NYCC:
DAVID LAPHAM WRITES AND DRAWS TWO CREATOR-OWNED SERIES AT DARK HORSE IN
2014!
OCTOBER 11, NEW
YORK, NY—David Lapham, the Eisner Award–winning creator of the smash hit
Stray Bullets, is writing and drawing his own series again for the first
time in five years, on not one, but two new creator-owned titles: Juice
Squeezers and Kid McAlister!
Called
“a
perfect start to an addictive new serial” by Newsarama after its run in
the Eisner and Harvey
Award–winning anthology Dark Horse Presents,
Juice Squeezers follows a covert group of tweens who form the
main line of defense for the residents of Weeville against an army of giant
bugs. The only ones who can fit into the cramped subterranean battlefield, the
aptly named Juice Squeezers keep the endless swarm of bugs from overrunning the
city. That is, until a new kid moves to town and threatens to awaken a dormant
bug population. The exterminators may become the exterminated in this all-ages
adventure story!
Hot on the heels
of Juice Squeezers, Lapham weaves a western sci-fi tale with
Kid McAlister, which follows a fifty-year-old cowboy trapped
in the body of a twelve-year-old, as he returns home to Yuma, Arizona, after a
long stint on the road. It’s not easy to stay hidden for long when you’re an
eternally young “Electric Cowboy” and the best darn bull rider on the
circuit. Also,
Kid’s the only one who can see the body-snatching aliens taking over the
populace, and he’s the only one who can stop them from taking over the world!
Praise
for Juice Squeezers:
“How the hell can I
ignore David Lapham writing and drawing again! My god that was a nice treat to
discover and upon reading . . . I’m really looking forward to the next chapter
and Lapham’s art was fantastic.”—Comic Bastards
“It’s a modern
take on the innumerable monster movies of the 1950s that featured enormous bugs
. . . The character dynamics are still in play, even as the group contends with
maggots the size of corgis.”—Unleash the Fanboy
Juice
Squeezers #1 (of
4) is on sale January 1, 2014, in comic shops
everywhere!
Kid
McAlister #1 (of
5) is on sale May 7, 2014, in comic shops everywhere!
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