David Lapham
| David Lapham | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Artist, writer |
Notable works |
Stray Bullets Harbinger |
| Awards | Best Writer/artist Eisner Awards (1996) |
David Lapham is an American comic book writer, artist, and cartoonist, best known for his work on the independent comic book Stray Bullets.
Biography
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 doing more mainstream comics work from 2005 onwards, writing a story arc for Top Cow Comics' The Darkness ("Hell House", vol. 2, #17-20), a 12 part Batman storyline in Detective Comics ("City of Crime" #801-808 and 811-814) for DC Comics and writing and pencilling the six part Daredevil Vs. Punisher: Means And Ends limited series for Marvel Comics. In late 2006, Marvel released Giant-Size Wolverine #1, with a 34-page Lapham story illustrated by David Aja, and DC began releasing Tales of the Unexpected with an eight-issue arc starring the Spectre, which was also written by Lapham. Vertigo published the original graphic novel Silverfish in July 2007, and he drew Terror, Inc. for the Marvel MAX line. He then wrote the Vertigo series Young Liars and took over from Garth Ennis as writer on Crossed.[2][3]
Stray Bullets as of 2007 was uncompleted, with one issue left in its arc, as was as a self-published futuristic science-fiction miniseries, The Parallax Man. The series was announced to debut in 2005 but was never solicited. Lapham in 2007 expressed interest in completing both projects.;[4] 2009 saw the release of Dark Horse: Noir, which included a "Stray Bullets" story to finish the incomplete arc. In March 2010, it was reported that he was working on a Predator series for Dark Horse Comics.[5]
Bibliography
As artist on all unless otherwise noted; additionally writer, where noted
Valiant Comics
Titles published by Valiant include:
- WWF Battlemania #1 (1991)
- Magnus Robot Fighter #5-8 (1991–1992)
- Harbinger #1-13 (1992-1993, #0 (1993); also writer #10-13
- Shadowman #1-2, 4-5 (1992)
- Rai #0 (1992)
- H.A.R.D. Corps #1 (1992)
Defiant Comics
Titles published by Defiant include:
- Warriors of Plasm #1-11, 13 (1993-1994), #0 (1993); also writer #5-11, 13
- Splatterball (one-shot, 1993); also writer
- Defiant: Genesis (one-shot, 1993)
El Capitan Books
Titles published by El Capitan, Lapham's own publishing company, include:
- Stray Bullets #1-40 (1995-2005); also writer
- Amy Racecar Color Special #1-2 (1997 & 1999); also writer
- Murder Me Dead #1-9 (2000–2001); also writer
DC Comics
Titles published by DC Comics include:
- Superman Annual #5 (1993)
- Detective Comics #800-808, 811-814 (2005–2006); also writer
- Tales of the Unexpected #1-8 (2006-2007)
- The Spirit #5 (2010); writer only
Marvel Comics
Titles published by Marvel include:
- Daredevil vs. Punisher: Means and Ends #1-6 (2005–2006); also writer
- Giant-Size Wolverine: "House of Blood and Sorrow" (2006); writer only
- Wolverine: The Amazing Immortal Man and Other Bloody Tales (one-shot, 2008)
- Wolverine: Debt of Death (with David Aja, one-shot, 2011)
- Terror, Inc. #1-5 (2007–2008); also writer
- Terror, Inc.: Apocalypse Soon #1-4 (2009)
- Spider-Man: With Great Power... #1-5 (2008); writer only
- The Immortal Iron Fist #27 (2009)
- Mystic Comics 70th Anniversary Special (2009); also writer
- Immortal Weapons #5 (2009); writer only
- Deadpool #1000 (2010); also writer
- DeadpoolMAX #1-12 (2010–2012); also writer
- PunisherMAX: Tiny Ugly World (one-shot, 2010); writer only
- Point One: "Age of Apocalypse: The Myth of Man" (one-shot, 2011); writer only
- Age of Apocalypse #1-14 (2012–2013); writer only
Vertigo
Titles published by DC Comics' Vertigo imprint include:
- Fables #59 (2007), #92-93 (2010)
- Silverfish (graphic novel, 2007); also writer
- Young Liars #1-18 (2008–2009); also writer
- American Splendor vol. 2, #1-2 (2008)
- DMZ #59 (2011)
- House of Mystery #38 (2011)
- The Unexpected (one-shot, 2011)
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
- 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- (2013– ); writer only
Wildstorm
Titles published by DC Comics' Wildstorm imprint include:
- Driver: Crossing the Line #0 (2010); writer only
- Modern Warfare 2: Ghost #1-6 (2010); writer only
- Sparta USA #1-6 (2010); writer only
- Fringe: Tales from the Fringe #2 2010)
Avatar Press
Titles published by Avatar include:
- Crossed #1-7 (2010–2011); writer only
- 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
Other publishers
Titles published by various American publishers include:
- The Darkness vol. 2, #17-20 (Top Cow Comics, 2004–2005); writer only
- 30 Days of Night: 30 Days 'till Death #1-4 (IDW Publishing, 2009-2009); also wrier
- G.I. Joe: Origins #20-23 (2010–2011); writer only
- Damaged #1-6 (2011–2012); writer only
Covers only
- Amazing Heroes #199 (Fantagraphics Books, 1992)
- Rai #1 (Valiant Comics, 1992)
- X-O Manowar #3 (Valiant, 1992)
- Shadowman #3 (Valiant Comics, 1992)
- Harbinger #14 (Valiant Comics, 1993)
- Warriors of Plasm #12 (Defiant Comics, 1994)
Awards
- Eisner Awards
- 1996 - Best Writer/Artist (for Stray Bullets).
- 1997 - Best Graphic Album: Reprint (for Stray Bullets: Innocence of Nihilism)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 David Lapham at the Grand Comics Database
- ↑ Lapham, David (February 16, 2010). "David Lapham On Writing Crossed Volume 2: Family Values". Bleeding Cool. Avatar Press. Retrieved February 16, 2010.
- ↑ Johnson, Rich (February 16, 2010). "David Lapham To Write Crossed Volume 2: Family Values". Bleeding Cool. Avatar Press. Retrieved February 16, 2010.
- ↑ Lorah, Michael (April 25, 2007). "David Lapham: Down Among The Silverfish". Newsarama. Retrieved April 25, 2007.
- ↑ Dark Horse Prepping Predators Prequel and Sequel
External links
- David Lapham at the Comic Book DB
- McLean, Tom (June 7, 2007). "Valiant's 'Harbinger' returns". "Bags and Boards" (column), Variety.com. Archived from the original on June 8, 2007.
- Smith, Andy (March 6, 2006). "The Ten Most Important Comic Books of the 1990s". SeqArt.com.
- McLelland, Ryan (September 24, 2003). "Valiant Days, Valiant Nights - A Look Back at the Rise and Fall of Valiant". Newsarama.com. Archived from the original on November 9, 2009.
| Preceded by Andersen Gabrych |
Detective Comics writer 2005–2006 |
Succeeded by James Dale Robinson |
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