After the explosive conclusion to issue 1, Ted confronts Sarah and confesses that he believes his workplace, Ayn-Styne, is overrun with aliens engaged in a nefarious plot. Seeing that he needs friendly support, she commits to helping him investigate…without confessing that her job is, in fact, to spy on him. Her interest is piqued, however, as Ted unexpectedly uncovers evidence of a massive conspiracy deep within the bowels of the massive Ayn-Styne building. Meanwhile, on the other side of the world, journalist Kyle begins to interview the mysterious trillionaire–and Ayn-Styne founder–Noah™.
Demand for Is Ted OK? #1 has surpassed expectations and its initial print run! Following distributor sellout and strong support from readers and reviewers, Mad Cave Studios is sending the debut issue from award-winning writer and artist Dave Chisholm back to press for a second printing, featuring a striking new cover by Chisholm.
This is a story about Ted and Sarah.
Ted, isolated and paranoid, works for a mega-corporation owned by the world’s only trillionaire. He suffers from night terrors, obsessively draws the same mysterious figures again and again, all while listening to one track of music on repeat–oh, and the only “person” he ever talks to is a stray cat. His humanity is hanging by a thread.
Sarah is a new arrival to the city, fighting her own demons, and her job is to remotely spy on Ted to ensure he doesn’t hurt anyone…or himself. When Ted’s mental state begins to crack, Sarah compassionately intervenes to help, and things go catastrophically wrong.
The second printing of Is Ted OK? #1 arrives in comic shops on April 8, 2026, with Final Order Cutoff on March 16.
This is a story about Ted and Sarah. Ted, isolated and paranoid, works for a mega-corporation owned by the world’s only trillionaire. He suffers from night terrors, obsessively draws the same mysterious figures again and again, all while listening to one track of music on repeat–oh, and the only “person” he ever talks to is a stray cat. His humanity is hanging by a thread. Sarah is a new arrival to the city, fighting her own demons, and her job is to remotely spy on Ted to ensure he doesn’t hurt anyone…or himself. When Ted’s mental state begins to crack, Sarah compassionately intervenes to help, and things go catastrophically wrong. IS TED OK? mashes up the paranoid existentialism of SEVERANCE with the cosmic sci-fi of AKIRA while exploring what happens when the act of help goes horribly wrong.
Story: Dave Chisholm Art: Dave Chisholm Letterer: Dave Chisholm
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This is a story about Ted and Sarah. Ted, isolated and paranoid, works for a mega-corporation owned by the world’s only trillionaire. He suffers from night terrors, obsessively draws the same mysterious figures again and again, all while listening to one track of music on repeat–oh, and the only “person” he ever talks to is a stray cat. His humanity is hanging by a thread.
Sarah is a new arrival to the city, fighting her own demons, and her job is to remotely spy on Ted to ensure he doesn’t hurt anyone…or himself. When Ted’s mental state begins to crack, Sarah compassionately intervenes to help, and things go catastrophically wrong.
IS TED OK? mashes up the paranoid existentialism of SEVERANCE with the cosmic sci-fi of AKIRA while exploring what happens when the act of help goes horribly wrong.
From creator Dave Chisholm (SPECTRUM, MILES DAVIS & THE SEARCH FOR THE SOUND), Is Ted OK? is a spectacularly unpredictable yarn–each successive issue shatters the scope of the previous, all without losing its core: a search for human connection in an oppressive, paranoid world.
WELCOME, TRAVELER. YOU ARE ABOUT TO PASS THROUGH THE FINAL GATEWAY … AND ALL WILL BE REVEALED! Oni Press and SpectreVision, the genre-distorting production company founded by Elijah Wood and Daniel Noah are proud to present your first look inside High Strangeness: Book Five! Everything we have witnessed thus far – from sightings of Men in Black in 1967 through to psychic test subjects tasked with unlocking alien secrets in 2001 and more perplexing phenomena – has led to this point … and now series creator Daniel Noah is joined by multiple Eisner Award winner Christian Ward to finally reveal the unspoken truth that connects each episode of High Strangeness across time, space and a hierarchy of confounding new dimension beyond all human understanding.
Co-written by Noah and Ward and illustrated by Ward – along special “glimpses” into the past, present, and future by the series’ past collaborators including Ringo Award winner Dave Chisholm, Noah Bailey, and Chloé Stawski – High Strangeness: Book Five is an ambitious, dimension-spanning finale that you will forever shatter your notion of reality.
Welcome to the ultimate terminus of the unknown, where our four chapters, our four tragic fates, and the innumerable threads of our perplexing cosmic existence have all found themselves gathered together. Do fate or free will bind the eerie ultra-terrestrial phenomena that our brains recognize as UFOs, ghosts, cryptids, and other nonhuman intelligences? Are they distinct entities unto themselves, or are they all expressions of some higher order? More pressing still: Where do they come from? And where are we going?
From Oni Press and SpectreVision, the year’s most ambitious experiment in comics storytelling culminates on March 11th in our unmissable final chapter . . . Enter: High Strangeness: Book Fiveas series architect Daniel Noah unites with multiple Eisner Award winner Christian Ward, to deliver an unforgettable, unpredictable comic spectacle – also featuring special appearances by Ringo Award winner Dave Chisholm, Noah Bailey, and Chloé Stawski, alongside covers by Christian Ward, Jesse Lonergan, and Becca Carey.
(W) Rick Quinn (A) Dave Chisholm (L) Dave Chisholm
Melody Parker is losing her mind. She’s living on the streets of Seattle during the WTO protests of 1999. She is seeing things. Androids. Aliens. Pigs in high fashion. And a creature named Echo—one of the Sustained: elemental beings with the power to alter reality through music. She invites Melody to join her as she brings about the end of the world. As Melody tries to escape this strange woman, suppressed memories from across vast spans of time flood into her awareness, bringing her very identity into question. You don’t want to miss this stunning new release from writer Rick Quinn and music-comic-specialist Dave Chisholm (Miles Davis & the Search for the Sound)
HOUSES AREN’T THE ONLY THINGS THAT ARE HAUNTED…Oni Press invites readers into a haunted house unlike any other in Plague House. The softcover trade edition of the deep and disturbing excursion into 21st century horror from Eisner-award winning writer Michael W. Conrad and 2024 Ringo Award winner Dave Chisholm arrives in shops this January. Ahead of this horrifying housewarming, Oni Press has released a free look at the entire first chapter of the otherworldly series.
Thirteen years ago, Orin McCabe was a family man living a privileged life in the California suburbs. Today, he’s condemned to death row for murdering his entire family in an unexpected fit of hammer-wielding brutality. In the aftermath of his heinous crime, it’s fallen to a trio of eclectic, but dedicated, ghost hunters—Jacob, the holy man; Holland, the skeptic; and their leader, Del, a true believer in the occult and worlds beyond—to surveil the abandoned McCabe home in search of proof for the existence of the undead . . . and whatever supernatural source may have possibly fueled McCabe’s inhuman massacre. But this ill-matched and uneasy squad of investigators is about to discover something much more terrifying than any ordinary spirit. . . . Something much more pernicious, much more contagious, that if not contained, could take full advantage of America’s unquenchable appetite for violence and deliver a plague of blood unto us all . . .
Collecting issues #1–4 of the mind-bending ghost story, Plague House will plunge readers into a twisting tale of horror that’s as blood-soaked as the ground you stand on this January 20th.
What happens when the act of helping someone becomes the spark that unravels everything? This February, Mad Cave Studios introduces Is Ted OK?, the newest creator-owned series from award-winning cartoonist and musician Dave Chisholm, who writes, illustrates, and designs the series in his signature, formally inventive style. Across six oversized issues, with covers by Chisholm, and a variant Cover B by Eisner Award-winning comic book artist Christian Ward.
Is Ted OK? unfolds as a spectacularly unpredictable yarn—each issue widening the lens, escalating the stakes, and shattering the scope of the issue before it, all without losing its beating heart: the search for human connection in an oppressive, paranoid world.
This is a story about Ted and Sarah. Ted, isolated and paranoid, works for a mega-corporation owned by the world’s only trillionaire. He suffers from night terrors, obsessively draws the same mysterious figures again and again, all while listening to one track of music on repeat–oh, and the only “person” he ever talks to is a stray cat. His humanity is hanging by a thread.
Sarah is a new arrival to the city, fighting her own demons, and her job is to remotely spy on Ted to ensure he doesn’t hurt anyone…or himself. When Ted’s mental state begins to crack, Sarah compassionately intervenes to help, and things go catastrophically wrong.
Is Ted OK? #1 (of 6) arrives in comic shops February 25, 2026, with FOC on February 2, 2026.
Multiple Eisner and Harvey Award-winning comic book publisher, Oni Press, and SpectreVision, the genre-distorting production company run by Elijah Wood, Daniel Noah,and Lawrence Inglee, have announced that High Strangeness: Book One has sold out at the distributor level a second time and will return with a brand-new Third Printing on December 17th! In this all-new printing on Final Order Cut-Off November 24th, SpectreVision co-founder and real-life experiencer Daniel Noah joins acclaimed writer Chris Condon and Ringo Award-winning artist Dave Chisholm for an unexpected encounter with the mysterious entities known as the Men in Black. . .
Influenced by real, documented cases of paranormal phenomena, revealing the liminal spaces where reality and hallucination and science and mythology give way to cosmic wonder and existential terror, High Strangeness is told across five interconnected, prestige-format issues that interlock to reveal an ambitious, dimension-spanning finale. Each chapter of High Strangeness also includes a feature-length essay by a different researcher – beginning with podcaster Jim Perry in the first issue – revealing the historical facts and documentary evidence underpinning the phenomena detailed within each issue.
With future issues featuring High Strangeness architect Daniel Noah joining writers Zac Thompson, Christopher Cantwell, Cecil Castellucci, and Christian Ward alongside dazzling artists Noah Bailey, Valeria Burzo, Chloe Stawski, and Christian Ward, High Strangenesswill open your minds to worlds beyond our own. . . Discover it for yourself on December 17th when High Strangeness: Book One returns to comic shops everywhere with a brand-new Third Printing. . . on shelves alongside High Strangeness: Book Threefrom creators Christopher Cantwell, Daniel Noah, Zac Thompson, and Valeria Burzo!
Mad Cave Studios presentsSpectrum (Deluxe Edition)—a frenetic, genre-bending exploration of how music can both save us and unravel us. Written by Rick Quinn and brought to life by Dave Chisholm, this expanded 176-page hardcover reimagines the original with lush, evocative art and backmatter that includes a variant cover gallery and the original black and white art boards, diving deeper into the creative chaos behind the story. It’s a book that hums with energy, vibrating between sound and sanity, where every panel feels like a note played at the edge of control.
Melody Parker is losing her mind. She’s living on the streets of Seattle during the WTO protests of 1999. She is seeing things. Androids. Aliens. Pigs in high fashion. And a creature named Echo—one of the Sustained: elemental beings with the power to alter reality through music. She invites Melody to join her as she brings about the end of the world. As Melody tries to escape this strange woman, suppressed memories from across vast spans of time flood into her awareness, bringing her very identity into question.
Spectrum channels the electricity of jazz, the introspection of modern art, and the raw pulse of rebellion into one unforgettable story about music’s power to create—and destroy.
The Spectrum Deluxe Edition hardcover will be available January 27, 2026.
