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NYCC 2026: Horror Takes Over with IDW Goes Dark

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New York Comic Con week has arrived! IDW Publishing will be at the show with can’t-miss signings and exclusives at booth #4551, plus a panel that’ll have the entire industry talking (Friday morning, 11:15am in room 406.2). To celebrate the big show, IDW has at least one major announcement planned for every single weekday. While they can’t spoil any secrets (yet), they have teased there will be big news for fans of Star Trek, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, horror, and a major reveal they cannot wait to declassify during the panel.

To kick off the week-long celebration, IDW’s infecting its entire publishing line with the ambitious initiative IDW Goes Dark. The best-selling horror print is taking over with a truly sinister selection of new horror comics throughout all of 2027, featuring Hello Kitty, Sonic the Hedgehog, Godzilla, Star Trek, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and new original nightmares from the imprint.

The terrifying takeover with IDW Goes Dark will also feature A Quiet Place: Rising Tides, The Twilight Zone, Any Given Smile, Event Horizon: Pandemonium, as well as the upcoming already-announced originals Fatal Fest and Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees: The Summer and the Fall. Fans at NYCC, don’t miss the exclusive ashcans for Fatal Fest #1 and You’ll Never Leave This Place Alive #1 at the IDW booth before they sell out.

More details lurk in the shadows for now, but IDW has teased there will be a spine-tingling surprise for horror fans at the IDW panel this Friday

SDCC 2026: IDW Dark’s Fatal Fest blends Survival Horror with Hollywood Satire from Hannah Rose May and Andrea Scalmazzi

How far would you go to achieve your dream? Would you kill for it? Creator and writer Hannah Rose May and IDW Dark ready to unleash a first tease at Fatal Fest, her next nail-biting and bold original terror with IDW Publishing‘s horror imprint.

When six emerging horror filmmakers are invited to compete at Fatal Fest, the mysterious festival run by reclusive horror maestro Frank Finch and his legendary production empire, Fatal Films, they discover this is no ordinary film festival. Frank has one simple rule: to create true fear, you must experience it. If they want to win the Fatal Fest, they need to be willing to kill for it. 

Featuring artwork by Andrea Scalmazzi, Fatal Fest is a harrowing and twisted exploration of obsession with IP, the thirst for fame and Hollywood’s ruthless commodification of art. Survival horror collides with culturally relevant satire and readers won’t be able to look away from the brutal ride.

IDW Dark and May will unveil more details about Fatal Fest at San Diego Comic Con in July.

Fatal Fest