The new year is off and running at Oni Press and today they’re sharing an early preview of acclaimed writer Zac Thompson (Hunt for Skinwalker, The Dregs) and blockbuster artist Daniel Irizarri’s (XINO, Judge Dredd) thrilling new sci-fi/horror comic CEMETERY KIDS DON’T DIE #1, which has its final order cutoff on Monday, January 15th and will be on comic store shelves February 7th, 2024.
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Enter the dark alternate online reality of Cemetery Kids Don’t Die as a group of players discover that the newest brutal horror video game comes with consequences that are anything but virtual when one of their friends becomes trapped inside the game.
This sci-fi/horror series is the perfect blend of A Nightmare on Elm Street and Ready Player One with nods to shonen manga such as Bleach and Berserk. Cemetery Kids Don’t Die #1 will leave readers itching to return to the realm where heart-racing nightmares might just follow you home.
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.
If you want to see impossible amounts of blood explode crimson colors like the world’s worst version of a gender reveal, well, “Abigail” at least has that.