THE FIRST COLLECTED EDITION OF AMERICAN CAPER IS COMING JUNE 23, 2026
Pre-orders are now live for the AMERICAN CAPER: RED-PILLED BLUES trade paperback which collects the first four issues of creator-writer Dan Houser’s bestselling new crime fiction comic book
Dark Horse Comics and Absurd Ventures today 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 via
retailers worldwide including Penguin Random House, Amazon and Barnes & Noble, or your local comic shop or bookstore.
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 (Stray Bullets), Chris Anderson (Lost Angels), and Lee Loughridge (Nemesis: Rogue’s Gallery), with covers by Tyler Boss (4 Kids Walk into a Bank).
Issue #1 was also the bestselling crime-fiction comic book in America per November ICv2 sales data.
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 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.
Check out the American Caper Series Trailer on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?
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