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SDCC 2026: The Ultimate Exclusive is the… Fort Psycho “Comic In A Can”!?!

Posted on July 10, 2026 by Graphic Policy Team Leave a comment

In advance of Comic-Con International in San Diego, Oni Press has unveiled the ultimate Comic-Con exclusive: the Fort Psycho “Comic In A Can”! Not a hoax! Not a psyop! Priced at just $25 and limited to only 250 copies made, this is a fully functional, resealable can that includes “SARDINES,” an exclusive, 16-page mini-comic (6″ x 4”) featuring a brand-new Fort Psycho short story by New York Times best-selling writer Matt Kindt and hard-charging artist Brian Hurtt set before the events of Fort Psycho #1!*

AND THAT’S JUST THE TIP OF THIS (CAN-SHAPED) ICEBERG!

Also included inside:

A full-sized, souvenir bumper sticker (11″ x 3″) commemorating the deep and indelible impact that the upcoming release of Fort Psycho #1 (on sale August 5th) is sure to have on your central nervous system!
A forward operating battalion of pacifist pink army men for you to play with back in your hotel room!
Wait, your can has a 1:5 chrome army man? Then you WIN a free (and equally shiny) Mind MGMT: New & Improved #1 BLIND BAG!
Got a 1:50 gold army man? Then you WIN a hand-painted Mind MGMT: New & Improved #1 Original Art Sketch Cover by Matt Kindt!
Oh, and there’s a brand-new, never-before seen text story by Matt Kindt printed right on the damn label!
Plus: You get to keep the can, which is its own kind of glory!

Already feeling the pull of “Comic in a Can” fever? Us, too … and there’s only way to stop it: By visiting Psycho Mart inside the Oni Press booth (#1829) at San Diego Comic-Con to put your all-American sense of consumerism to the test. Better yet: Get it signed! Series creators Matt Kindt and Brian Hurtt will be appearing as special guests of Oni Press and signing throughout the weekend, so there will be plenty of opportunities to watch two tenured comics veterans figure out how to apply their signatures to a three-dimensional cylinder.

And that’s just the story picks up where the “Comic in a Can” left off on August X in Fort Psycho #1 (of 12) – the brand-new, ticking time bomb of comic book firepower from master storytellers Matt Kindt and Brian Hurtt detonating this summer with covers by Hurtt, Lewis LaRosa, Inaki Miranda, David Rubin, Kyle Starks, and Dustin Weaver!

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.

Don’t miss Fort Pyscho #1! You’ve been warned.

* Are you the kind of guy or gal who plans ahead? Then you surely ordered the Fort Pyscho #1-12 PRE-ORDER BONUS BUNDLE … which means you’ll be receiving Fort Pyscho #0, which will also include a reprint of “SARDINES” alongside two other short stories by Kindt & Hurtt. Congrats on being ahead of the game, soldier!

Mind MGMT: New & Improved #1 is the return of the mind twist of a puzzle of a series

Posted on July 1, 2026 by Brett Leave a comment

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 trash can 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?

Story: Matt Kindt
Art: Matt Kindt

Get your copy now! To find a comic shop near you, visit http://www.comicshoplocator.com or call 1-888-comicbook or digitally and online with the links below.

Zeus Comics
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Preview: Mind MGMT: New & Improved #1

Posted on June 25, 2026 by Graphic Policy Team Leave a comment

Mind MGMT: New & Improved #1

(W) Matt Kindt (A) Matt Kindt

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 Kicks Off a Whole New Mind Fuck

Posted on June 24, 2026 by Brett

Matt Kindt‘s Mind MGMT is an experience to read. It’s a comic whose mystery and oddity extends beyond the page to the margins, between the panels, the introduction of the comic, the back of it, everything is part of the story and world. It’s one whose every detail tells the story and expands the experience. Mind MGMT: New & Improved #1 dives right into that with a credit page that goes on and on introducing the comic and world in what has come before. But, that doesn’t matter… or does it… is it continuity… is it all fiction, a lie… That’s part of what makes this new series so much fun.

Mind MGMT: New & Improved #1 is new and improved in some ways, playing with its concept and delivering it in a way that new readers can dive right into the world of manipulation and longtime fans can sit pondering if everything they read before matters. It starts with a mindfuck and goes from there.

The story itself feels straightforward, someone is killing possibly former agents and two agents need to find out who and why. It’s about as simple as you can get. But, it’s Kindt’s delivery of it that sucks you in, making you question your own reality and what you do and don’t know is fact.

The art adds to the experience with Kindt’s distinct style that has an almost watercolor quality about it. The art is one that readers need to pay attention to because you never know what detail is hidden within delivering a clue as to what’s real and what’s not. It’s a seamless continuation of the style that was prevalent in previous volumes, down to the fun additions beyond the panels.

Mind MGMT: New & Improved #1 is a perfect start for new readers, easing them into the rabbit hole. Fans will appreciate being left to guess if this is really a new start or a continuation of the weirdness that has come before. It’s an issue that can be read either way creating a mystery that’ll suck you in. It’s a welcome return to what hopefully will be a long run and further expansion of the world.

Story: Matt Kindt Art: Matt Kindt
Story: 8.5 Art: 8.5 Overall: 8.5 Recommendation: Buy

Oni Press/Flux House provided Graphic Policy with a FREE copy for review

Purchase: Zeus Comics – Third Eye Comics – Kindle

Exclusive: Get a first look at Mind MGMT: New & Improved #4’s Covers and more!

Posted on June 12, 2026 by Graphic Policy Team

After locating their quarry, Detectives Delphi and Swon find it hard to believe the identity of their murderous foe and his unique connection to Mind Management. However, the detectives discover that their employer has been manipulating their operatives from the very beginning. Now, armed with the knowledge that Mind Management might be the root behind Swon’s missing memories, he can’t trust the agency, his mission, nor his partner Delphi . . . Will he be able to uncover the truth, or is it all just a ploy targeting Mind Management from the inside out?

Mind MGMT: New & Improved #4 is written by and art by Matt Kindt with cover A by Kindt, B by Martín Morrazo, plus a 1:10 full art variant by Morazzo, 1:20 3-D variant by Kindt, and 1:50 variant by Patricia Martín. It arrives in shops September 30, 2026.

Matt Kindt’s Mind MGMT: New & Improved #1 Heads Back to Press for Same-Day Second Printing

Posted on May 15, 2026 by Graphic Policy Team

Oni Press has announced that Mind MGMT: New & Improved #1 has already sold out at Lunar Distribution, Universal Distribution, and Diamond UK nearly six weeks in advance of its June 24th, 2026 street date. Check out our early review of the debut issue.

In response, Oni Press is rushing the 32-page, ad-free issue – featuring a brand-new, self-contained introduction to ultimate epic of psychic warfare and paranoid intrigue written, drawn, colored, lettered, and designed by superstar creator and New York Times best-selling cartoonist Matt Kindt – immediately back to press to ensure that the Mind MGMT: New & Improved #1 Second Printing arrives on store shelves alongside the first printing on June 24th in order to meet the fast-building tidal wave of fan and retailer demand.

Also featuring a stunningly effective die-cut cover (like the first printing) that ties directly into the series’ immersive storytelling, the Mind MGMT: New & Improved #1 Second Printing will appear on Final Order Cut-Off (FOC) on Monday, May 25th.

Additionally, as an extra-added measure to ensure that Oni can adequately meet demand throughout North America and worldwide, the publisher is also unlocking an additional supply of Mind MGMT: New & Improved #1’s Operation: Blind Bag units – featuring a selection of 15 limited, chase, and hyper-rare variant covers from Jenna Cha, Jeff Lemire, Jesse Lonergan, Fábio Moon, and David Rubín, J.H. Williams III, and Matt Kindt himself.

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 Swon—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 trash can 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 2nd printing

Oni and Flux House’s Mind MGMT/Fort Psycho Special from Free Comic Book Day will get you excited

Posted on May 12, 2026 by Brett

Welcome to Mind MGMT: New & Improved! 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, so 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. Fear not: The voices in your head can tell no lies!

In addition to your introduction the world of Mind MGMT: New & Improved, the Mind MGMT/Fort Psycho FCB 2026 Special contains an all-new, high-octane prelude to the events of Fort Psycho #1 – the extreme action action comic locking a strike team of highly trained covert operatives trapped on a secret island prison with no hope of escape, as they contend with secret betrayals, and the long-buried truth about the mission that brought them there.

Story: Matt Kindt
Art: Brian Hurtt
Color: Bill Crabtree
Letterer: Becca Carey

Get your copy now! To find a comic shop near you, visit http://www.comicshoplocator.com or call 1-888-comicbook.

Your Training Begins in Matt Kindt’s Mind MGMT: New & Improved #2

Posted on May 3, 2026 by Graphic Policy Team

Oni Press and Flux House have revealed a first look inside Mind MGMT: New & Improved #2, the latest top-secret chapter from the mind-bending comics masterpiece by New York Times bestselling cartoonist and multiple Eisner Award nominee Matt Kindt. The second installment of the all-new, entirely self-contained entry point into the Eisner Award-nominated universe of psychic warfare and sabotage through subversion deals its fatal blow on July 22, 2026!

Investigators Detective Delphi and Detective Swon have found themselves at the center of a surprising mystery: Someone is killing Mind Management agents. Is it one of their own? The trail of bodies will take them to Phoenix, Arizona, where Swon begins to question his own origin story and whether the organization he works for can be trusted . . . As Swon’s visions grow more chaotic and his questions more difficult to answer, Delphi must balance the needs of the heart with those of her embattled employer.

Mind MGMT: New & Improved #2 will arrive in comic shops with mind-expanding covers from Kindt as well as Jasper Jubenvill, Jenna Cha, and Patricia Martín — on sale July 2026!

Preview: Mind MGMT/Fort Psycho FCB 2026 Special

Posted on May 1, 2026 by Graphic Policy Team

Oni Press and Flux House have revealed an extended look inside the Mind MGMT/Fort Psycho FCB 2026 Special, only available this Saturday on May 2nd for Free Comic Book Day 2026! The radical piece of shrapnel-laced propaganda will introduce readers to the shadowy world of Mind MGMT: New & Improved – the compulsively page-turning new series from New York Times best-selling creator Matt Kindt tracking Mind Management, the secretive agency rumored to influence global affairs from the shadows through assassination, sabotage, and psychic espionage. Featuring two exclusive and brand-new stories unavailable elsewhere, the Mind MGMT/Fort Psycho FCB 2026 Special marks the first official release from Kindt’s new signature publishing imprint Flux House at Oni Press and will beavailable in participating local comic shops everywhere this Saturday, May 2nd.

Welcome to Mind MGMT: New & Improved! 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, so 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. Fear not: The voices in your head can tell no lies!

In addition to your introduction the world of Mind MGMT: New & Improved, the Mind MGMT/Fort Psycho FCB 2026 Special will also contain an all-new, high-octane prelude to the events of Fort Psycho #1 – the extreme action action comic locking a strike team of highly trained covert operatives trapped on a secret island prison with no hope of escape, as they contend with secret betrayals, and the long-buried truth about the mission that brought them there. The two-fisted spectacle of subversion leads directly into two of the year’s biggest creator-owned comics launches: June’s Mind MGMT: New & Improved #1 by Matt Kindt and August’s Fort Psycho #1 by Kindt and co-creator/artist Brian Hurtt.

Mind MGMT: New & Improved #1: 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 Swon—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 trash can 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?
Fort Psycho #1: 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? Find out when Fort Psycho #1 launches its attack on readers this August!