Get a sneak peek at The Horizon Experiment’s connecting variant covers reveals stunning artwork by Eisner Award-winning artist Tula Lotay, highlighting the original protagonists from the series of five one-shots. Led by award-winning creator Pornsak Pichetshote and editor Will Dennis, The Horizon Experiment features all-star talent from across entertainment re-envisioning popular genre fare and iconic characters through a diverse lens for the comic book series. The debut issue, The Horizon Experiment: The Manchurian, written by Pichetshote and illustrated by superstar artists Terry and Rachel Dodson, hits shelves in September. 

Lotay is known for not only her gorgeous cover art, but also for her groundbreaking work in comics, film and editorial illustration, including being the artist on Image Comics’ Supreme: Blue Rose, written by Warren Ellis. She won an Eisner Award in 2023 for her work on comic book series Barnstormers: A Ballad of Love and Murder for Best Digital Comic alongside writer Scott Snyder, and in 2024 for SOMNA: A Bedtime Story for Best New Series alongside co-creator Becky Cloonan, which were also edited by Dennis, a frequent co-collaborator.

The Horizon Experiment series kicks off on September 25 with The Manchurian, a scintillating thriller full of secrets and scandal, featuring a Chinese super spy inspired by James Bond. Future issues include a horror tale led by a female Muslim exorcist The Horizon Experiment: The Sacred Damned (by Sabir Pirzada and Michael Walsh), East African werewolf horror The Horizon Experiment: Moon Dogs (by Tananarive Due and Kelsey Ramsey), “Evil Dead for blerds” horror-comedy The Horizon Experiment: Motherfu*kin’ Monsters (by J. Holtham and Michael Lee Harris), and “reverse Indiana Jones” action-adventure The Horizon Experiment: Finders / Keepers (by Vita Ayala and Skylar Patridge). The five issues will be released on a monthly basis, starting in September.

The Horizon Experiment: The Manchurian #1 will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, September 25:

• Cover A by Terry and Rachel Dodson – Lunar code 0724IM267
• Cover B by Tula Lotay (connecting) – Lunar code 0724IM268)
• Cover C by Tula Lotay (1:25 foil incentive, connecting) – Lunar code 0724IM269

The Horizon Experiment: The Sacred Damned #1 will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, October 23 (FOC September 30):

• Cover A by Michael Walsh – Lunar Code 0824IM324
• Cover B by Tula Lotay (connecting) – Lunar Code 0824IM325
• Cover C by Tula Lotay (1:25 foil incentive, connecting) – Lunar Code 0824IM326

The Horizon Experiment: Moon Dogs #1 will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, November 20 (FOC October 28):

• Cover A by Kelsey Ramsay and José Villarrubia – Lunar code 0924IM284
• Cover B by Tula Lotay (connecting) – Lunar code 0924IM285
• Cover C by Tula Lotay (1:25 foil incentive, connecting) – Lunar code 0924IM286