David Lapham
David Lapham | |
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Nationality | American |
Area(s) | Writer |
Notable works | Stray Bullets Murder Me Dead Young Liars |
Awards | "Best Writer/artist" Eisner Awards (1996) |
David Lapham (born 1970) is an Eisner Award winning American comic book writer, artist, and cartoonist, best known for his work on his groundbreaking independent comic book Stray Bullets.
Biography
Lapham started his career in 1990 as a penciller at Valiant Comics where he was discovered by editor Jim Shooter. He went on to join Shooter at Defiant Comics where they co-created Warriors of Plasm in 1993.
He set up his own publisher El Capitan Books in 1995, in order to publish Stray Bullets which he wrote, drew and lettered himself. By the end of that year Miramax had hired Lapham to write and direct a feature film. It is unclear what came of this contract as no movie has yet been produced. 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.
Lapham began accepting more mainstream comics work from 2005 onwards, writing a storyarc 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 8 issue arc starring the Spectre which was also written by Lapham. Vertigo published the original graphic novel Silverfish in July 2007 and his interpretation of Terror, Inc. was released under the Marvel MAX line. He then wrote the Vertigo series Young Liars and took over from Garth Ennis as writer on Crossed.[1][2]
This choice to do more mainstream work has led to the near-abandonment of Stray Bullets (with one issue left in the current arc), as well as a self-published futuristic science fiction limited series, The Parallax Man. The series was announced to debut in 2005 but Lapham had less time to devote to it, and issues have never been solicited. He has expressed that he is still interested in both projects, but is unsure when he will be able to complete them.[3] In March 2010 reported he planned with Dark Horse a Comic series over the Predator franchise.[4]
Harbinger: The Beginning
In May 2005, Valiant Entertainment announced that they would be releasing a deluxe Hardcover collection of the complete Harbinger origin story (Harbinger #0-7) entitled Harbinger: The Beginning. The collection would digitally recolor and remaster the original books and include a new "Origin of Harada" story by Jim Shooter, the writer who had penned the most beloved Harbinger stories.
Bibliography
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- Stray Bullets #1-40, El Capitan Books, 1995-?? (writer & artist)
- Murder Me Dead #1-9, July 2000 - Oct 2001, collected in hardcover and trade paperback, El Capitan Books (writer & artist)
- The Darkness vol. 2 #17-20, Nov 2004 - Feb 2005, Top Cow Comics (writer)
- included in trade paperback as The Darkness - volume 6: Depths of Hell
- Detective Comics #801-808 and 811-814, January 2005 - February 2006, DC Comics (writer)
- collected in trade paperback as Batman: City of Crime
- Daredevil Vs. Punisher: Means And Ends #1-6, Sept 2005 - Jan 2006, collected in hardcover and trade paperback, Marvel Comics (writer & artist)
- Tales of the Unexpected #1-8, Dec 2006 - July 2007 DC Comics (writer)
- Crisis Aftermath: The Spectre collects 1-3
- The Spectre: Tales of the Unexpected collects 4-8
- Wolverine, Marvel Comics
- Giant-Size Wolverine #1, December 2006; included in Wolverine: Blood & Sorrow (writer)
- Wolverine: The Amazing Immortal Man and Other Bloody Tales, July 2008 (writer)
- Silverfish published in hardcover and trade paperback, June 2007, Vertigo (writer & artist)
- Terror Inc. #1-5, collected in trade paperback, Oct 2007 - Apr 2008, Marvel Comics (writer)
- Spider-Man: With Great Power... #1-5, Mar - July 2008, Marvel Comics (writer)
- Young Liars 1-18, Vertigo, May 2008-September 2, 2009 (writer & artist)
- Daydream Believer trade paperback collects Issue #s 1-6
- Maestro trade paperback collects Issue #s 7-12
- Rock Life trade paperback collects Issue #s 13-18
- 30 Days of Night: 30 Days 'till Death #1-4, December 2008 - March 2009, IDW Publishing (Story and Art)
- Terror INC. - Apocalypse Soon #1-4, July - September 2009, Marvel Comics (writer)
- Modern Warfare 2: Ghost 2009, WildStorm (writer)
- Sparta, USA, 2010
- Crossed: Family Values, limited series, 2010
Awards
- Eisner Awards
- 1996 - Best Writer/Artist (for Stray Bullets).
- 1997 - Best Graphic Album: Reprint (for Stray Bullets: Innocence of Nihilism)
Notes
- ^ 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
References
- David Lapham at the Grand Comics Database
- David Lapham at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
External links
- Harbinger: The Beginning Hardcover Solicitation in Previews Magazine
- Harbinger: The Beginning article at The Splash page
- Harbinger: The Beginning, Variety
- Harbinger: The Beginning Press Release at Newsarama
- Harbinger cover gallery at Valiantfans.com
- The Ten Most Important Comic Books of the 1990s (Harbinger by David Lapham is ranked #1)
- "Valiant Days, Valiant Nights - A Look Back at the Rise and Fall of Valiant, Newsarama