American Caper Volume 1: Red-Pilled Blues Paperback by Written by Dan Houser and Lazlow; illustrated by David Lapham and Chris Anderson

Product Details

• Publisher: Dark Horse Books (2026-07-14)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 136 pages
• ISBN-13: 9781506754055
• Item Weight: 328.86 grams
• Dimensions: 25.91 x 16.81 x 0.69 cm

A new crime-fiction saga created and written by Rockstar Games co-founder DAN HOUSER (Grand Theft Auto, Red Dead Redemption) with additional writing by LAZLOW, with art by Eisner Award-winner DAVID LAPHAM (Stray Bullets).

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.  

AMERICAN CAPER: RED-PILLED BLUES collects the first four issues of the new crime-fiction saga and is created and written by Rockstar Games co-founder DAN HOUSER (Grand Theft Auto, Red Dead Redemption) with additional writing by LAZLOW, art by Eisner Award-winner DAVID LAPHAM (Stray Bullets) and CHRIS ANDERSON with covers by TYLER BOSS (4 Kids Walk into a Bank). 

For mature audiences.

Collects American Caper #1–#4.

About the Author

As the writer and creative director behind the Grand Theft Auto, Red Dead Redemption and Bully video game series among others, Dan Houser has helped establish video games as a leading form of narrative fiction. Dan is now authoring new stories as founder of Absurd Ventures, a storytelling-driven entertainment company creating original comic books, video games, books, live-action and animated film and television, audio fiction, and more.

Lazlow served as a Director, Producer and Co-Writer on history-making franchises like Grand Theft Auto, Red Dead Redemption, Bully, Max Payne, Midnight Club, and more. He is a founding member of Absurd Ventures and has worked with Dan Houser as a cowriter and creative partner for over twenty five years. Lazlow writes and directs for games, animated comedy, comic books and audio fiction series.