A Brand-New Fully Colored Preview of Zac Thompson and Daniel Irizarri’s Dark Alternate Reality– Coming this February

PORTLAND, OR (December 19, 2023)– Oni Press, the multiple Eisner and Harvey Award-winning publisher of experimental graphic fiction, is proud to present the first fully colored preview from creators Zac Thompson (Hunt for the Skinwalker) and Daniel Irizarri’s (XINO, Judge Dredd) genre-bending sci-fi-horror debut CEMETERY KIDS DON’T DIE #1. The first installment of the electrifying series arrives on February 7th, 2024 and will leave readers dying to reach level 2.

The 21st century sucks hard, but it's made somewhat tolerable by the latest and greatest media innovations. Enter the Dreamwave: the first gaming console played entirely while you sleep. The obsession of millions around the globe, it's also the one point of solace for four friends known as the “Cemetery Kids,” who spend their nights roaming the endless maps of the most brutal horror game ever created as they seek to dethrone the “King of Sleep"—the Dreamwave's biggest, baddest, and most mysterious boss. Which was fun . . . until one of them doesn't wake up and finds their consciousness locked inside a horror game that is anything but imaginary. Now, the three remaining Cemetery Kids must navigate a forbidden landscape to rescue their friend—and pray that the secret lurking at its center doesn't follow them home.

Showcasing an imposing collection of covers by some of the most creatively unconventional talents in the industry – including Daniel Irizarri (Judge Dredd), Dustin Weaver (Paklis, S.H.I.E.L.D.), James Stokoe (Orc Stain), and Vlad Legostaev (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) – CEMETERY KIDS DON’T DIE #1 is the next must-read series to launch under the ONI 2024 banner – a slate of five propulsive new monthly comic series from a wide-ranging cast of award-winning creators and fast-rising stars that fully embrace the potential of the comics medium to invert, collide, and reinvent the foundational genres of horror, science fiction, crime, fantasy, and beyond:

INVASIVE #1 by Cullen Bunn & Jesús Hervás in December
JILL AND THE KILLERS #1 by Olivia Cuartero-Briggs & Roberta Ingranata in January
CEMETERY KIDS DON’T DIE #1 by Zac Thompson & Daniel Irizarri in February
NIGHT PEOPLE #1 by Barry Gifford, Chris Condon, Brian Level, Alexandre Tefenkgi, Artyom Topilin & more in March
AKỌGUN, BRUTALIZER OF GODS #1 by Murewa Ayodele & Dotun Akande in April

Press play on CEMETERY KIDS DON’T DIE #1 in comic shops everywhere on February 7, 2024!

CEMETERY KIDS DON’T DIE #1 (of 4)

WRITTEN BY ZAC THOMPSON

ART BY DANIEL IRIZARRI

COVER A DANIEL IRIZARRI

COVER B DUSTIN WEAVER

COVER C JAMES STOKOE

COVER D VLAD LEGOSTAEV

FULL ART VARIANT (1:20) JAMES STOKOE

FULL ART VARIANT (1:30) DUSTIN WEAVER

ON SALE FEBRUARY 7, 2024 | $4.99 | 32 pgs | FC

IOD: 12/21/23