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SDCC 2026: Comixology Originals and Mad Cave Studios Announce 2027 Print Slate

In the lead up to Comic-Con International San Diego, Comixology and Mad Cave Studios have announced that they have expanded their agreement to bring more Comixology Originals titles to print. In addition to the recently announced original graphic novel Quiet, by celebrity baker and cookbook author Kim-Joy with art by Alti arriving digitally this September and in print in summer 2027, the companies are excited to announce the acclaimed digital releases Major Thomás, Endless, She’s Running on Fumes, and The Tormented will be published in paperback and available for the first time in both bookstores and comic shops in 2027.

Mad Cave will bring the following Comixology Originals books to print in 2027:

MAJOR THOMÁS

Written by Omar Morales with art by Mau Mora and Serg Acuna
January 12, 2027 / January 13, 2027 — First Time In Print!

A Mexican-American farm worker becomes a NASA astronaut and just as his dreams begin to blast off, he gets lost in the middle of a space war, marooned with crushing regret about his life choices. With a foreword by Astronaut José M. Hernandez, Major Thomás is an inspiring hero’s journey for young people around the world. 

MAJOR THOMÁS

ENDLESS

Written by Curt Pires and various artists
February 23, 2027 / February 24, 2027 — First Time In Print!


When a heist to steal an expensive piece of scientific technology goes wrong, Henry Quan, a selfish career criminal, is unmoored in both space and time. Thrown in and out of parallel lives across the multiverse, he struggles to find his way back home and find out what exactly happened to him.

Each of the five issues reveals a new life in a new universe, drawn by a different amazing artist—including Diana Nguyen, Ryan Quackenbush, Rockwell White, Jacoby Salcedo, and Stefano Cardoselli.

ENDLESS

SHE’S RUNNING ON FUMES

Written by Dennis Hopeless with art by Tyler Jenkins
March 23, 2027 / March 24, 2027 — First Time In Print!

A desperate mom will do anything to keep her family afloat—and grand theft auto is just the start.
It’s summer 1984 in Deepwater, Missouri, and Jean’s husband has just scrambled his own eggs in a horrific car wreck. That, Jean can handle. The fifty thousand dollars worth of cocaine missing from his trunk? That’s a little harder. What’s a good woman to do?

She’ll start by throwing “good” out the window. Stealing cars and chopping them up makes a living, if not a great one. But the criminal life isn’t exactly family-friendly, and it sure as hell ain’t easy.

Inspired by real events from writer Dennis Hopeless’ own childhood, She’s Running on Fumes is a heartfelt, bittersweet exploration of what keeps a family together.

SHE’S RUNNING ON FUMES

THE TORMENTED

Written by Chuck Austen with art by Patrick Olliffe
May 18, 2027 / May 19, 2027 —  First Time In Print!

Ryan Auster’s parents were famous demon hunters while he was growing up, but unlike his father, mother, and sister, Ryan never had “the gift” to “see” the paranormal, so they left him behind when they went out to investigate. But Ryan was only hiding his gifts out of fear—fear of the things in the darkness, fear of his own, abusive father—until one life-altering night his fears prove right, something goes horribly wrong, and his entire family is brutally murdered by something… not human.

Instantly orphaned, Ryan is raised by various foster families, until—as an adult, he finds his paranormal abilities have unexpectedly gotten him an offer to host a ghost hunting reality TV show. He desperately needs the money, but he knows that if he takes the job, using his “gifts” will make him visible to whatever it was that gruesomely butchered his family, marking him, and his newfound friends on the show, for the same fate.

Too broke to say “no”, Ryan agrees to host the show, but his worst fears are realized when his “powers” do indeed make him a beacon that draws—not just the beings that killed his family—but all the many horrors that live in the darkness.

THE TORMENTED

Preview: The Tormented #5

The Tormented #5

Written by Chuck Austen
Art by Patrick Olliffe
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Ryan and crew solve the mystery of the murdered orphans, with the unexpected help of Opal, and Sahir, whose own, unique paranormal gifts have manifested.

But now, alongside a defrocked Oaxacan priest, they must face the dark and frightening things in Ryan’s basement, particularly the oversized Mexican Sugar Skull doll, and to everyone’s surprise and horror, Adam Austerhölle, Ryan’s own father who is apparently not as dead as he seems!

The Tormented #5

Preview: The Tormented #4

The Tormented #4

Written by Chuck Austen
Art by Patrick Olliffe
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Ryan and crew have solved the mystery of the ghost nurse, and are summoned to a haunted mental institution where many of the incarcerated children were tortured, and murdered. The energy is horrifying, physical, and very, very angry.

Can Ryan convince the ghost kids to help him put their uneasy spirits to rest, or will their own pain and suffering lead them to inflict far worse on the living invaders who have disturbed their rest?

The Tormented #4

Preview: The Tormented #2

The Tormented #2

Written by Chuck Austen
Art by Patrick Olliffe
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Ryan’s new friends, Opal and Sahir, convince him to take the job hosting the ghost hunting show, but only after he explains to them why he doesn’t want to do it, and that their lives might be in danger.

Opal and Sahir dismiss it, and set off with the new team hunting ghosts. But Ryan is right. Something is now out there looking for him, and now they’re all in danger.

The Tormented #2

Preview: The Tormented #1

The Tormented #1

(W) Chuck Austen
(A) Patrick Olliffe
(C) Lee Loughridge
(L) Jodi Wynner
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A quiet, no-drama production assistant, Ryan has unexpectedly been promoted to Host an online children’s cooking show after the original host abruptly quits. Surprisingly, Ryan has a gift for being natural and charming in front of the camera, which prompts the producer—Brad—to research him. He is stunned to find Ryan is the son of the world famous ghost hunters, Brigid and Adam Austerhölle! Then without telling Ryan, he sells a ghost hunting show around him—but without telling Ryan.

When he finally does tell Ryan, he gets a reaction he never expected.

The Tormented #1