Dan Houser, the writer behind Grand Theft Auto, publishes his first graphic novel
The Rockstar Games co-founder brings out "American Caper" in France, a choral, corrosive portrait of the United States' contemporary neuroses.
Dan Houser, co-founder of Rockstar Games and former creative director of the Grand Theft Auto series, is publishing his first bande dessinée in France, according to Le Monde. Titled "American Caper", the book is described as a choral narrative that takes a corrosive look at present-day American anxieties.
Le Monde quotes Houser saying that "au cœur de l'Amérique, tout est parfois une farce" — at the heart of America, everything is sometimes a farce — a line that gives the piece its title and points to the tone of the work: satirical, multi-voiced, aimed at the contradictions of the country that produced the crime sagas he built his career writing for video games.
Houser left Rockstar Games in 2020 after nearly two decades shaping the Grand Theft Auto franchise's narrative universe. His move into comics marks a first venture into the medium, though the source material gives no further detail on the book's plot, its illustrator, its publisher or its length.
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