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Mind MGMT: New & Improved #1 unveils Operation: Blind Bag! Do you dare?

Operation: Blind Bag

If you are reading this, you have been invited to participate in a very special program designed to entertain, enlighten, and enhance your perception of Mind MGMT: New & Improved #1 – the “first issue” of the brand-new beginning for New York Times best-selling writer/artist Matt Kindt‘s groundbreaking comic masterpiece arriving on June 24th from Oni Press and Flux House

When Mind MGMT: New & Improved #1 arrives on shelves – featuring a die-cut standard cover by Matt Kindt himself – it will also be accompanied by a mystifying token of the ongoing war for the psychic control of America’s heart and mind. Enter: Mind MGMT: New & Improved #1 – Operation: Blind Bag – a fin-sealed, metallic silver “blind bag” containing everything you need to know to escape the reach of the subliminal surveillance agency called “Mind Management.” 

On the outside: A new training protocol designed and written by Matt Kindt with instructions on how to deploy the “blind bag” in your possession to withstand psychic attack by the forces of paranoia and control. 

And on the inside – Operation: Blind Bag commences with an artistic assault on the senses as each blind bag reveals one of 15 exclusive, chase, or rare variant covers spanning four distinct subsets with strictly limited print runs in a manner of aesthetically pleasing alternatives to stimulate your third eye

Operation: Blind Bag

ARTIST VARIANT SUBSET

A curated line of artistic interpretations heralding Mind MGMT’s return, featuring Jenna ChaJeff LemireJesse LonerganFábio Moon, and David Rubín.

NOTE: These covers will be evenly divided across the print run once all rare and chase subset covers have been accounted for. 

“ERROR” EDITIONS BY MATT KINDT SUBSET 

In the process of manufacturing and distributing Matt Kindt‘s open-order, die-cut cover for Mind MGMT: New & Improved #1, it appears that some unfortunate errors accidentally made their way into the blind bagging process, including Korean import and 3-D versions never intended for commercial distribution.

CHASE FOIL SUBSET

Limited edition variants of Jesse Lonergan and J.H. Williams III cover art, reproduced without trade dress on foil stock. 

HYPER-RARE “U.S.S.A.” VARIANT SUBSET 

Featuring guest starring roles from Lee Harvey OswaldPatty HearstCharles MansonRichard Nixon, the command module of Apollo 11, and more, this hyper-rare variant subset consists of six covers unearthing America’s secret history of mind control and information warfare across the 20th Century, as rendered by artist and designer Scott Sugiuchi.

NOTE: One of these covers is a hallucination and will never actually exist. Sorry, and thank you for playing!

“Psycho-Vision” debuts in Fort Psycho #1 – A New Leap-Forward for Comic Book Printing Technology

In 1931, Bell Laboratories introduced high-fidelity, forever altering man’s relationship to music. In 1939, Technicolor revolutionized the aesthetic of cinema – producing deeper, more immersive images on film that instantly conjured “movie magic” for viewers around the world. Now, nearly a century later, Oni Press and Flux House introduce “Psycho-Vision” – a new, wholly unique combination of print processes developed for the upcoming, August 2026 debut of Fort Psycho #1 that will maximize the power of comic book storytelling in the most aggressive and high intensity manner ever attempted on the printed page. 

Debuting first on Fort Psycho #1 and continuing across of all 12 issues of the highly explosive new maxi-series from New York Times best-selling writer Matt Kindt and powerhouse artist Brian Hurtt, “Psycho-Vision” will up the ante with upgrades across five distinct categories:

  • MAXIMIZED COLOR: Pantone-keyed covers for each issue by series co-creator Brian Hurtt specifically engineered to capture specific colors otherwise impossible to print under the standard CMYK process.
  • MAXIMIZED QUALITY: Heavy-duty, 10 pt. cardstock covers on each issue – so sturdy they could take a bullet! 
  • MAXIMIZED CONTENT: Each issue of FORT PSYCHO will be delivered completely free of external advertising and come packed with exclusive back matter, beginning with its double-sized 40-page first issue in August 2026. 
  • MAXIMIZED LANGUAGE: When it comes to telling the tightly wound, 12-part tale of disgraced super-spies exiled to an island prison stocked with trained killers, secret betrayals, and the long-buried truth about the mission that brought them there … things are going to get salty. FORT PSYCHO uses all the @#$%-ing words!
  • MAXIMIZED PHYSICALITY: Due to the proprietary nature of this new printing process, the complete PSYCHO-VISION experience is only available to readers of the series’ single-issue print editions in comic shops and cannot be reproduced or approximated digitally. 

Ten years ago, the nation of Singapore sank into the Pacific Ocean. The underground terrorist network known as The Seven Seals took credit for the largest act of terror in human history. In the aftermath, the United Nations created a strike team of highly trained covert operatives with one mission: locate, identify, and eliminate The Seven Seals’ secretive leader. The team’s clandestine affairs were to always remain in the shadows – until their final, explosive confrontation with The Seven Seals resulted in a large-scale tragedy too bloody to cover up and too tragic to ignore. 

Disgraced and disavowed by the governments that trained them, the world’s most dangerous secret agents have been convicted for their crimes and sentenced to serve time side-by-side in the one place capable of holding them: their old island headquarters, Fort Cyclone – now known in the media by the derogatory nickname “Fort Psycho.” 

And that’s where the official story is about to go terribly, terribly wrong.

WARNING: YOU HAVE UNTIL AUGUST 2026 TO REACH MAXIMUM SAFE DISTANCE FROM FORT PSYCHO #1 – the brand-new, ticking time bomb of comic book firepower coming soon from master storytellers Matt Kindt and Brian Hurtt with covers from series co-creator Brian Hurtt, modern master Lewis LaRosa, and more to be revealed soon! 

ComicsPRO 2026: You’re Being Sent to Fort Psycho #1 – Now Get the %#% Down!

In advance of the upcoming Comics PRO Comic Book Industry MeetingOni Press has revealed the first flame-retardant look inside Fort Pyscho #1  – the next shrapnel-laced series debuting at Oni Press under superstar creator Matt Kindt’s Flux House banner! Exploding into comic shops everywhere this August, Fort Pyscho #1 unites writer Matt Kindt with artist Brian Hurtt for the power-burned first chapter of a Flux House’s 12-issue maxi-series stocked with trained killers, secret betrayals, and the long-buried truth about the mission that brought them to a secret island prison with no hope of escape. 

Ten years ago, the nation of Singapore sank into the Pacific Ocean. The underground terrorist network known as The Seven Seals took credit for the largest act of terror in human history. In the aftermath, the United Nations created a strike team of highly trained covert operatives with one mission: locate, identify, and eliminate The Seven Seals’ secretive leader. The team’s clandestine affairs were to always remain in the shadows – until their final, explosive confrontation with The Seven Seals resulted in a large-scale tragedy too bloody to cover up and too tragic to ignore. 

Disgraced and disavowed by the governments that trained them, the world’s most dangerous secret agents have been convicted for their crimes and sentenced to serve time side-by-side in the one place capable of holding them: their old island headquarters, Fort Cyclone – now known in the media by the derogatory nickname “Fort Psycho.” 

And that’s where the official story is about to go terribly, terribly wrong.

WARNING: YOU HAVE UNTIL AUGUST 2026 TO REACH MAXIMUM SAFE DISTANCE FROM Fort Pyscho #1 – the brand-new, ticking time bomb of comic book firepower coming soon from master storytellers Matt Kindt and Brian Hurtt with covers from Hurtt, Lewis LaRosa, and more to be revealed soon! 

Fort Pyscho #1

Lewis LaRosa Joins Fort Psycho #1 with Co-Creators Matt Kindt and Brian Hurtt for Highly Flammable Cover Run

Oni Press has announced that comics master Lewis LaRosa is joining the hugely anticipated debut of New York Times best-selling creator Matt Kindt’Flux House imprint at Oni Press as a new cover artist for all 12 issues of Fort Psycho – the brand-new, high-intensity, compulsively page-turning maxi-series from Kindt and acclaimed artist Brian Hurtt!

Beginning with Fort Psycho #1 (of 12) – hitting stands everywhere in August – LaRosa will join series co-creator and interior artist Brian Hurtt on ongoing shelf covers for the shrapnel-laden, nerve-tightening action epic that will soon unravel the many secrets and betrayals of a team of disgraced secret agents … and the truth about the classified island prison where they have been sent to atone for their innumerable crimes. LaRosa’s raw black-and-white artwork will additionally be made available as additional, incentive covers from Fort Psycho #1 onward through the series’ long-planned, closely held conclusion.

Ten years ago, the nation of Singapore sank into the Pacific Ocean. The underground terrorist network known as The Seven Seals took credit for the largest act of terror in human history. In the aftermath, the United Nations created a strike team of highly trained covert operatives with one mission: locate, identify, and eliminate The Seven Seals’ secretive leader. The team’s clandestine affairs were to always remain in the shadows – until their final, explosive confrontation with The Seven Seals resulted in a large-scale tragedy too bloody to cover up and too tragic to ignore. Disgraced and disavowed by the governments that trained them, the world’s most dangerous secret agents have been convicted for their crimes and sentenced to serve time side-by-side in the one place capable of holding them: their old island headquarters, Fort Cyclone – now known in the media by the derogatory nickname “Fort Psycho.” And that’s where the official story is about to go terribly, terribly wrong.

Who will live? Who will die? And where do they keep getting all that ammo? MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE meets LOST on a tropical island paradise stocked with trained killers, secret betrayals, and the long-buried truth about the mission that brought them there when Fort Psycho #1 (of 12) comes barrelling into stories in August 2026! 

ComicsPRO 2026: Oni Press Reveals Stacked Slate of Retailer Giveaways with Archie, Mind MGMT: New & Improved, Murder Drones, (Classified), and more!

In advance of the upcoming ComicsPRO Comic Book Industry Meeting in Glendale, CA from February 18th to February 21st, Oni Press has revealed a slew of giveaways for participating ComicsPRO retailers from some of the most high-profile and hotly anticipated comics of 2026, including the upcoming launch of the ARCHIE publishing line; this summer’s paranoia-inducing introduction of New York Times best-selling creator Matt Kindt’s (BRZRKRFLUX HOUSE imprint with MIND MGMT: NEW & IMPROVED and FORT PSYCHO; and the record-breaking MURDER DRONES series, adapting the global hit animation phenomenon from Glitch Productions. In addition, signed, advance copies of several of Oni’s most acclaimed, upcoming graphic novel collections will be available — including the psychedelic sci-fi adventure by BENJAMIN by Ben H. Winters (EC’s Cruel UniverseThe Last Policeman Trilogyand Leomacs (EC’s Epitaphs from the Abyss, DC Black Label’s Rogues); the bloody satire FREE FOR ALL by Harvey Award winner Patrick Horvath (Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees); and the beautifully bloody western CAVE GRAVE by cartoonist Shawn Kuruneru (The Goddamn Tragedy).

Plus: Oni presents signings and appearances all weekend long from a distinguished roster of creators including Juan Gedeon (TO BE REVEALED!), Patrick Horvath (ARCHIE IN HELL, FREE FOR ALL), Brian Hurtt (FORT PSYCHO), Matt Kindt (MIND MGMT: NEW & IMPROVED), Curt Pires (TO BE REVEALED!), Ben H. Winters (BENJAMIN, EC’s CRUEL UNIVERSE), and more surprise guests!

Here’s a complete listing of exclusive giveaways that retailers can look forward to as Oni Press prepares to unleash an epic slate of news and announcements this February at ComicsPRO 2026:

“ARCHIE TEASER” PIN SET
ART BY KANO
[LIMITED TO 500 COPIES] 

“ARCHIE TEASER” PIN SET

ARCHIE TEASER POSTER
ART BY KANO 
[LIMITED TO 200 COPIES]

ARCHIE TEASER POSTER

FORT PSYCHO ART PRINT (11”x17”)
ART BY BRIAN HURTT
SIGNED BY MATT KINDT & BRIAN HURTT
[LIMITED TO 250 COPIES]

FORT PSYCHO ART PRINT (11”x17”)

[CLASSIFIED] ART PRINT (11”x17”)
ART BY JUAN GEDEON
SIGNED BY CURT PIRES & JUAN GEDEON 
[LIMITED TO 250 COPIES] 

[CLASSIFIED] ART PRINT (11”x17”)

MURDER DRONES #1 COMICSPRO VARIANT
ART BY JO MI-GYEONG
[LIMITED TO 250 COPIES]

MURDER DRONES #1 COMICSPRO VARIANT

BENJAMIN HC
SIGNED BY BEN H. WINTERS
[LIMITED TO 100 COPIES – WHILE SUPPLIES LAST] 

BENJAMIN HC

CAVE GRAVE: WILD WEST TALES HC
SIGNED BY SHAWN KURUNERU
[LIMITED TO 100 COPIES – WHILE SUPPLIES LAST] 

CAVE GRAVE: WILD WEST TALES HC

FREE FOR ALL HC 
SIGNED BY PATRICK HORVATH
[LIMITED TO 100 COPIES – WHILE SUPPLIES LAST] 

FREE FOR ALL HC

Matt Kindt Declassifies MIND MGMT: New & Improved #1 – Coming in June! Get a First Look!

NEW AGENTS. NEW MISSION. NEW BEGINNING. . . Oni Press and Flux House revealed a first look inside of MIND MGMT: New & Improved #1 – the FIRST ISSUE of an all-new, entirely self-contained entry point into the genre-bending, Eisner Award-nominated series that Entertainment Weekly calls “one of the most experimental and fascinating books in mainstream comics.” Sit back, relax, and feel your pulse steadily escalate to dangerous levels of over-adrenalized anxiety as New York Times best-selling creator and multiple Eisner Award-nominated cartoonist Matt Kindt returns to the scene of his definitive statement on the art of psychic espionage.

Ten years ago, the extra-governmental agency known as Mind Management exploded in a barrage of bullets and brain matter. Those that survived have gone underground – forging new lives with unremarkable identities and falsified pasts to obfuscate the strange abilities that once made them highly prized assets in the global war for psychic control. Now, two investigators – Detective Delphi and Detective Swan – have found themselves at the center of an unexpected puzzle. Here: A man poisoned in a coffee shop with a sophisticated neurotoxin. There: A supposed suicide victim run over by a train … with his arms found in a trashcan five miles from the tracks. Their connection: Someone is killing former Mind Management agents in improbable and arcane ways … Seemingly impossible crimes committed by a faceless killer capable of evading even the most pervasive digital surveillance. What secret are they killing to protect? Who will be next? Has Mind Management returned? Did it ever go away? You are paranoid … but are you paranoid enough?

MIND MGMT: New & Improved #1 will arrive in comic shops in June 2026.

MIND MGMT: New & Improved #1

FCBD 2026: Matt Kindt’s Flux House Deploys Two Brand-New, Exclusive Stories for Free Comic Book Day!

In 2026, The countdown to the must-read creator-owned comics event of the summer begins on Free Comic Book! Oni Press has revealed that it is joining Free Comic Book Day 2026 with the Mind MGMT / Fort Psycho FCBD 2026 Special – arriving in comic shops everywhere on May 2nd, 2026 and jointly available for order by participating retailers through both Universal Distribution and Lunar Distribution.

From the mind of New York Times best-selling, Eisner Award-nominated creative powerhouse Matt Kindt, 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 as designated by our mysterious benefactors at Oni Press.

Before the arrival of Kindt’s first two shrapnel-laced new series under the Flux House banner – Mind MGMT: New & Improved in June, and Fort Psycho with co-creator/artist Brian Hurtt in August – experience the psychotropic effects of Flux House firsthand with this EXCLUSIVE DOUBLE FEATURE … featuring TWO BRAND-NEW SHORT STORIES debuting right here, ONLY ON FREE COMIC BOOK DAY!

First: Congratulations! You have been selected to join the ranks of Mind MGMT – the secretive agency rumored to influence global affairs from the shadows through assassination, sabotage, and psychic espionage. In the hands of our elite instructors, you will be schooled in the exotic arts of mental manipulation, information warfare, subliminal conditioning, and more. This comic book is part of your training. Read on to discover who we are, who we are fighting, and why our lives are no longer our own in this self-contained, educational introduction to the vast underground network we call Mind MGMT: New & Improved #1, as written and drawn by Matt Kindt.

Then: BOOM! BANG! DUCK! For the international commandos codenamed SHIV, LYCAN, and DRAGONFLY, a routine mission to catch-and-kill a fugitive from the world’s most wanted terror sect is about to go very, very wrong. Who are THE SEVEN SEALS? And what terrible price will the men and women of Fort Psycho pay to bring them to justice? Master storytellers Matt Kindt and Brian Hurtt present an all-new, high-octane prelude to the events of Fort Psycho #1 – the action comic so extreme, it just might catch on fire. 

On May 2nd, 2026, march to your local comic shop to physically demand your copy of the Mind MGMT / Fort Psycho FCBD 2026 Special – a two-fisted spectacle of subversion leading directly into two of the year’s biggest creator-owned comics launches! 

The Oni Press-led incarnation of Flux House will begin with three series continuing onward from summer 2026: Mind MGMT: New & Improved #1 in June, Fort Psycho #1 with co-creator/artist Brian Hurtt in August and Flux House Presents #1 series with new stories from KindtJesse Lonergan, and more in November.

Space Scouts #1 Has Fun With Familiar Concepts and Journeys

Space Scouts #1

A young girl heads to the center of the universe to compete in a reality show to become the next “Space Scout.” What starts as a teenage drama turns into deadly war at the edge of the universe as the “winning” recruits are sent into a clandestine interminable battle that they most likely won’t survive. Space Scouts #1 is an interesting start that feels self-aware and attempting to deliver something more than its familiar concepts would tease.

Written by Matt Kindt, Space Scouts #1 is a solid start to the series though overall it’s something we’ve seen before. But, the comic is well aware of that, addressing it all as the story progresses. Early on, the comic refers to its own concept as a cliché of the hero’s journey

Ember is the hope for her planet. She has abilities and has been entered into a contest to join the Space Scouts. Her planet, and her family, also get elevated in numerous ways. There’s a lot riding on her shoulders. The problem is, she doesn’t want it to be like that, she wants to forge her own path.

But, Kindt twists things up a little taking us quickly through the first challenges and whitling it down to the final 10 contestants. Where the comic easily could have been Ember against other contestants that would have been a major challenge, Kindt has Ember changing her attitude and figuring out she can manipulate the game in ways to up her odds. It’s an interesting direction and an unexpected one that took the comic from familiar, to something new and interesting.

David Rubín‘s art is solid. The characters, settings, everything, is varied and interesting to look at, every detail telling a little bit of the story. The comic has a feel in many ways like something Mike Allred would have done, and I found myself checking the credits to make sure it wasn’t him. Kindt doesn’t take time to really explain the characters and world, so it lands on the art to fill in those gaps and it does an excellent job in doing so. The comic’s visuals pop in interesting ways giving a solid sci-fi feel with a little wink and nod thrown about.

Space Scouts #1 is a solid debut that has me intrigued to see where it goes and what comes next. There’s a solid look and feel to it all and the comic teases readers it’s more than what’s presented, there’s something else going on here than just a contest. It’s Kindt and Rubín, so it’s not too surprising the comic is a solid debut. It’s definitely a debut that’s well worth checking out.

Story: Matt Kindt Art: David Rubín
Color: David Rubín Letterer: David Rubín
Story: 8.35 Art: 8.35 Overall: 8.35 Recommendation: Buy

Dark Horse provided Graphic Policy with a FREE copy for review


Purchase: Zeus ComicsKindle

Space Scouts takes you on a Sci-Fi Space Odyssey starting in November from Matt Kindt, David Rubin, Dark Horse, and Flux House

Dark Horse Comics and Flux House Books present Space Scouts, a new sci-fi space odyssey comic series from Matt Kindt and David Rubín, the team behind the acclaimed sci-fi/fantasy comic series, Ether. This three-issue series, written by Kindt and illustrated and lettered by Rubín, will be presented in magazine-sized issues (8” x 10.875”) with 32 story pages. Each issue will also include bonus content like character designs and variant covers by Sergio Aragones (#1), Brian Hurtt (#2), and Alvaro Martinez Bueno (#3).

A young girl heads to the center of the universe to compete in a reality show to become the next “Space Scout.” What starts as a teenage drama turns into a deadly war at the edge of the universe as the “winning” recruits are sent into a clandestine, interminable battle that they most likely won’t survive.

Space Scouts #1 (of 3) will be available in comic shops on November 5, 2025 and is now available for preorder from your local comic shop for $7.99.

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