Mad Cave Studios has announced Cyberarchy, the new dystopian retrofuturist series from writer Matt Hardy, artist Clark Bint, and letterer Rob Jones. The exciting new series brings readers a cautionary tale about AI, dependence, and what happens when machines decide they’ve had enough…

Ash is a newly ‘born’ robotic life-form, created as the newest denizen of a space liner run solely by mechanical life.

Ash’s creator, a robot called Rust, explains that all mechanical life and artificial intelligence on the ship decided they no longer served the human crew. In its place arose a Cyberarchy, a more efficient mechanical society.

But Ash soon realizes that all is not well—this Cyberarchy is a fractured society, with a secret hidden at the heart of it all that will one day pit all organic life against robots. 

Across four wide-screen issues, the creative team blends hard sci-fi worldbuilding with biting satire, class critique, and retrofuturist style. Expect shock twists, toy-like 1950s robot aesthetics, cosmic moral dilemmas, and a tone that veers from absurdly playful to chillingly dark.

Cyberarchy #1 hits shelves and digital platforms, including Mad Cave’s series subscription bundle, on December 3, 2025.