The Thing on the Doorstep #4
(W) Simon Birks (A) Willi Roberts
Daniel receives a visitor with a familiar knock, and Edward explains that Asenath has left abruptly, leaving him to pick up the pieces of his life. After renovating his old family home, Edward’s behaviour once again takes a turn for the worse, as Asenath Waite seeks a new place to live.
The Thing on the Doorstep #2
(W) H. P. Lovecraft, Simon Birks (A) Willi Roberts
Edward has started Miskatonic University, hoping to deepen his understanding in the strange and the occult, but little bargaining for meeting a beguiling woman named Asenaith Waite, who can seemingly control the weather. After a disturbing hypnotism, Edward quickly falls for Asenath, little understanding her true intentions.
The Thing on the Doorstep #1
(W) Simon Birks (A) Willi Roberts
Daniel Upton and Edward Derby have been best friends almost their entire lives, right up to the point Daniel shoots Edward dead in the Arkham Sanitorium — a crime Daniel swears he didn’t commit, despite all the evidence. What happened on that fateful day in Arkham? What is the truth behind this seemingly mindless act of violence? Witness the beginning of this doomed relationship and Edward’s slow descent into a horrifying world beyond his control.
From award-winning writer Simon Birks (ANTARCTICA, Sinners, Gone, The Shadow Over Innsmouth) with artist Willi Roberts (ANTARCTICA, The Dark, Clodagh, The Blood Below, Remothered) comes a chilling tale based on HP Lovecraft’s terrifying story.
Award-winning writer Simon Birks and acclaimed artist Willi Roberts join letterer Rob Jones to bring to life a chilling new series titled, The Thing on the Doorstep. This five issue miniseries is based upon the classic tale of the same name by H.P. Lovecraft and will hit shelves from Image and Top Cow on February 11, 2026.
The Thing on the Doorstep draws readers into the shadowed labyrinth of friendship warped by forces not meant for human witness. Daniel Upton and Edward Derby have been bound together since youth—until the day Daniel puts a bullet in his closest companion within the bleak walls of Arkham Sanitarium. Though all evidence damns him, Daniel claims innocence, hinting at horrors that mock reason itself. Within these pages, readers uncover the terrible truth: the birth of a doomed relationship and Edward Derby’s gradual surrender to realms of dread that lie just beyond the fragile veil.
