David Lapham

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David Lapham
NationalityAmerican
Area(s)Artist, writer
Notable works
Harbinger
AwardsBest Writer/Artist Eisner Awards (1996)

David Lapham is an American comic book writer, artist, and

independent comic book Stray Bullets
.

Career

David Lapham started his career in 1990 as a penciller at Valiant Comics. He went on to work under editor Jim Shooter at Defiant Comics, where they co-created Warriors of Plasm in 1993.[1]

He set up his own publishing company, El Capitan Books, in 1995, to self-publish Stray Bullets which he wrote, drew and lettered himself. He then took a sabbatical from Stray Bullets in 2000, to produce his nine-issue period murder mystery Murder Me Dead, also from El Capitan Books.[1]

Lapham began working on more mainstream comics work from 2005 onwards, writing a story arc for

Marvel MAX line. He then wrote the Vertigo series Young Liars and took over from Garth Ennis as writer on Crossed.[2]

Publication of Stray Bullets ceased after its fortieth issue, along with Lapham's self-published futuristic science-fiction miniseries, The Parallax Man. The Parallax Man had been announced to debut in 2005 but was never officially solicited. In 2007, Lapham expressed interest in completing both projects.[3] 2009 saw the release of Dark Horse: Noir, which included a Stray Bullets story that took place within the still incomplete arc. In March 2010, it was reported that Lapham was working on a Predator series for Dark Horse Comics.[4]

In March 2014, the long-awaited forty-first and final issue of the initial Stray Bullets arc and series as whole was released after the Laphams made a deal with Image Comics.[citation needed] On the same day, an omnibus edition of all forty-one issues was released, as well as the first issue of a new series titled Stray Bullets: Killers. At Image, Lapham has continued Stray Bullets as a series of story arcs separated into their own miniseries: Stray Bullets: Killers ran for eight issues, followed after a brief hiatus by a second arc: Stray Bullets: Sunshine & Roses ran for forty-two issues.

Awards

  • Eisner Awards
    • 1996 – Best Writer/Artist (for Stray Bullets).
    • 1997 – Best Graphic Album: Reprint (for Stray Bullets: Innocence of Nihilism)
  • Inkpot Award (2005)[5]

Bibliography

As an artist on all unless otherwise noted; additionally writer, where noted:

Valiant Comics

Titles published by Valiant include:

Defiant Comics

Titles published by Defiant include:

DC Comics

Titles published by DC Comics include:

Vertigo

Titles published by DC Comics'

Vertigo
imprint include:

Wildstorm

Titles published by DC Comics'

Wildstorm
imprint include:

El Capitan Books

Titles published by

El Capitan
, Lapham's own publishing company, include:

Dark Horse Comics

Titles published by Dark Horse include:

  • Harlan Ellison's Dream Corridor #4 (1995)
  • Noir: A Collection of Crime Comics (anthology graphic novel, 2009); also writer (this is a Stray Bullets story)
  • Predators #1–4 (2010); writer only
  • Preserve the Game (anthology one-shot, 2010); also writer
  • Kull #1–4 (2010–2011); writer only
  • Kull: The Cat and the Skull #1–4 (2011–2012)
  • Creepy #5 (2011); also writer
  • Robert E. Howard's Savage Sword #3–4 (2011–2012); writer only
  • Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan's The Strain
    #1–11 (2011–2013); writer only
  • Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan's The Strain: The Fall
    #1–9 (2013–2014); writer only
  • Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan's The Strain: The Night Eternal
    #1–12 (2014–2015); writer only
  • Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan's The Strain: Mister Quinlan – Vampire Hunter
    #1–5 (2016–2017); writer only

Marvel Comics

Titles published by Marvel include:

Avatar Press

Titles published by Avatar include:

  • Crossed 3D: Volume 1 (graphic novel, 2011)
  • Crossed Psychopath #1–7 (2011–2012)
  • Crossed Badlands #10–13, 21–24, 33–36 (2012–2013)
  • Caligula #1–6 (2011–2012); writer only
  • Caligula Heart of Rome #1–6 (2012–2013); writer only
  • Ferals #1–18 (2011–2013); writer only
  • Dan the Unharmable #1–12 (2012–2013); writer only

Image Comics

Titles published by Image include:

Other publishers

Titles published by various American publishers include:

Covers only

References

  1. ^ a b David Lapham at the Grand Comics Database
  2. ^ Johnson, Rich (February 16, 2010). "David Lapham To Write Crossed Volume 2: Family Values". Bleeding Cool. Avatar Press. Retrieved February 16, 2010.
  3. ^ Lorah, Michael (April 25, 2007). "David Lapham: Down Among The Silverfish". Newsarama. Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved April 25, 2007.
  4. ^ Dark Horse Prepping Predators Prequel and Sequel
  5. ^ Inkpot Award

External links

Preceded by Detective Comics writer
2005–2006
Succeeded by
James Dale Robinson