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Snake Plissken returns this September in Escape From New York: Escape From Chicago

Posted on June 16, 2026 by Graphic Policy Team Leave a comment

Mad Cave Studios brings Snake Plissken back to comics this September with Escape From New York: Escape From Chicago, a new continuation series, expanding the world of John Carpenter’s beloved 1981 cult-classic film.

Written by Kyle Higgins and illustrated by Val Rodrigues, the series sends one of pop culture’s most iconic antiheroes into an all-new adventure packed with danger, violence, and the dystopian chaos that made Escape From New York a genre-defining classic.

Once you go in, you don’t come out—unless your name is Snake Plissken! Plissken now survives as a coyote, smuggling people and contraband across the dangerous dead zones between prison territories like Chicago. It’s a hard and bitter job. But when he’s hired to extract a woman wanted by the city’s warlord, Snake sees one more chance at redemption—or one more chance for the universe to kick his ass.

The debut issue features eight covers, including artwork by Stephen Mooney, Danica Brine, Dan Panosian, and Christian Ward, alongside a 1:10 virgin incentive cover by Mooney, a 1:20 incentive cover by Nick Bradshaw and Jim Charalampidis, a foil variant, and a blank sketch cover.

Escape From New York: Escape From Chicago #1 goes on sale September 23, 2026 (FOC August 24).

Comics

The Countdown Begins… for the Snake Plissken Premium Format Figure

Posted on March 6, 2026 by Graphic Policy Team

John Carpenter‘s classic film Escape From New York (1981) shows a dark vision of the near-future. A former Special Forces soldier turned criminal, Snake Plissken, is forced to rescue the President who is being held hostage in Manhattan – which is now a deadly maximum security prison. Breaking out is impossible. Breaking in is insane.

The Snake Plissken Premium Format Figure by Sideshow is an officially licensed Escape From New York collectible that pays tribute to this cult classic movie icon.

Measuring 22.25 inches tall, 10.81 inches wide, and 11.27 inches deep, this detailed statue presents the former soldier on his mission to retrieve the President. He stands surrounded by the dystopian remnants of society, with the famous Wall Street sign lost among the rubble, rebar, and tattered caution tape. A manhole cover beneath Snake’s boots is the only thing that stands between him and the killer Crazies.

The Snake Plissken Premium Format Figure is sculpted wearing a detailed recreation of his rugged ’80s style, including his jacket, black undershirt, signature camo pants, and spike-toed boots.

Of course, Snake didn’t go in unprepared — the statue also features his belt and gun holsters, a tracker in his left hand, a submachine gun with silencer and scope (soft fabric strap included) in his right hand, and the Life Clock countdown timer on his wrist to ensure he stays on task. A detailed portrait completes his iconic silhouette with an eyepatch, cigarette, facial hair, and styled mullet, all ready for action.

Complete your mission by adding the Snake Plissken Premium Format Figure to your collection. Available to pre-order now!

Toys and Collectibles

Sideshow has announced the Escape from New York license

Posted on August 18, 2023 by Graphic Policy Team

Sideshow has announced a new licensing partnership for 2023. The company has shared that its next high-end collectible project draws influence from none other than John Carpenter‘s 1981 misanthropic movie masterpiece, Escape from New York.

“You go in, find the president, bring him out in 24 hours, and you’re a free man.” – Bob Hauk, USPF

S.D. Bob “Snake” Plissken. A Lieutenant in the Special Forces Unit “Black Light.” Two Purple Hearts. The youngest man to be decorated by the president. Then he robbed the Federal Reserve Depository, and was sentenced to a life sentence in the New York Maximum Security Penitentiary.

Snake is about to get his ass kicked out of the world, but when Air Force One is hijacked by anti-government insurgents and deliberately crashed behind the walls of Manhattan Island, he finds himself unwillingly drafted into a new covert mission. With micro-explosives implanted in his neck, and only 22 hours to save the president, the clock is ticking…

Co-written, co-scored, and directed by the legendary John Carpenter, and starring Kurt Russell, Lee Van Cleef, Ernest Borgnine, Isaac Hayes, and Adrienne Barbeau, Escape from New York combined dystopian sci-fi with a world-weary but effortlessly cool antihero to create a new breed of gritty and cynical action movie for the ’80s.

No details have been revealed yet about Sideshow’s new Escape from New York collectibles yet.

The Gullfire is waiting…

Review: Big Trouble in Little China/Escape From New York #1

Posted on October 5, 2016 by SHAY REVOLVER

bigtroubleescape_001_a_main_1 *Warning Spoilers Ahead*

Writer Greg Pak serves up some serious magic in this BOOM! Studios crossover comic. In part one of this six issue story arc we find the one and only Jack Burton riding along with his usual confident swagger with ghost world Lo Pan riding shotgun.

Things take a turn for the weird when his truck is sucked into a mystical wormhole bringing him face to face with an alternate world. In a case of mistaken identity, bad guys assume he’s the mega bad ass Snake Plisskin. In an attempt to keep himself and his sidekick alive he plays along until he can get to safety.

Turns out the Wang Chi doppelgänger of this world has used some magical artifacts to bring forth the baddest mofo he can think of Snake Plisskin. Unfortunately, his lack of Madarin skills and time may have summoned the wrong antihero. Which as far as I am concerned is an easy mistake, Kurt Russell was the biggest bad ass of the 80s/90s, these two classics combined are great but, there’s also Tango and Cash to contend with.

But, alter-Wang may not have gotten it all wrong after all because in a bar in the badlands sits Snake Plisskin getting his drink on and listening to a radio. After a bit of action, Plissken eventually sets off on a hunt for the FauxSnake.

Snake is not down with the copy cat version of himself stealing his thunder and rocking his name. When the two finally link up you get a real life split screen version of two amazing characters and realize just how alike they are. The baddies are now at the gate, Snake, who always loves a fight, is down with the challenge and Jack is on board in an attempt to grab at the glory.

Overall this was a killer comic and I can’t wait to see how this arc plays out. The writing and scenes are very 80s John Carpenter and that makes the premise even doper!

Daniel Bayliss serves up classic 80s comic book art making every panel magic. It’s a real page-turner and anyone who digs Carpenter’s work , Snake or Jack will love the homage, artistry and style. It is the best kind of throwback and the mashup to end all mashups. I can’t wait to see what happens next.

Story: Greg Pak Art: Daniel Bayliss
Story: 7.8 Art: 8 Overall: 8.7 Recommendation: Buy

BOOM! Studios provided Graphic Policy with a FREE copy for review

Preview: Escape from New York Vol. 3 TP

Posted on August 8, 2016 by Graphic Policy Team

Escape from New York Vol. 3 TP

Publisher: BOOM! Studios
Writer: Christopher Sebela
Artist: Maxim Simic
Cover Artist: Ibrahim Moustafa
Price: $16.99

After all the trouble of escaping New York, Snake Plissken will have to sneak back into the city to get revenge on the President. But new forces have gained power in Manhattan since Snake was last there, making this mission more dangerous than ever. Collects issues #9-12.

Escape From New York and Big Trouble in Little China Crossover Thanks to BOOM!

Posted on July 11, 2016 by Brett

It’s a double dose of Kurt Russell as BOOM! Studios is bringing together Big Trouble in Little China and Escape From New York in a crossover comic Big Trouble in Littla China/Escape From New York.

The comic has the blessing of John Carpenter and will be written by Greg Pak with art by Daniel Bayliss. It finds Jack Burton transported to the dystopian future of 1997 where he meets Snake Plissken. Both characters were played by Russell in their films.

Check out the connecting covers for the series below.

Preview: Escape from New York Vol. 2 TP

Posted on April 29, 2016 by Graphic Policy Team

Escape from New York Vol. 2 TP

Writer: Christopher Sebela
Artist: Diego Barreto

After making it out alive through the madhouse of Florida, Snake Plissken gets tossed out of a plane into a raging battlefield in Siberia. Continuing the story that picks up right where the classic film left off, writer Christopher Sebela (Welcome Back, High Crimes) and artist Diego Barreto (Irredeemable) drop the classic antihero into the middle of a brand-new Cold War. Collects issues #5-8.