“Quentin-Tarantino-Meets-David-Lynch” – David Lapham’s ‘Stray Bullets’ Celebrates 30 Years
by Olly MacNamee
David Lapham‘s multiple Eisner Award winning crime noir series Stray Bullets – first launched independently in 1995, before finding a new publishing home at Image Comics in 2014 – is celebrating 30 years of publication this year and Image want to remind you that you can gran the whole saga so far in collected editions.
Described as “Quentin-Tarantino-meets-David-Lynch”, Stray Bullets is an epic crime drama featuring a large ensemble cast of characters. as you’d expect from such a long running series. Here’s the overview:
“Beginning in the 1970s and carrying on into the 1990s, Stray Bullets is a period crime drama with moments of humor and absurdity. Lapham’s crime noir masterpiece follows the lost lives of people who are savagely torn apart by events beyond their control: The innocent world of an imaginative little girl is shattered when she witnesses a brutal double murder. An introverted young boy on the verge of manhood gets a lesson on just how far is too far when he falls for a needy woman who lives life in the fast lane. Or party with a pair of low-rent hoods who learn what is really important in life just when they shouldn’t.”
Now for the hard sell. Stray Bullets is out in the following collected editions:
The Stray Bullets: Uber Alles Edition paperback collects the original five story arcs (Stray Bullets issues #1-41) of this series together for the first time in one massive, 1,200 page volume. Stray Bullets Volume 1: The Innocence of Nihilism, Stray Bullets Volume 2: Somewhere Out West, Stray Bullets Volume 3: Other People, Stray Bullets Volume 4: Dark Days, and Stray Bullets Volume 5: HiJinks and Derring-Do appear in their entirety.
Stray Bullets, Vol. 2: Somewhere Out West trade paperback collects issues #8-14 of the original Stray Bullets series.
Stray Bullets, Vol. 3: Other People trade paperback collects issues #15-22 of the original Stray Bullets series.
Stray Bullets, Vol. 4: Dark Days trade paperback collects issues #23-30 of the original Stray Bullets series.
Stray Bullets, Vol. 5: HiJinks and Derring-Do trade paperback collects issues #31-41 of the original Stray Bullets series.
Stray Bullets, Vol. 6: Killers trade paperback collects issues #1-8 of the Stray Bullets: Killers sequel series.
Stray Bullets: Sunshine & Roses, Part 1 trade paperback collects issues #1-8 of the Stray Bullets: Sunshine & Roses sequel series.
Stray Bullets: Sunshine & Roses, Part 2 trade paperback collects issues #9-16 of the Stray Bullets: Sunshine & Roses sequel series.
Stray Bullets: Sunshine & Roses, Part 3: The Queen of Palm Court trade paperback collects issues #17-24 of the Stray Bullets: Sunshine & Roses sequel series.
Stray Bullets: Sunshine & Roses, Part 4: The Salad Days trade paperback collects issues #25-32 of the Stray Bullets: Sunshine & Roses sequel series.
Right, that’s your public service announcement for this morning out of the way. Enjoy your day!
