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Preview: Cemetery Kids Run Rabid #1

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Cemetery Kids Run Rabid #1

WRITTEN BY ZAC THOMPSON
ART BY DANIEL IRIZARRI
COVER A BY DANIEL IRIZARRI
COVER B BY MARTIN SIMMONDS
COVER C BY GEGÊ SCHALL
FULL ART VARIANT (1:10) BY MARTIN SIMMONDS
ON SALE AUGUST 13th, 2025 | $4.99 | 32 PGS. | FC

YOU CAN’T ESCAPE THIS GAME, EVEN IN YOUR DREAMS. Acclaimed creators Zac Thompson (Into the Unbeing—Parts 1 & 2) and Daniel Irrizari

(Judge Dredd, XINO) enter an synapse-shredding new level of the groundbreaking science-horror hybrid that began with CEMETERY KIDS DON’T DIE!

One year ago, four friends barely escaped the unrelenting terror of the video game called Nightmare Cemetery. After spending endless hours locked into the innovative Dreamwave—the first gaming console played entirely while you sleep—in order to save one of their own from the game’s all-too-real consequences, they survived . . . barely.

But after their harrowing rescue, they’ve decided they’ve had enough of Nightmare Cemetery and its enigmatic final boss, the King of Sleep. That is, until the newest DLC, The Blighted Sprawl, suddenly appears online with a promise to reveal the truth of what actually lurks at the heart of Nightmare Cemetery’s digital darkness . . . and why its effects are now bleeding out into the real world in an array of bizarre and disturbing new ways.

The sold-out series returns with a perfect new jumping-on point for the series that challenges Stephen King, Clive Barker, and David Cronenberg to a three-way PVP deathmatch in a cyberpunk haunted house!

Cemetery Kids Run Rabid #1

Get a first look at Cemetery Kids Run Rabid #1 – Are You Ready for Level 2 of Zac Thompson and Daniel Irizarri’s Cyberpunk Horror Odyssey?

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BEING ONLINE PUTS YOUR LIFE ON THE LINE! – Oni Press has released a first look inside Cemetery Kids Run Rabid #1 – an all-new jumping point for the serotonin-splattered video game horror hit from Zac Thompson and Daniel Irizarri that began with Cemetery Kids Don’t Die! On August 13th, sit back, relax, and surrender your mortal consciousness to the CPU of the Dreamwave – the world’s first video game system played exclusively in your sleep – even though its players sometimes don’t wake up…

One year ago, four friends barely escaped the unrelenting terror of the video game called Nightmare Cemetery. After spending endless hours locked into the innovative Dreamwave—the first gaming console played entirely while you sleep—in order to save one of their own from the game’s all-too-real consequences, they survived . . . barely.

But after their harrowing rescue, they’ve decided they’ve had enough of Nightmare Cemetery and its enigmatic final boss, the King of Sleep. That is, until the newest DLC, The Blighted Sprawl, suddenly appears online with a promise to reveal the truth of what actually lurks at the heart of Nightmare Cemetery’s digital darkness . . . and why its effects are now bleeding out into the real world in an array of bizarre and disturbing new ways.

Featuring reality-bending covers by Daniel Irizarri, Martin Simmonds, and Gegê Schall, prepare yourself because the system just starting to reboot as Cemetery Kids Run Rabid #1 uploads to shops everywhere August 13th!

Cemetery Kids Run Rabid #1

Get a first look at Cemetery Kids Run Rabid #1 – Login and Lose Your Mind in Zac Thompson and Daniel Irizarri’s Cyberpunk Horror Hit!

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Oni Press presents your first look inside Cemetery Kids Run Rabid #1 – the FIRST ISSUE in the next installment of the acclaimed cyberpunk-horror saga that began in Cemetery Kids Don’t Die from genre-distorting creators Zac Thompson and Daniel Irizarri!

A perfect NEW JUMPING-ON POINT for the adrenaline-racing new series that Dread Central calls “a gore-geous mix of science fiction and horror,” find out why Thompson and Irizarri’s boundary-breaking Cemetery Kids saga is turning heads (and stomachs) with a technological take on terror.

One year ago, four friends barely escaped the unrelenting terror of the video game called Nightmare Cemetery. After spending endless hours locked into the innovative Dreamwave—the first gaming console played entirely while you sleep—in order to save one of their own from the game’s all-too-real consequences, they survived . . . barely.

But after their harrowing rescue, they’ve decided they’ve had enough of Nightmare Cemetery and its enigmatic final boss, the King of Sleep. That is, until the newest DLC, The Blighted Sprawl, suddenly appears online with a promise to reveal the truth of what actually lurks at the heart of Nightmare Cemetery’s digital darkness . . . and why its effects are now bleeding out into the real world in an array of bizarre and disturbing new ways. 

YOU CAN’T ESCAPE THIS GAME – EVEN IN YOUR DREAMS! Debuting on August 13th with mind-altering covers by Daniel Irizarri, Martin Simmonds, and Gegê Schall, put your life online and on the line when Cemetery Kids Run Rabid #1 downloads into a comic shop near you! 

Cemetery Kids Run Rabid #1

Exclusive: Cemetery Kids returns with “Run Rabid” and we have exclusive character designs and commentary

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YOU CAN’T ESCAPE THIS GAME, EVEN IN YOUR DREAMS! Oni Press has announced Cemetery Kids Run Rabid, a synapse-shredding new level for the boundary-breaking science-horror hybrid that began with Cemetery Kids Don’t Die from writer Zac Thompson and artist Daniel Irizarri! Return to the world of Thompson and Irizarri’s Thompson and Irizarri’s sold-out, cyberpunk horror hit with AN ALL-NEW JUMPING-ON POINT will launch new readers and returning fans alike even deeper into a pixelated landscape haunted by an all-too-real evil…

One year ago, four friends barely escaped the unrelenting terror of the video game called Nightmare Cemetery. After spending endless hours locked into the innovative Dreamwave—the first gaming console played entirely while you sleep—in order to save one of their own from the game’s all-too-real consequences, they survived . . . barely. But after their harrowing rescue, they’ve decided they’ve had enough of Nightmare Cemetery and its enigmatic final boss, the King of Sleep. That is, until the newest DLC, The Blighted Sprawl, suddenly appears online with a promise to reveal the truth of what actually lurks at the heart of Nightmare Cemetery’s digital darkness . . . and why its effects are now bleeding out into the real world in an array of bizarre and disturbing new ways.

A narrative time-jump let us refresh the characters through the natural passage of time and their reaction to the events of the first story. I avoid trying to capture modern teen fashion, instead looking to the early 2000s which, to me, still has an edgy future aesthetic that I hope will loop back into style. Their dream avatars had to evolve too, with Birdie taking on more of a Slasher/Mage combination and Pik returning as something darker than his original berserker. Our new character Maddy let us bring in new elements in the real world as well as with her dream avatar: A rogue druid with minotaur traits, you never know what she might be hiding under her 6 sleeves.

-Daniel Irizarri

Daniel really said it all. He’s told stories for every character with his designs in game and in reality where you can infer so much just by looking at them. I adore the monster designs this time out. The Blighted Sprawl is home to all kinds of twisted souls and strange hybrid-animals that tow this uncanny line between dream and reality. I find that liminal space really terrifying.

-Zac Thompson

We have exclusive character designs and you can get Cemetery Kids Run Rabid #1 when it comes to shops August 13, 2025.

Cemetery Kids Run Rabid this August when the Cyberpunk Horror Hit Returns in August

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YOU CAN’T ESCAPE THIS GAME, EVEN IN YOUR DREAMS! Oni Press has announced Cemetery Kids Run Rabid, a synapse-shredding new level for the boundary-breaking science-horror hybrid that began with Cemetery Kids Don’t Die from writer Zac Thompson and art by Daniel Irizarri! Return to the world of Thompson and Irizarri’s sold-out, cyberpunk horror hit with AN ALL-NEW JUMPING-ON POINT will launch new readers and returning fans alike even deeper into a pixelated landscape haunted by an all-too-real evil…

One year ago, four friends barely escaped the unrelenting terror of the video game called Nightmare Cemetery. After spending endless hours locked into the innovative Dreamwave—the first gaming console played entirely while you sleep—in order to save one of their own from the game’s all-too-real consequences, they survived . . . barely. But after their harrowing rescue, they’ve decided they’ve had enough of Nightmare Cemetery and its enigmatic final boss, the King of Sleep. That is, until the newest DLC, The Blighted Sprawl, suddenly appears online with a promise to reveal the truth of what actually lurks at the heart of Nightmare Cemetery’s digital darkness . . . and why its effects are now bleeding out into the real world in an array of bizarre and disturbing new ways.

The dream may be over… but the nightmare is just beginning when Zac Thompson and Daniel Irizarri unlock a new dimension of fear this August 13th in Cemetery Kids Run Rabid #1 – featuring stunning covers by Irizarri, Martin Simmonds, and Gegê Schall!