Oni Press Presents An All-New Jumping-On Point for the Mind-Bending, Blood-Curdling Thrillride – Coming in August!

COVER A BY DANIEL IRIZARRI

PORTLAND, OR (June 6th, 2025) – Oni Press, the multiple Eisner and Harvey Award-winning publisher of groundbreaking comics and graphic novels since 1997, is proud to present your first look inside CEMETERY KIDS RUN RABID #1 – the FIRST ISSUE in the next installment of the acclaimed cyberpunk-horror saga that began in CEMETERY KIDS DON’T DIE from genre-distorting creators Zac Thompson (Into the Unbeing – Parts 1 & 2) and Daniel Irizarri (EC’s Cruel Universe, Judge Dredd)!

A perfect NEW JUMPING-ON POINT for the adrenaline-racing new series that Dread Central calls “a gore-geous mix of science fiction and horror,” find out why Thompson and Irizarri’s boundary-breaking CEMETERY KIDS saga is turning heads (and stomachs) with a technological take on terror that’s grabbed critics and fans by the optic nerves – and won’t let go:

“Compelling sci-fi horror with strong character writing and a premise that feels closer to home than it should…Cemetery Kids Don’t Die is the horror take on Ready Player One you’ve been waiting for.”

—AIPT

“A chilling reflection on the cost of overreliance on technology and the seductive power of virtual realities to reshape our identities and relationships, sure to resonate with both horror and science fiction fans.”

—LIBRARY JOURNAL

“Nothing short of terrifying… A very rewarding read… Thompson [is] comics’ very own Cronenberg.”

—THE BEAT

“ [Irizarri] is drawing the absolute hell out of this series.”

—COMIC BOOK YETI

“Comic books can span so many mediums and styles, and sometimes along comes a book like ‘[CEMETERY KIDS] that embraces its weirdness and fully exudes the best qualities possible in the medium.”

– COMICON.COM

One year ago, four friends barely escaped the unrelenting terror of the video game called Nightmare Cemetery. After spending endless hours locked into the innovative Dreamwave—the first gaming console played entirely while you sleep—in order to save one of their own from the game’s all-too-real consequences, they survived . . . barely.

But after their harrowing rescue, they’ve decided they’ve had enough of Nightmare Cemetery and its enigmatic final boss, the King of Sleep. That is, until the newest DLC, The Blighted Sprawl, suddenly appears online with a promise to reveal the truth of what actually lurks at the heart of Nightmare Cemetery’s digital darkness . . . and why its effects are now bleeding out into the real world in an array of bizarre and disturbing new ways.

YOU CAN’T ESCAPE THIS GAME – EVEN IN YOUR DREAMS! Debuting on August 13th with mind-altering covers by Daniel Irizarri, Martin Simmonds (The Department of Truth), and Gegê Schall (Better Angels), put your life online and on the line when CEMETERY KIDS RUN RABID #1 downloads into a comic shop near you!

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CEMETERY KIDS RUN RABID #1 (OF 4)

WRITTEN BY ZAC THOMPSON

ART BY DANIEL IRIZARRI

COVER A BY DANIEL IRIZARRI

COVER B BY MARTIN SIMMONDS

COVER C BY GEGÊ SCHALL

FULL ART VARIANT (1:10) BY MARTIN SIMMONDS

ON SALE AUGUST 13, 2025 | $4.99 | 32 PAGES | FC

FOC: 7/14/2025

CEMETERY KIDS DON’T DIE VOL. 1

WRITTEN BY ZAC THOMPSON