Stray Bullets (comics)

Stray Bullets
The cover has a large banner at the top reading "STRAY BULLETS" with a band in the bottom third that has a drawing of a man with a revolver looking scared under the moon.
Cover to Stray Bullets #1 (1995) by David Lapham
Publication information
PublisherEl Capitan Books
Image Comics
ScheduleIrregular
FormatOngoing series
Genre
Publication dateMarch 1995 – present
No. of issues
  • Stray Bullets – 41
  • Killers – 8
  • Sunshine & Roses – 42
Creative team
Created byDavid Lapham
Written byDavid Lapham
Artist(s)David Lapham
Letterer(s)David Lapham
Editor(s)Deborah Purcell
Collected editions
Innocence of NihilismISBN 978-1-63215-113-1
Somewhere Out WestISBN 978-1-63215-377-7
Other PeopleISBN 978-1-63215-482-8
Dark DaysISBN 978-1-63215-553-5
Hi-Jinks and Derring-DoISBN 978-1-63215-733-1
KillersISBN 978-1-63215-215-2

Stray Bullets is an independent American comic book series published in black and white (with color covers) by El Capitan Books and Image Comics. It is written and drawn by David Lapham.[1][2]

The story deals with the often criminal and sometimes tragic misadventures of a large cast of characters and takes place from the mid-1970s through the mid-1990s. Published on an irregular basis since 1995, the comic has had close to 100 issues and is a long-time critically acclaimed series.[3][4][5]

  1. ^ Johnston, Rich (December 20, 2010). "David Lapham Talks Crossed Past, Present… And Future". Bleeding Cool. Retrieved August 25, 2013.
  2. ^ Armitage, Hugh (October 1, 2014). "Image begins new reprints of David Lapham classic Stray Bullets". Digital Spy. Retrieved October 1, 2014.
  3. ^ Magnett, Chase (November 7, 2016). "5 Favorite Image Crime Comics". ComicBook.com. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
  4. ^ Dean, Tres (November 19, 2019). "This Is Dope: Stray Bullets, The Best Noir Comic You're Probably Not Reading". Syfy. Retrieved November 19, 2019.
  5. ^ Fonseka, Anish (September 16, 2022). "10 Ways David Lapham's Stray Bullets Is The Ultimate Crime Comic". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved September 16, 2022.