Tag Archives: naomi franq

Julio Anta and Daniel Irizarri bring El Chupacabra to Life in Beast of Borikén

Dark Horse Comics and Tiny Onion present Beast of Borikén, a thrilling new tale in the True Weird series featuring el Chupacabra. Beast of Borikén is a five-issue miniseries written by Eisner Award-nominated author Julio Anta, illustrated by Daniel Irizarri, colored by Patricio Delpeche, and lettered by Lucas Gattoni. Beast of Borikén #1 is out in July 2026 and will feature cover art by Daniel Irizarri, Naomi Franq, and Max Fiumara.

In contemporary Puerto Rico, Loli Flores is a fierce activist fighting the overdevelopment of the island by outside investors. When a groundbreaking ceremony is violently interrupted by a supernatural force, Loli discovers that the stories of el Chupacabra are not just echoes from the past, but true tales of a brutal protector of generations extending back to the indigenous people of the island. As Loli uncovers the horrors firsthand, el Chupacabra follows a parallel path, leaving elemental destruction in his wake.

Beast of Borikén #1 (of 5) arrives in comic shops on July 1, 2026. It is now available for preorder from your local comic shop for $4.99.

Preview: Dead Teenagers #1

Dead Teenagers #1

(W)  Jude Ellison S. Doyle (A) Caitlin Yarsky 

Since 1997, five friends have been trapped in the ultimate nightmare as a mysterious entity forces them to relive their first prom night over and over again… and re-kills them in new and increasingly insane ways each time. They dress up. They party. They make out. And no matter what they try to change, they always die… until now. Something is about to break the cycle that has kept J.T., Ryder, Brandy, and their group of friends locked in a bizarre purgatory beyond all understanding… but what they find on the other side will be the most disturbing revelation of all.

Dead Teenagers #1

Dead Teenagers #1 – Die (Again and Again) in Oni’s Time Loop of Terror from Jude Ellison S. Doyle and Caitlin Yarsky. Check Out an Extended Preview.

BEING A TEENAGER FOREVER IS ONE HELL OF A DEATH SENTENCE! Oni Press has released a look inside the terrifying, decade-warping pages of Dead Teenagers #1, the ’90s-era time loop of terror that finds five friends living (and dying) endlessly inside their high school prom night. Get an extended look inside the first issue of the sardonically sharp and gloriously gory new series from GLAAD Award-nominated writer Jude Ellison S. Doyle and Eisner Award-nominated artist Caitlin Yarsky before the first issue arrives in comic shops everywhere on March 18th, 2026!

Since 1997, five friends have been trapped in the ultimate nightmare as a mysterious entity forces them to relive their first prom night over and over again… and re-kills them in new and increasingly insane ways each time. They dress up. They party. They make out. And no matter what they try to change, they always die… until now. Something is about to break the cycle that has kept J.T., Ryder, Brandy, and their group of friends locked in a bizarre purgatory beyond all understanding… but what they find on the other side will be the most disturbing revelation of all.

With a unique variant cover on each issue by interior series artist Caitlin Yarsky paying homage to an iconic film from the decade – alongside main covers by Naomi Franq and variants by Keyla Valerio and Brandt&Stein — break the cycle with the deadly clever Dead Teenagers #1 this March 2026, only from Oni Press.

Dead Teenagers #1

Break Your Jaw On These Deliciously Droll ‘90s Covers From Dead Teenagers #2

WHAT’S WORSE — GETTING TRAPPED IN THE PAST OR HAVING TO FACE THE FUTURE? … This spring, GLAAD Award–nominated writer Jude Ellison S. Doyle and Eisner Award–nominated artist Caitlin Yarsky invite you to Dead Teenagers – the smirkingly clever, ʼ90s-obsessed, blood-drenched horror massacre that will keep you guessing until the very last stab wound! Now Oni Press has revealed a first look inside Dead Teenagers #2, including a jaw-droppingly memorable homage cover by interior artist Caitlin Yarsky inspired by the ‘90s cult classic flick Jawbreakers, alongside the main cover by Naomi Franq and a variant by Keyla Valerio.

For five friends, being trapped in an infinite loop of murder and dismemberment on Prom Night ʼ97 was living hell. They’re about to find out that being an adult in 2026 is much, much worse. After spending an interminable number of years trapped in an endless cycle of violent death and painful rebirth, high school seniors J.T., Ryder, and Brandy have found themselves catapulted forward through time into their adult bodies . . . and in new lives where everyone else is totally unaware of their harrowing, unexplainable ordeal. Physically, they’re now elder millennials with jobs and families. Psychologically, they’re badly damaged teenagers with middle-aged bodies and disposable income that are about to discover the consequences of making poor choices later in life. Even worse, not everyone thinks their new circumstances are an improvement over being ritualistically murdered every 24 hours. Is there a way to go back to their never-ending prom night massacre . . . and could it hold the key to finding out how and why they were chosen to live out this supernatural torment beyond all human reasoning?

Scream meets Freaky Friday in the next captivating chapter of the brilliantly propulsive horror-soaked time loop, out April 15th!

Dead Teenagers #2

Prom Night Never, Ever Ends this March in Dead Teenagers #1 by Jude Ellison S. Doyle and Caitlin Yarsky

HELL IS THE ‘90s — THERE’S NO ESCAPING HIGH SCHOOL! This spring, Oni Press presents Dead Teenagers #1, a 90-obsessed horror escapade about prom night ‘97 – and five friends who have been living and dying inside it ever since – a from GLAAD Award-nominated writer Jude Ellison S. Doyle and Eisner Award-nominated artist Caitlin Yarsky. Brash and brutal, the series is the most clever and compulsively page-turning horror thriller of the year. Dead Teenagers #1 drops on March 18, 2026.

Since 1997, five friends have been trapped in the ultimate nightmare as a mysterious entity forces them to relive their first prom night over and over again… and re-kills them in new and increasingly insane ways each time. They dress up. They party. They make out. And no matter what they try to change, they always die… until now. Something is about to break the cycle that has kept Alicia, J.T., Ryder, Brandy, and their group of friends locked in a bizarre purgatory beyond all understanding… but what they find on the other side will be the most disturbing revelation of all.

With a unique variant cover on each issue by interior series artist Caitlin Yarsky homage to an iconic film from the decade – alongside main covers by Naomi Franq and variants by Keyla Valerio and Brandt&Stein– hell is the 90s in his genre-distorting ode to the generation that gave us Scream and Buffy the Vampire Slayer …and the little bitty bits of viscera that are left of them. 

DEAD TEENAGERS is a terrifying time loop tale of terror.

DEAD TEENAGERS is a terrifying time loop tale of terror.

DEAD TEENAGERS is a terrifying time loop tale of terror.

DEAD TEENAGERS is a terrifying time loop tale of terror.

DEAD TEENAGERS #1 (of 5)

ComicsPRO 2025: Oni Press Bites into Blood Type #1 – A Monstrous New EC Comics Milestone from Corinna Bechko and Andrea Sorrentino

OUT OF THE PAGES OF EPITAPHS FROM THE ABYSS . . . A MONSTROUS NEW EC COMICS MILESTONE BEGINS THIS JUNE! In advance of this year’s annual ComicsPRO Comic Book Industry Meeting in Glendale, CA, Oni Press and William M. Gaines Agent, Inc. have announced that the next chapter in the blockbuster resurrection of the immortal EC Comics will be written this June in Blood Type #1 – the FIRST ISSUE of A TERRIFYING NEW KIND OF HORROR SERIES from Hugo Award-nominated writer Corinna Bechko and Eisner Award-winning artist Andrea Sorrentino! Rising from the pages of her first appearance in last fall’s Epitaphs From the Abyss #3, EC’s own blood-splattered, bon vivant vampire will be making history as the first character to claw her way out of an iconic EC Comics short story . . . and into the first-ever standalone, serialized horror series from the most notorious name in terror!

WHEN YOU’RE A VAMPIRE, EVERYBODY SUCKS . . . SOONER OR LATER! Meet Ada, an immortal vampire whose misdeeds have landed her on the doorstep of an idyllic Caribbean resort. . . . An island paradise teeming with wealthy tourists and superstitious locals—an ample food supply for the thirsty vamp looking to get away from it all! But as Ada stalks the boundaries of her new hunting ground, she’ll soon become embroiled in a deadly game of cat and mouse by moonlight . . . as an older, wiser, and entirely different kind of predator reveals its own carnal hunger for greed and power. Who will survive when a brand-new kind of BLOOD TYPE declares war on a cunning bloodsucker with nothing left to lose . . . and what will be left of them?!

Picking up in the immediate aftermath of Ada’s first appearance in the titular short story “Blood Type” from Epitaphs From the Abyss #3, Blood Type is intended to be the first in a new slate of semi-regular EC Comics limited series that will spotlight and continue a select few of the razor-sharp short stories introduced in the pages of EC’s monthly anthology titles – be they horror, science fiction, fantasy, or more. Before Blood Type #1 arrives in comic shops everywhere this June, readers can rediscover the killer short that first launched Ada into infamy inside the pages of EC Presents Blood Type #0 – Oni’s 2025 Free Comic Book Day release by Bechko and artist Jonathan Case, alongside other fan-favorite shorts from EC”s first year at Oni Press by creators Charlie AdlardChris Condon, Kano, and Matt Kindt  with an all-new cover by Eisner Award nominee Tyler Crook

As a revolutionary new entry in the EC Comics canon, Blood Type #1 will lead off a new wave of gloriously bloody new wave EC series at Oni Press across Summer 2025. Stay tuned for more news on EC’s upcoming SUMMER OF FEAR in the weeks ahead as Blood Type prepares to bite deep! 

Featuring covers by Miguel MercadoAndrea SorrentinoAlbert Monteys, and Naomi Franq, Blood Type #1 seeps into comic shops everywhere on June 18th.

Preview: Monster High Halloween Special

Monster High Halloween Special

(W) Keryl Brown Ahmed (A) Naomi Franq (CA) Celia Lowenthal
In Shops: Oct 09, 2024
SRP: $5.99

In the words of some famous old manster, “Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.” Well, no offense to that boo, but…I disagree. I mean, each Hallow’s Eve normies wrap themselves in toilet paper and bedsheets and call themselves monsters? As if their flannel rags could touch our Clawdeen Wolf booriginal designs… Ghouls, there is nothing scarier than a bad costume. Luckily, Headmaster Frankenstein and Draculaura are throwing a carnival for the real monsters guaranteed to genuinely send chills down their spines. Halloween may be a boring normie howliday, but you never know what, or who, might be lurking around the coroner!

Monster High Halloween Special