Category Archives: David Lapham

Misc Reviews

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I’ve read a few things that don’t really call out for their own full reviews. So I’ll just touch on them here. Not that I didn’t like them (although I wasn’t fond of 2 of the books), but it’s just easier than creating a new blog post to say 2-3 sentences about it. Here we go.

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Deadpool Max by David Lapham and Kyle Baker

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I’ve never been a big Deadpool fan, except for Joe Kelly’s issue #11 where Deadpool goes back and time and takes over for Peter Parker in Amazing Spider-Man #47 (which was one of the single funniest superhero comic books stories since Dan Vado and Evan Dorkin’s O Squad). But when I heard that two of my favorite comic creators (David Lapham and Kyle Baker) would be teaming up for a Deadpool Max comic, I knew I needed to read this. Unfortunately I found out after 4 issues were already out, but I was able to track down previous issues and read them. So how is it?

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Spider-Man: With Great Power by David Lapham and Tony Harris

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When I reviewed Stray Bullets a couple weeks ago (review), I mentioned that Lapham had stopped working on Stray Bullets to do mainstream work (due to higher pay). Spider-Man: With Great Power is one of the books Lapham worked on. It is an out of continuity look into the beginning of Spider-Man’s career. It mentions briefly the the spider bite and stops before Uncle Ben dies which basically leaves his glorious wrestling career as the subject of this 5 issue series. That’s right, we have five issues dealing with Spider-Man’s wrestling career. So, how did Lapham and Harris do?

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Stray Bullets by David Lapham

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While many people have strong opinions on Jim Shooter, David Lapham owes his career to him. Shooter burned bridges almost everywhere he went, but he always had an eye for talent.  After he blazed his way out at Marvel, he resurfaced a few years later and led Valiant to a number of high profile series including Harbinger, Solar, XO Manowar and Turok: Dinosaur Hunter (which later became a popular video game). Along with some industry veterans, Shooter discovered some promising new artists including David Lapham, who did the art on the popular Harbinger series. When Shooter was forced out at Valiant, he went on to help found Defiant comics and Lapham followed him over and helped him create Warriors of Plasm. Unfortunately a legal fight with Marvel comics and a dropoff in sales over the entire comic book business killed Defiant.

Lapham, sick of the getting shafted by companies left and right, decided to self-publish and came out with Stray Bullets. The initial storyline (named Innocence of Nihilism) was published to rave reviews, not only for the art, but also for the wonderful storytelling. The story follows a cast of losers and small time hoods and does an amazing job capturing the characters and the atmosphere. So, what is Stray Bullets?

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