Absurd Ventures and Dark Horse Comics present a tale of two totally normal, completely damaged families in a world of corrupt business, inept politics, bungling crime, self-righteous justice, and problematic leisure wear.
The bestselling new crime-fiction comic book series created and written by DAN HOUSER (Grand Theft Auto, Red Dead Redemption, Bully), produced and with additional writing by LAZLOW, and edited by SHELLY BOND and DANIEL CHABON, with a murderers' row of artists including DAVID LAPHAM (story layouts and pencils), CHRIS ANDERSON (finishes), LEE LOUGHRIDGE (colors), NATE PIEKOS (lettering), TYLER BOSS (series covers), and variant covers by SIMON BISLEY, MARTIN SIMMONDS, JOE QUINONES, MARGUERITE SAUVAGE, and more.
Verona, Wyoming. A small town like any other. A land of hunter and hunted. Apex predators… and regulations just waiting to be broken.
Culture has become a war, everyone has everything they need yet are miserable, and American life is still dominated by real estate, violence and snake oil.
From the tax-avoiders in the manicured wilderness of Wyoming, to the thought police of Brooklyn, to the confused political battlegrounds of Florida, one thing is certain: This tragedy is someone else's fault.
A degenerate
lawyer
A mormon
hitman
A red-pilled
housewife
A mexican beauty
queen on the run
A wall street
billionaire
turned wannabe
cowboy
A maniac
hell-bent on
revenge
ISSUE COVERS AND VARIANTS
Issue #1
Cover A | Tyler Boss
The debut issue and first appearance of American Caper.
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Verona, Wyoming is rattled by a murder, a van crash of smuggled immigrants, and three escaped fugitives on the run. William visits Marty Blowman, the erratic, HGH-swilling billionaire 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.
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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 escaped convicts and smuggled immigrants. 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.
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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. This issue is fully pencilled and inked by David Lapham (Stray Bullets).
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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 her cartel past and life as a Mexican glamour model.
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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. Marnie machine guns a few memories. And the FBI begins to put the pieces together just as a terrifying cartel hitman castrates their case.
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A pair of lovers break out of a Texas prison, and 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.
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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 ordnance and cattle carnage. Orson has second thoughts about the path to spiritual redemption that Aaron Olds has put him on. 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.
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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.
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Attorney William Hamilton negotiates a deal with an unhinged client as Marnie breaks their marriage vows in camo lingerie. Brian gets dating advice from a conspiracy theorist while trafficking arms to militias. Aaron Olds gives Orson a Mormon ultimatum. Marty’s latest party infuriates General Chancery, while Agent Evans discovers a gruesome scene. The humidity is rising in Verona in a tale of vengeful cartels, gold plated turds, and Waymos on fire.
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Marty prepares for his book release bash while the FBI pays a visit to Aaron Olds. William gets a call in a porta potty that will change his life. Clint and Sonny have a quarrel that goes sideways. And Dre BK kills the devil while General Chancery enjoys a BBQ of his own.
Available September 30, 2026.
(DOUBLE-SIZE SEASON FINALE)
It’s a crescendo of chaos in the small town of Verona, Wyoming as Marty’s party turns into a family affair crashed by a slew of unwelcome guests. Orson admits some not so charming truths to Eliza. Marnie hunts down her husband
hellbent on revenge. Eva faces off against the cartel assassin. And Dre BK keeps it calm and brings the namaste mid-firefight through copious amounts of hallucinations and yoga as the Verona chapter of American Caper comes to a very violent conclusion.
Double-size season finale. Available November 11, 2026.
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