Vertigo nabs Lapham

David Lapham, arguably best known for his creator owned series Stray Bullets, is bringing his newest creation, Young Liars, to DC's Vertigo label.

“I haven’t had this much fun since my Uncle Chuck took me on a crime spree in the fourth grade.” — David Lapham

I must say, the thing that jumps out at me most about this series, is the name of one of Lapham's protagonist's, Danny Noonan. Has that much time actually gone by since Caddyshack? It's like naming your main character Clark Griswold, or Rick Deckard. It's not like we're going to just forget these names.

Anywho, this is another series I am really looking forward to. I read Stray Bullets a number of years ago, and have read some of Lapham's work for hire stuff, and they just don't really compare. I think, like many writers, Lapham only really lets go when it's something of his own he's working on. So this should work.

Newsarama posted a few pages of the first issue on their site, so I guess you could go over there and look at it. I am pretty intrigued actually. And I almost hesitate to say it, but it even looks like Lapham's worked on his art some in the meantime. Not that it every looked bad in the first place, there's just something about these new pages that really works. Young Liars will ship in March.

-Dan