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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

Released around this time last year, the first hardcover collection of Rocketeer Adventures anthology quickly shot to the top of my list of 2011's best looking comic books. Created by the late Dave Stevens, The Rocketeer offers creators a platter of uncommon beauties with which to work --the gorgeous pre-war period and associated Americana, the masterful Rocketeer character design, and the stunnin

On sale now from Vertigo is Ghosts #1, a new anthology one-shot produced specifically for the Halloween season. The book features new work from Gilbert Hernandez, Al Ewing & Rufus Dayglo, Paul Pope & David Lapham, Neil Kleid & John McCrea, Toby Litt & Mark Buckingham with Victor Santos, Mary H.K. Choi & Phil ...

On sale this week is Rocketeer Adventures #2, continuing the latest anthology miniseries from IDW Publishing that finds many of comics' coolest creators both contemporary and veteran indulging themselves in the graphically rich and infinitely charming world of The Rocketeer, the cult classic adventure hero created by the late, great Dave Stevens...

Arist Mike Huddleston (Butcher Baker, The Righteous Maker) had his work cut out for him when he was brought on to illustrate Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan's vampire novel trilogy The Strain in comics. The series' monsters sport disturbingly unique biology that sets them apart from contemporary vamps requiring some serious collaboration between Huddleston, comic series writer David Lapham (Str

With Fear Itself headed for its finale, Marvel's already looking ahead with the promotion of Point One #1, a 64-page one-shot out in November that will reportedly set the stage for seven major stories in 2012. Every day this week Marvel sent out a promo image attached to a creative team that hints at some shakeups and threats within -- and spinning out of -- the worlds of The Avengers, Spider-Man,

Dark Horse confirmed on Wednesday night at Comic-Con International in San Diego the coming of three new titles from popular creators whose work is not typically associated with comics. Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro (Pan's Labyrinth, Hellboy, Blade 2) will see his The Strain novel adapted for comics; musician Tom Morello (Rage Against the Machine, The Nightwatchman) turns in an original work and f

In midtown Kansas City, there are two comics shops situated across the street from one another, like a squat pair of gunfighters in perpetual staredown. The one on the left is younger, a hipster establishment with a healthy shelf of independent comics and street cred...

David Lapham is not new to crime comics. For the past twelve years, while not exactly prolific, the majority of his output has dealt with murder, drugs, robbery or some combination of the three. Throughout forty issues of the phenomenal STRAY BULLETS, he told a series of interwoven crime stories that took place in a non-linear fashion that kept readers puzzled and entertained at the same time... R

Press Release Over the last six years, the Marvel MAX imprint has changed the way people see mature readers comics-and things are about to get even more exciting! With the 50th issue of the critically acclaimed Punisher and gripping new series such as Terror Inc and Foolkiller arriving this fall, not to mention collections of recent high profile projects such as Wisdom, MAX boldly goes where other