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Prof LeGate · Joined: 06 Nov 2009 Posts: 265

I just wanted you know that I can do a mean Walter Brennan impersonation. I watched Sgt. York a lot as a kid and it is one of my favorite movies.

I remember one of the first interesting 'uses' of the internet for me in the 90s was finding a website that had celebrity deaths by year and I found out that Brennan died the year I was born. I also found out it wasnt really a big deal to know who died the year you were born.
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DavidLapham · Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2010 3:32 am Post subject:

I should review Sgt. York. One of the great films. The kind they CAN'T make today. It would make you sick if they made it today.

Brennan was good in every one of the million films he was in. My favorite is as the rummy in To Have And Have Not and as Judge Roy Bean in The Westerner.
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fever · Joined: 30 Jun 2008 Posts: 131 Location: seattle

So, it's been Lapham week. I finally read the copy of Stray Bullets Volume 2 that has been sitting in my closet for six months this weekend and yesterday I bought a complete set of Young Liars singles. I had never read the last five or six issues so it was a real treat. When I was reading the book as it was being published I always felt like everything could explode at any second, which was one of the things I loved it about.
I was very impressed with the ending. I did not expect it to end as well as it did. So, how much stuff did you actually plan ahead of time? How long could this book really of lasted for?
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DavidLapham · Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 4:56 am Post subject:

uncle · Joined: 14 Jun 2010 Posts: 50 Location: belgium

Will you write for the Crossed ongoing, David ?

(please say: yes, it's already a done deal.) Wink

The Unholy Dragon · Joined: 21 Apr 2009 Posts: 1980 Location: Ajax, Ontario

I know many Vertigo series are at least partially creator owned. Could you finish out Young Liars at El Capitan, and would that be something you'd want to do?
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DavidLapham · Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2010 9:07 pm Post subject:

Family Values and the 3D are all the Crossed I'm on for at the moment but it's not impossible.

Young Liars. It's not impossible that I could acquire the full rights and do something like that but there are a few hoops on both sides including me getting El Cap and Stray Bulles back running first.
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fever · Joined: 30 Jun 2008 Posts: 131 Location: seattle

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Bronson · Joined: 20 Jan 2009 Posts: 313

Sorry if this has been answered in some capacity, but will there be some sort of um, 2D version of Crossed 3D? I've got astigmatism in one of my eyes, which really messes with my depth perception, so 3D is an issue for me. Also I can't see the sailboats or unicorns hidden in the Magic Eye pictures (suffice it to say, the 90's were a complete wash for me).

Karibou · Joined: 23 Aug 2010 Posts: 2

Hello,
i'm French and i collect your work in my native language when it is possible, i heard that a french editor named Delcourt had the project to publish Stray Bullets in French, it has been done before by another little editor but only partially, there's only 2 tpb's translated so far and they are not availlable for a long time since the editor disapeared.

I look forward for this complete Delcourt's Stray Bullets anthology in french as it is my favourite work of yours.
I asked on the french editor's website for news regarding this future book and they replied that they are waiting some news from you.
I don't want to press you or interfer in any way, i'm not related to delcourt or any editor at all but could you find the time to proceed with them ?
I'd really appreciate !

Thanks !

MattH · Joined: 13 May 2008 Posts: 93 Location: Le MANS (France)

je ne suis pas sur que les auteurs y soient pour grand chose cher compatriote.

tu as visiblement un bon anglais, mets toi à la VO Wink

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Karibou · Joined: 23 Aug 2010 Posts: 2

personnellement je peux lire en Anglais sans trop de souci mais je n'aime pas acheter les comics en VO, j'aime faire découvrir mes lectures à mon entourage et prêter mes bd et tu sais bien que les Français sont des chèvres en Anglais Laughing

La phrase exacte de Thierry Mornet qui est directeur editorial du catalogue comics pour Delcourt était celle ci:

cjohnbeckius · Joined: 01 Dec 2009 Posts: 26

Hey David, I have a question for you.

Have you ever considered offering the OOP Stray Bullets trades through a Print On Demand service? I know a few people who have published stuff that way and they said it was nice to be able to offer their books to people with little or no overhead cost.

The Unholy Dragon · Joined: 21 Apr 2009 Posts: 1980 Location: Ajax, Ontario

Or paid digital, for that matter?
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innocenceofnihilism · Joined: 05 Sep 2010 Posts: 1

David- I was going to start a new topic for this, but didn't seem appropriate since the board merged into the more generalized Who We Are, Comics etc. But if you were kind enough to answer this I have a separate question from the previous few posters.

Has Stray Bullet's "Hi-Jinks" story pretty much concluded after the Noir 10-pager, or is the last issue still on indefinite hiatus (as opposed to outright cancelled?) I remember you had considered putting it in an eventual collection, but I would urge you to put out the final chapter in one more comic (if it ever happens) for those long-time fans who collected the single issues. If "SB # 41" isn't what you're comfortable with, perhaps you could call it "Stray Bullets Finale?" "SB Annual?" I recall you said it wasn't financially sound for you to produce the last issue at this time since it would basically be working for nothing until it comes out, but is there any way we fans could contribute an investment of some sort in order to enable you to do this? The Save David Lapham fund or something where we could put forward capital to help you conclude it, I'm not kidding. Anyway hope you are well.