ComicsAlliance to let us know that the Stray Bullets, Young Liars and Murder Me Dead creator would be working on something more akin to kid-p

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