Oni Press January 2027 Solicitations

THINK FAST! STAY SHARP! LOOK ALIVE! “FALSE FLAGS” races forward as the death-defying super-spy epic from New York Times bestselling writer Matt Kindt (BRZRKR, Mind MGMT) and adrenaline-racing artist Brian Hurtt (The Sixth Gun) draws more than just bad blood!Confined to the island prison nicknamed “Fort Psycho,” the super-spy commandos still left living after their latest escape attempt are about to find themselves under fire in more ways than one. Still executing on secret orders from his old commanders, Jason intends to finally pin down and take out the ally-turned-traitor he believes is actually the Blue Bishop—the global terrorist leader responsible for thousands of deaths . . . and his own unjust imprisonment. But Jason’s years of experience and razor-sharp instincts tell him that the clues just aren’t adding up. Something is wrong, and if he miscalculates his next shot by even a millimeter, he might just be the one who winds up dead!

DOUBLE DATE . . . WITH A DOPPELGÄNGER?! You’re invited—courtesy of Hugo Award–nominated writer Corinna Bechko (Green Lantern: Earth One) and Eisner Award–nominated artist Kano (EC’s Cruel Universe)—to Greendale High’s Winter Formal . . . But beware: Three is a crowd, especially when two of them are yourself! Sabrina doesn’t know how her friend Lou Ella does it—she plans, she decorates, she coordinates, and she looks good rain or shine?! It’s not fair! But when Sabrina turns to magical ads and mystical doppelgängers to help her pick out the perfect outfit for the dance so she can be perfect too, things take a turn for the weird . . . What’s more trouble than one teenage witch at a school dance? Two identical teenage witches, of course! Plus: This illustrious ish also comes complete with four mystically mystifying ads from the magical realm from the dazzling mind of “Nocturnal” Nick Cagnetti (Spirit of the Shadows)!

Torn from the decaying fingers of a desiccated wizard’s corpse and emblazoned with the undying sigil of EC Comics, this might just be our most brutish issue of CRUEL KINGDOM yet—and we’re springing some special prisoners from the dungeon to celebrate! First: Master storyteller and four-time Eisner Award winner Mark Buckingham (Miracleman, Fables) makes an immortal mark on the annals of EC history with a terrifying tale so sickening it will make the dead themselves sit up to wretch! Plus: There’s even more shocks for shilling as accursed creators Cameron Chittock (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles x Stranger Things), Melissa Flores (Power Rangers Prime), Sami Kivelä (The Forever Home), and Alison Sampson (Department of Truth) venture yet deeper in the unexplored realms of fatal fantasy and malevolent magic from eons past.

MURDER MOST MONSTROUS! Please allow rising star George Northy (Yuletide, EC’s Shiver SuspenStories) and Eisner Award nominee Caitlin Yarsky (Dead Teenagers, Black Hammer Reborn) to introduce Prometheus Graft, Europe’s foremost investigator of improbable events and the world-class intellect once cruelly slandered as “Frankenstein’s Monster” . . . Summoned to Romania to observe an occult summit at the castle known as Death’s End, Graft’s unique set of skills are now needed to solve the brutal murder of a supposedly immortal being . . . Only now even more bodies are quickly piling up and what happens next could soon ignite a cataclysmic war between witches, werewolves, and vampires with dire consequences for humanity. Using his brilliant mind and powers of deduction, can Graft piece together the mystery of who’s really pulling the strings at Death’s End . . . and finger the perpetrator before this deadly game of hunter and hunted claims himself as a victim?The first-of-its-kind comics whodunit continues with a “monster mash murder mystery” so compelling you’ll be flipping through each issue for clues!

A’LDARAX SHALL RISE! Eisner Award nominees Patrick Horvath (Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees) and Tyler Crook (Out of Alcatraz) return to the year 1690 AD where a tormented Archie Andrews can no longer tell friend from foe, demon from man, or home from hell . . .As a malevolent power envelops the Riverdale colony, Archie must put everything on the line to convince some folks who look and sound a lot like his friends back home that a) he knows them, b) he’s from another time, and c) that they must join forces to stop the ancient evil looking to sacrifice and slaughter everyone inside their once-great town! But when an unexpected guest pays a visit to the Andrews’ homestead, it might prove too late for Archie to stem the tide of blood slowly rolling into Riverdale . . . and the grave and gory consequences will weigh heavily on his future!

KEEP IT BLOODY AND BOLD! BE BRUTAL AND BRAZEN! At EC Comics, we love to encourage artists—which is why we finally decided to take the shackles off of their hands, heh heh! In our next artist-centric one-shot celebration, examine the killer instincts and invasive images of Sami Kivelä (The Forever Home, Abbott) as he joins EC’s inaugural class of ARTISTS FROM THE ABYSS!First: Gorge yourself on a never-before-seen and soon-to-be-classic EC shocker from Kivelä and Eisner Award–winning writer Greg Pak (Planet Hulk, Batman/Superman)! Then: Survey some of Kivelä’s best feats of fatality in a complete, ad-free package packed with torturous tales from EPITAPHS FROM THE ABYSS, CATACOMB OF TORMENT, and more as scripted by remorseless writers Chris Condon (Ultimate Wolverine) and Ben H. Winters (Archie)!

FIVE STARS! MUST READ! You’re not hallucinating . . . The return of New York Times bestselling cartoonist Matt Kindt’s (BRZRKR, Dept. H) mind-bending magnum opus is also one of the year’s most acclaimed new series. Find out why this is the book that has Macabre Daily saying “If you enter the world of Mind MGMT . . . your life will never be the same.”As detectives Swon and Delphi retrace their heartbreaking shared history, they must still focus on the job at hand: tracking down what’s left of the Dood death cult. But greater questions still loom, especially around their boss, Eraser, and the compelling power of the placebo effect . . .

Past and future collide as Eisner Award winner Christian Ward (Batman: City of Madness) and critically acclaimed artist Sami Kivelä (Abbott) at long last bring father and son finally face-to-face to confront a new world wrought with dark peril and vast opportunity . . .He designed the Forever Home . . . but will he outlive it? The darkest parts of Henry D’Amour’s will to survive now stand revealed . . . and they’re stronger than his will to be an honorable partner and parent, leaving his wife and daughter deathly afraid of the man they thought they knew. That is, until the family’s son, Tommy, quite literally comes crashing into their lives, altering the course of what was once known as the Forever Home.

DEAR READER, PREPARE TO . . . CEASE TO EXIST! The long-awaited return of comics’ most insidiously enthralling and potently psycho-active indie comics masterwork— THE BULLETPROOF COFFIN —begins in an all-new, 72-page dose of surreal superheroes and addictive ideas reuniting creators David Hine ( Spider-Man Noir , Spawn ) and Shaky Kane ( The Man from Maybe , The Beef )! Inside the pages of the hyper-fictional Golden Nugget Comics imprint, a war is being waged with weapons of technological control by the Sons of Technarchy, a cabal of hyperintelligent, all-powerful trillionaires who treat entire realities as disposable playthings. Standing in their way is an unlikely last line of defense: The brave but bizarre heroes known as Eye-We-I, Scarlet Spook, Ramona—Queen of the Stone Age, Red Wraith, Coffin Fly, the Shield of Justice, and more! But as the battle for existence rages, a mind-bending meta-twist unfolds—Hine and Kane themselves are drawn into the chaos, forced to confront their own demons as creators on the brink. Cosmic, chaotic, and wildly imaginative, THE BULLETPROOF COFFIN ’s first giant-sized spectacular is a genre-smashing spectacle that blurs the line between fiction and reality.

Blanca is flying high in New York City, on her way to living her dream as a fashion designer. Life looks perfect: a rock-solid found family, a new job with potential, and a hot new boyfriend. What Blanca doesn’t need is her overbearing mother to show up, scheming to take her away from it. Not only that, her friends’ creative passions are on rocky ground as their beloved nighttime haunt Tableau stands at risk of disappearing forever! With Blanca’s first Pride fast approaching, it’s up to her and her housemates to create a night to remember and use their wits and talents to save Tableau! But will Blanca’s dismissive mother and her boyfriend Charlie’s big secret about who he is unravel EVERYTHING before the big night? The second volume of Terry Blas and Matty Newton's hit graphic novel series Eat Your Heart Out, featuring gorgeous art by artist Eva Cabrera. It’s high pressure, high drama, and SO MUCH DRAG!

VERTIGO MEETS SISTER DEATH AS A DIFFERENT KIND OF DEVIL RISES WITH THE TIDE! From rising stars Tim Daniel and David “DB” Andry ( Crush Depth, Morning Star ) and modern horror virtuoso Maan House ( Mine is a Long, Lonesome Grave ) comes a chilling gothic horror graphic novel of secrets buried deep beneath the surf of the idyllic California coast . . . Atop a rocky cliff overlooking the Pacific Ocean sits the Mission at Arbués Point, a 400-year-old Spanish mission made infamous as one of California’s oldest and most haunted historical sites. But beneath its crumbling, tourist-trap facade, a reclusive nun has spent decades within the Mission’s walls, honing her prayers and practice in pursuit of a secret long-buried beneath the majesty of the chapel, and under the dark waves of the tidal estuary below. When marine archaeologist Maris Cristobal accepts the nun’s offer to begin excavating fabled wreckage lying in wait beneath the Mission’s turbulent waters, she brings in a local boat guide (and handsome social media influencer) to navigate the choppy waters and mystery. As Maris and Hunt grow closer to finding the truth—and closer to each other—they soon discover that the sins of past and present are about to wash together into a harrowing surge of a vengeance that can no longer be contained . . . Collects Estuary: A Ghost Story #1-4.

Everyone knows the most famous love triangle in all of American pop culture: Archie, Betty, and Veronica! Now, just in time for Valentine's Day, Cupid’s arrow zeroes in on the first in a new series of seasonal collections celebrating the greatest Archie Comics stories ever told—beginning with Riverdale’s most raucous tales of romance! Love is in the air in Riverdale! Archie and Betty and Veronica! Midge and Moose! Chuck and Nancy! Reggie and Cheryl! And let’s not forget Jughead . . . and Pop’s Chock’lit Shoppe?! The most famous couples in the history of American comics are on a double date with fate itself in this treasure trove of hilariously heartfelt tales spanning 85 years of flowers, chocolates, and complicated crushes—as told by some of Archie’s most gifted master storytellers of all time.

The highly acclaimed, award-winning Mister Invincible returns with forty-eight all-new pages of format-bending adventure and creativity for middle grade readers from French cartoonist Pascal Jousselin! Mister Invincible is a playful, inventive comic series by Pascal Jousselin starring a superhero whose power isn’t strength or speed but the ability to manipulate the comic page itself. He steps between panels, reaches across gutters, and bends time and space by treating the layout as his battlefield. The stories mix slapstick humor with clever format tricks, creating adventures that are as much puzzles as they are superhero tales, appealing to both kids and adults who enjoy seeing the medium turned inside out.

“There’s nothing wrong with you. That’s the secret of the Haven, and with it, you can do anything.” From Jayel Seymour ( Nadya Skylung and the Cloudship Rescue ) and debut creator Lauren Mugford comes The Haven , a heartfelt adventure with a big twist about making peace with your differences and discovering where you belong. Closeted, queer twelve-year-old J is cursed, reliving sixth grade over and over. Same bullies, same school, same loneliness. Something terrible keeps happening at the end of the year, and then the year resets. But he can’t remember what the Terrible Thing is. And he can’t escape . . . until two new kids show up. Rory—brave, confident, and instantly popular—seems like everything J wants to be. P—a fierce loner with a big secret—wants nothing to do with J or anyone else. And they’re trapped in the time loop, too. Looking for any means of escape, the unlikely trio find a portal into the Haven, a shifting landscape of floating islands and fantastical magic that comes to people who need help solving unsolvable problems. In the heart of the Haven they discover a raging conflict that touches all three of them. J, Rory, and P soon discover the only way to break their time loop is to face a fear they’ve been running from for their whole lives.