With Lazlow now at Absurd Ventures, does this mean fans won’t get to see him in the highly anticipated Grand Theft Auto 6 game?

“We left in 2020, so I doubt it,” Lazlow tells Nerd Reactor. “I loved working on those games with Dan, and I was on the radio in GTA 3 and all the GTAs after that. It was an amazing journey working on GTA for 20 years. Dan worked on it for 22 years.”

The writer compares working at Absurd Ventures to working at Rockstar Games during the earlier years.

“What’s really exciting is the creative team, and some others that were there for two decades have all come to Absurd Ventures,” Lazlow added. “It’s got that creative vibe and grit that reminds me of those early years at Rockstar, where we’re working on a lot of different projects and everybody’s throwing in ideas. We’re working on stuff that makes us laugh.”

So far, two trailers have been released for Grand Theft Auto VI, one in 2023 and one this year. The game will have players returning to Vice City, with Jason and Lucia as the two playable characters. The upcoming title was originally set for a 2025 release but was delayed for a May 26, 2026, release.

About American Caper

Synopsis: Verona, Wyoming. A small town like any other. A land of hunter and hunted. Apex predators… and regulations just waiting to be broken. Culture has become a war, everyone has everything they need yet are miserable, and American life is still dominated by real estate, violence and snake oil. From the tax-avoiders in the manicured wilderness of Wyoming, to the thought police of Brooklyn, to the confused political battlegrounds of Florida, one thing is certain: This tragedy is someone else’s fault.

Houser and Lazlow’s American Caper first issue will be released on November 12, 2025.

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One of the projects Lazlow and Houser are working on together is American Caper, an upcoming comic book series by Absurd Ventures and Dark Horse Comics. This marks the first appearance of a new crime-fiction drama by the duo.

“Making video games is really hard,” Lazlow tells Nerd Reactor. “Making comic books is really, really hard as well. It’s a completely different kind of storytelling. When Dan and I started Absurd Ventures, we wanted to work on some new open-world games and do adult comedy animation. Dan and I are both fans of comic books. So, he came up with this idea of this sprawling crime caper set in Wyoming. Which is a place that we’ve never set any of our stories in.”

They reached out to comic book editor Shelly Bond, who helped with bringing in artists like David Lapham (Cross, Stray Bullets), with Chris Anderson on finishes, and Lee Loughridge on colors.

“When Dan came up with these characters, he did the first pass on the script, and then I took it and edited it and get together with them,” Lazlow said. “I’m like, ‘I think we should add some scenes with this character and add this dialogue.’ And then we collaborate with the editor and the artists, and they throw in their ideas.

“I had this idea with comics that someone would just write a script and hand it to the artist, but it’s very much a back-and-forth collaborative effort. It’s a lot of work, but it’s fun. I grew up every Wednesday going to the comic book shop and blowing any money that I had from taking out the trash and mowing the lawn. And to actually be working on a comic with this gang, it’s amazing.”

Houser and Lazlow have been working together for decades, and their working relationship is still the same after all these years.

“It’s exactly the same,” the writer explained. “Dan comes up with the characters. He’s responsible for all those iconic characters that you remember from GTA 3, 4, San Andreas, Red Dead, Bully, and… So he comes up with the characters and the storyline and then we collaborate and we send the scripts back and forth to each other And I add stuff and send it to him and he adds stuff.

“But you know, a lot of our process is I’ll come up with an idea at 11 o’clock at night and text him. And he does the same thing. I have to cut and paste all the text threads and email them to myself and put them in the scripts because whenever an idea pops into his head, he’ll just shoot me a quick email or a text or give me a call. We’ve been creative partners now since 2001, and it was exciting to start Absurd Ventures with him and be making new stuff.”

Expect the same for American Caper with the comedic satire and violence that people know from the games.

About American Caper

Synopsis: Verona, Wyoming. A small town like any other. A land of hunter and hunted. Apex predators… and regulations just waiting to be broken. Culture has become a war, everyone has everything they need yet are miserable, and American life is still dominated by real estate, violence and snake oil. From the tax-avoiders in the manicured wilderness of Wyoming, to the thought police of Brooklyn, to the confused political battlegrounds of Florida, one thing is certain: This tragedy is someone else’s fault.

American Caper issue #1 debuts on November 12, 2025.

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The game officially gives us our first look at the two main protagonists, Lucia and Jason. However, it’s the dynamic world of Vice City that gets the limelight with the dense population, beautiful lighting, and gorgeous hair of the women featured in the trailer.

The press release for Grand Theft Auto VI mentions it’ll be coming in 2025 for the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S. The PC isn’t mentioned, and one could take this as Rockstar Games releasing the PC version at a later date.

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