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Flux House Presents #1 is a fun read teasing new series and building off Flux House’s excellence

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New York Times bestselling writer and multiple Eisner Award nominee Matt Kindt (BRZRKR, Mind MGMT) takes the reins to present a tense and turbulent spectacle of mind-bending comics storytelling from the prehistoric age through many dimensions beyond our own in a truly one-of-kind, quarterly comics showcase! Packed with first appearances, shocking self-contained introductions to major new Flux House releases, and awe-inspiring surprises, join one of the medium’s most widely acclaimed creative minds—alongside longtime collaborators Brian Hurtt (Fort Psycho), David Lapham (Stray Bullets), and more—for 64 pages of wildly unexpected and wholly unpredictable stories that will tattoo themselves onto your psyche in brilliant CMYK ink. First: Enter the age of wonder and survival in the double-sized first chapter of new two-part tale, “SPARK,” as a young woman and her hunter-gatherer community set out to withstand the change of seasons and, with it, harness newfound tools to stave death off for one more cycle of the stars . . . Then: Kindt and Lapham present the key to “ROOM 101”—a seemingly derelict motel room that also possesses endless doorways to the crossroads of all time and space. And for the gargantuan finale: A brand-new tale of shrapnel and stamina, exploding out of the pages of FORT PSYCHO—Kindt and Hurtt’s mayhem-infused, super-spy epic.

Story: Matt Kindt
Art: Alison Sampson, Brian Hurtt, David Lapham, Matt Kindt
Color: Bill Crabtree, Nick Filardi, Ella Kindt
Letters: Becca Carey

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Preview: Flux House Presents #1

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​Flux House Presents #1

(W) Matt Kindt (A) Alison Sampson, David Lapham, Brian Hurtt (C) Ella Kindt

First: Explore a derelict world inhabited by adorable dolls with a taste for blood in Kindt and Sampson’s brand-new tale “TALKING TO STRANGERS.” Then, enter the age of wonder and survival in the double-sized first chapter of Kindt’s new two-part epic, “SPARK,” as a young woman and her hunter-gatherer community set out to withstand the change of seasons and, with it, harness newfound tools to stave death off for one more cycle of the stars . . . Then: Kindt and Lapham present the key to “ROOM 101”—a seemingly derelict motel room that also possesses endless doorways to the crossroads of all time and space. And for the gargantuan finale: A brand-new tale of shrapnel and stamina, exploding out of the pages of Fort Psycho—Kindt and Hurtt’s mayhem-infused, super-spy epic.

Flux House Presents #1

Exclusive: Steve Niles’ Cal McDonald: Plague of Evil and Other Stories gets Joe Jusko and Cat Stagg Lithographs and Stickers

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Legendary horror writer and 30 Days of Night co-creator Steve Niles’ iconic paranormal detective Cal McDonald’s hard boiled adventures have captivated fans since his first appearance in the 1990 story “Big Head.” Cal McDonald has seen it all. Vampires, werewolves, ghouls, demons, mutants, maniacs, and every other thing that crawls out of the dark. Niles is revisiting his gruesome gumshoe in Cal McDonald: Plague of Evil and Other Stories, a collection of short stories.

Cal McDonald: Plague of Evil and Other Stories features a foreword by acclaimed actor and horror creator David Dastmalchian and a stunning painted cover by master illustrator Joe Jusko. Published by Clover Press’ The Fourth Leaf, a new imprint for creator-owned comics, books and graphic novels, this 216-page hardcover will collect ten brand-new Cal McDonald stories, each with an illustration by a different beloved comic artist. Fans can support the project on Kickstarter.

In the tradition of Mickey Spillane and Rymond Chandler, Niles sends Cal and his undead sidekick on a strange journey through a Los Angeles populated by monsters, freaks, ghouls, and all kinds of new creatures hell-bent on causing chaos.

Cal McDonald: Plague of Evil and Other Stories will feature gorgeous chapter illustrations by an incredible lineup of artists, including Cat Staggs, Liam Sharp, Scott Morse, Christopher Mitten, Gyula Nemeth, Steven Russell Black, Francesco Francavilla, Alison Sampson, and Damien Worm, each adding their own signature style to Cal McDonald’s world of hard-boiled horror.

In addition to the illustrated hardcover book, the Kickstarter campaign for Cal McDonald: Plague of Evil and Other Stories, we can exclusively reveal that Clover Press is creating exclusive Lithographs and a sticker featuring Joe Jusko’s cover art and a beautiful colored version of Cat Staggs’ illustration from the book.

Check them out below and don’t miss Cal McDonald: Plague of Evil and Other Stories on Kickstarter!

  • A dramatic scene featuring a woman in a green dress sitting on a desk holding a vintage telephone, while a man in a white shirt points a gun and another man in a suit stands behind, with a spooky background visible through a large window.
  • A silhouette of a man lighting a cigarette in front of a large, intensely red skull illustration against a dark background.
  • A silhouette of a man lighting a cigarette in front of a large red skull, set against a black background with a circular red border.
  • Book cover illustration featuring a woman in a green dress sitting on a desk with a vintage telephone, a man in a suit standing beside her, and another man in casual attire seated, holding a bottle. The background shows eerie figures visible through a window.

Matt Kindt’s Flux House PRESENTS #1 Introduces 64 Pages of Mind-Bending Comics Storytelling with Brian Hurtt, David Lapham, Alison Sampson, and more

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​Oni Press has revealed an extended look inside Flux House Presents #1, a truly one-of-kind quarterly comics showcase torn from the imagination of New York Times bestselling writer and multiple Eisner Award nominee Matt Kindt! Packed with first appearances, shocking self-contained introductions to major upcoming Flux House releases, and awe-inspiring surprises, join one of the medium’s most widely acclaimed creative minds—alongside longtime collaborators Brian Hurtt, David Lapham, Alison Sampson, and Ella Kindt (making her interior comic book colors debut)—for 64 pages of wildly unexpected and wholly unpredictable stories that will tattoo themselves onto your psyche in brilliant CMYK ink when Flux House Presents #1 debuts in comic shops everywhere on October 7th.

First: Explore a derelict world inhabited by adorable dolls with a taste for blood in Kindt and Sampson’s brand-new tale “TALKING TO STRANGERS.” Then, enter the age of wonder and survival in the double-sized first chapter of Kindt’s new two-part epic, “SPARK,” as a young woman and her hunter-gatherer community set out to withstand the change of seasons and, with it, harness newfound tools to stave death off for one more cycle of the stars . . . Then: Kindt and Lapham present the key to “ROOM 101”—a seemingly derelict motel room that also possesses endless doorways to the crossroads of all time and space. And for the gargantuan finale: A brand-new tale of shrapnel and stamina, exploding out of the pages of Fort Psycho—Kindt and Hurtt’s mayhem-infused, super-spy epic.

Each triple-sized issue of Flux House Presents will be released quarterly – four times per year – in between story arcs of the ongoing Mind MGMT: New & Improved series, written and drawn by Kindt.

You’re not prepared for where Flux House Presents #1 will transport you this October — featuring mind-rending covers by Sharlene Kindt and Emma Ríos! 

Flux House Presents #1

SDCC 2026: Giant-Sized Comics Meet Giant-Sized Imagination in Matt Kindt’s Flux House Presents #1 – A New Kind of Quarterly Comics Experience Coming in October

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In advance of Comic-Con International in San Diego, Oni Press has revealed Flux House Presents #1, a tense and turbulent spectacle of mind-bending comics storytelling from the prehistoric age through many dimensions beyond our own in a truly one-of-kind quarterly comics showcase torn from the imagination of New York Times bestselling writer and multiple Eisner Award nominee Matt Kindt! 

Packed with first appearances, shocking self-contained introductions to major upcoming Flux House releases, and awe-inspiring surprises, join one of the medium’s most widely acclaimed creative minds—alongside longtime collaborators Brian Hurtt, David Lapham, Alison Sampson, and Ella Kindt (making her interior comic book colors debut)—for 64 pages of wildly unexpected and wholly unpredictable stories that will tattoo themselves onto your psyche in brilliant CMYK ink in Flux House Presents #1 in October.

First: Enter the age of wonder and survival in the double-sized first chapter of new two-part tale, “SPARK,” as a young woman and her hunter-gatherer community set out to withstand the change of seasons and, with it, harness newfound tools to stave death off for one more cycle of the stars . . . Then: Kindt and Lapham present the key to “ROOM 101”—a seemingly derelict motel room that also possesses endless doorways to the crossroads of all time and space. And for the gargantuan finale: A brand-new tale of shrapnel and stamina, exploding out of the pages of Fort Psycho—Kindt and Hurtt’s mayhem-infused, super-spy epic.

Each triple-sized issue of Flux House Presents will be released quarterly – four times per year – in between story arcs of the ongoing Mind MGMT: New & Improved series, written and drawn by Kindt.

You’re not dreaming. Flux House Presents #1 is real … and you can see it for yourself in comic stores worldwide on October 7th with dazzling covers by Sharlene Kindt and Emma Rios! 

Plus: Journey into the year’s most exciting new comic initiative for yourself live at San Diego Comic-Con 2026 on Saturday, June 25th at 1 pm PT in Room 5AB for the “Inside FLUX HOUSE with Matt Kindt and Brian Hurtt” panel presentation! Welcome to FLUX HOUSE – the first and only comics imprint designed to conjoin directly with your nervous system to deliver controlled bursts of paranoia, anxiety, and adrenaline. Returning with a slate of new titles – beginning with Mind MGMT: New & Improved and Fort Psycho – this summer at Oni Press, go inside Flux House as Kindt and longtime collaborator Brian Hurtt surveil their newest, most groundbreaking series yet and reveal what’s coming next for the acclaimed comics imprint in 2026 and beyond.

Flux House Presents #1

Oni Press and EC Comics Conjure a Hateful Hex in Cruel Kingdom 2 #1 – Coming in September!

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HEAVY IS THE HEAD THAT WEARS THE CROWN  . . . UNTIL THE KING GETS IT  LOPPED OFF! Oni Press and William M. Gaines Agent, Inc. have announced Cruel Kingdom 2 #1 (of 6)! Welcome, traveler . . . back to the blood-drenched ramparts of ye olde EC Comics that yearn for MORE tales of sadistic sorcery and malevolent magic! Yes, draw your sword and start swinging, because CRUEL KINGDOM lives again this September with an ALL-NEW volume of fatal fantasy, told in the immortal EC Comics manner by a magnificently malicious cast of all-star storytellers!

In this Cruel Kingdom, there is no “happily ever after” . . . and sometimes the witch hunter becomes the hunted in the end, heh heh! Come, warm yourself by the pyre as vengeance-fueled writers David M. Booher, Matt Bors, and Jude Ellison S. Doyle turn the screws in tandem with axe-wielding artists Ryan Kelly, Lukas Ketner, and David Lapham to extract answers the burning question of every knight and squire: Must every wizard’s tower also have an executioner’s dungeon buried down below?

Plus: Cower in fear as upcoming issues of EC Comics’ latest six-issue exercise in “black magic gone good” prepares to feature even more writers and artists with ogre’s taste for blood and bone, including John Arcudi, Ramón F. Bachs, Sarah Gailey, Sami Kivelä, Curt Pires, SOM, Alison Sampson, and more!

If you thought the Dark Ages were scary, just wait for the return of EC Comics’ carnage-strewn ode to high fantasy and low blows in Cruel Kingdom 2 #1 (of 6) – storming the ramparts of your local comic shop on September 2nd with covers from legendary artists Mark Buckingham, Yanick Paquette, Shawn McManus, and Rian Hughes.

Cover of the comic book 'Cruel Kingdom', featuring a black and white illustration of four figures in a bleak landscape. Two figures are depicted from behind, while a third figure stands with a concerned expression. In the foreground, a fourth figure, appearing distressed and bound, sits on the ground. The backdrop includes a person in a canoe and a forested area.
Comic book cover titled 'Cruel Kingdom', featuring a robotic unicorn surrounded by fantastical creatures in a dark forest setting.
Cover art for the comic book 'Cruel Kingdom', featuring three figures in a stylized, dark setting. Two figures, a male and a female, are shown in the foreground with intense expressions, while a boat with a lone figure is visible in the background. The overall color palette includes dark greens and reds, enhancing the eerie mood.
Cover of the comic book 'Cruel Kingdom' featuring a monstrous creature with large teeth and glowing eyes, attacking two human space explorers in yellow suits, one holding a weapon, set in a rocky alien landscape.
Cover of the Archive Edition comic 'Cruel Kingdom', featuring an orange background, the title in bold white lettering, and various illustrated icons including a skull, goblet, axe, and more, alongside contributor names.
Cover of the comic book 'Cruel Kingdom,' featuring bold green lettering and decorative elements, with 'Sorcery' and 'Vol. II No. 1 SEP' mentioned.

Get a look at Kristin Kreuk’s Black Star

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Amidst skirmishes between two warring factions in the early nineteenth-century fur trade, Dashiell Carlyle discovers he has magical abilities… and that he’s not alone.

Thrust into a secret order with designs to use their magic to build a new and better world, Dashiell discovers that their utopia may come at a horrific cost.

Black Star is written by Kristin Kreuk, Peter Mooney, and Eric Putzer with art by Joe Bocardo. The first issue features covers by Martin Simmonds, Joe Bocardo, Robert Hack, and Alison Sampson. The first issue arrives in shops July 29, 2026 from Titan Comics.

Black Star #1

Oni and EC Comics’ Epitaphs From the Abyss gets a Library Edition and Limited Slipcase

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Oni Press and William M. Gaines Agent, Inc., are celebrating EC Comics’ history-making, headline-grabbing return Epitaphs From the Abyss Library Edition: Book One – the first in a new line of enhanced hardcovers collecting the entirety of the new EC library at Oni Press and debuting in two eye-popping editions, Oversized, unapologetic, and uncontrollably outrageous, both the standard Epitaphs From the Abyss Library Edition and the sublime Epitaphs From the Abyss Library Edition – Limited Slipcase & Portfolio Edition (limited to 1,000 units) will be on sale on July 14th, 2026—just as the new and nightmarish EC Comics horror host the Grave-Digger foretold.

Collecting Epitaphs From the Abyss #1–12 for the first time in a staggeringly deluxe, oversized (7.5″ x 11.5″) hardcover, both editions of Epitaphs From the Abyss Library Edition: Book One feature tales of depraved intention and traumatic tension in the undying EC tradition by relentless writers including Jason Aaron, Brian Azzarello, Corinna Bechko, Chris Condon, J. Holtham, and Matt Kindt, all realized into bloody reality by “all-slaughter” artists like Charlie Adlard, Tyler Crook, Kano, Klaus Janson, Leomacs, Alison Sampson, and many more. Both editions also feature more than 50 pages of “behind-the-screams” material, including process art, character designs for EC’s newest horror hosts, and a cover gallery for readers to gouge their eye, as well as all-new commentary from cartoonist Jay Stephens and series designer Rian Hughes. 

But that’s not all! Enter: the Epitaphs From the Abyss Library Edition – Limited Slipcase & Portfolio HC! – will feature an ultra-deluxe, limited-edition version of the Epitaphs From the Abyss hardcover comes packaged with a specially designed portfolio set featuring high-quality, 11” x 7″ cardstock prints featuring gallery-ready reproductions of all 12 covers by comics master Lee Bermejo, and packaged in a masterfully designed, foil-stamped slipcase featuring the work of artist Dustin Weaver and Eisner Award–nominated designer Rian Hughes.

In the history of comics, no one publishes a horror comics cover like EC Comics! Iconic, scandalous, and unforgettable, EC Comics’ historic horror covers are seared into the collective memory of generations. Epitaphs From the Abyss Library Edition – Limited Slipcase & Portfolio HC is the first-ever portfolio for the new EC Comics titles from Oni Press, featuring Lee Bermejo’s meticulously macabre covers spanning all 12 issues of the first hit series to immortalize EC’s long-awaited return. Having reaped international renown for his collaborations with writer Brian Azzarello on Joker and Batman: Damned, and with writer/screenwriter Mattson Tomlin on the Eisner Award-nominated A Vicious Circle, and countless unforgettable comics series, Bermejo has earned a reputation as one of the industry’s most iconic and formidable artists across a nearly three decade career. 

In 1955, the Comics Code Authority drove a stake through the depraved heart of EC Comics—the iconic publisher behind Tales from the Crypt, Vault of Horror, Haunt of Fear, and more instantly influential titles that redefined American horror for generations to come. Now, groundbreaking comics publisher Oni Press has done the unthinkable: resurrected the immortal spirit of EC Comics for the 21st century with a brand-new slate of wildly bestselling, critically acclaimed, and award-nominated new series . . . beginning with its flagship horror title Epitaphs From the Abyss! 

On July 14th, find out what brought the most notorious name in terror roaring back from the crypt as the Epitaphs From the Abyss Library Edition: Book One stalks into comic shops and book stores everywhere in two masterfully designed editions that no true fan – or blood-drinking fiend – will want to miss. 

Preview: Skin Police 2 #1

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Skin Police 2 #1

(W) Jordan Thomas (A) Daniel Gete

Agents Eckis and Sheen swore an oath to protect the civilian population from the imminent danger of the rogue black market clones known as “Dupes” that can suddenly “pop” without any advance warning—which means any passerby on the street or subway could possibly become an unhinged spree killer in a moment’s notice. In return for their service, however, the public has dubbed Eckis, Sheen, and their fellow agents the “Skin Police”—an insult handed back by a populace unwilling to sacrifice their own civil rights for the agents’ unprecedented duties in light of the Dupe threat. But what if these illegally manufactured clone doppelgängers weren’t as deadly as initially believed? What if they could be saved? And, as the underground resistance movement supporting them grows, what if their leader proved to be someone uncomfortably familiar to the Skin Police?

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