“All five of these titles are hilarious, scary, action-filled and brilliant. And Pornsak gathered a murderer’s row of literary and artistic talent to bring these visions to life. I love love love these books and I selfishly wanna read more.”—Patton Oswalt (Minor Threats)
The critically acclaimed The Horizon Experiment comic book series, led by Eisner and Harvey Award-winning The Good Asian creator Pornsak Pichetshote, will be collected into a first volume this April. As originally announced by Variety, the series features five unique “pilot” one-shots by all-star creative teams from across entertainment, with stories featuring diverse protagonists inspired by pop culture icons (like James Bond, John Constantine, and Indiana Jones), while exploring popular genre fare from a different perspective.
“The Horizon Experiment is me and some of the most talented people I know seeing what’s possible,” writes Pichetshote in the introduction of The Horizon Experiment, Vol. 1. “Five one-shots co-edited by one of the best editors in comics, Will Dennis, all released monthly and designed to act as pilots for follow-up books if sales merit. Everyone was given the same challenge: Create a protagonist from a marginalized background set in a popular genre where if the background of that protagonist changed, so would your story.”
Co-edited by Pichetshote and Eisner Award-winning editor Will Dennis (Somna: A Bedtime Story, Gideon Falls), the series kicked off with The Horizon Experiment: The Manchurian, written by Pichetshote and featuring illustrations by superstar artists Terry and Rachel Dodson (Adventureman, Harley Quinn), a scintillating thriller full of secrets and scandal, featuring a Chinese super spy inspired by James Bond. The Horizon Experiment series also features stunning connecting variant covers by Eisner Award-winning artist Tula Lotay.
Writer Sabir Pirzada (Dandelion), known for writing on beloved franchises like Marvel Studios’ Moon Knight and Ms. Marvel, teamed with Eisner Award-winning horror artist Michael Walsh (Exquisite Corpses, Universal Monsters: Frankenstein) for the one-shot, The Horizon Experiment: The Sacred Damned, introducing the world to Inayah Jibril, Professor of Ethnography and the Occult. A love letter to classic horror from Dracula to John Constantine, the terrifying tale follows a Muslim exorcist, in a new interpretation of horror tropes.
Tananarive Due and Kelsey Ramsay’s The Horizon Experiment: Moon Dogs one-shot follows a family of Black Lycanthropes of East African descent who find themselves caught in a burgeoning war in Miami when the truth starts to come out that werewolves aren’t just a myth. Co-author of the graphic novel The Keeper, and an acclaimed fiction writer known as the “Octavia Butler of horror,” Due has won an NAACP Image Award, World Fantasy Award, a British Fantasy Award, and much more; Moon Dogs marks her first solo full-length writing endeavor in comics. She’s joined by breakout artist Kelsey Ramsay (Dark Spaces: Good Deeds) in her first Image Comics series.
J. Holtham, an esteemed playwright, TV writer, and producer (The Handmaid’s Tale), joined the project with his first creator-owned comic The Horizon Experiment: Motherf*ckin’ Monsters, co-created by African-American cartoonist Michael Lee Harris, creator of Black Hitler and Choco Leche. The Horizon Experiment: Motherfu*kin’ Monsters is like Evil Dead for blerds, a love letter to Sam Raimi and Edgar Wright set to a Wu-Tang soundtrack. Fans of Bitter Root and Chew will enjoy this meta horror comedy full of quips and gore, in which a nerdy Black kid from Brooklyn and his friends stumble upon demon-worshipping frat assholes trying to take over the world.
Powerhouse comic book writer Vita Ayala (New Mutants, Static: Season One) partnered up with on-the-verge star artist Skylar Patridge (Absolute Power: Ground Zero, Supergirl) for The Horizon Experiment: Finders//Keepers, an action-adventure one-shot that twists the genre in a way that’s never been done before. The comic is a reverse Indiana Jones story that follows Puerto Rican archeology grad student Ines Guarua, who plans to steal an important cultural artifact from a famous museum in order to bring it back home to where it belongs.
The Horizon Experiment, Vol. 1 (Lunar code 0225IM443) will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, April 16 (FOC date is Monday, March 10). It will be available at independent bookstores (ISBN: 9781534337008) on April 29, 2025, as well as on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books-a-Million, Indigo, and Waterstones, and across many digital platforms.Praise for The Horizon Experiment:
“The Horizon Experiment: Manchurian #1 is a sharp and stunning pilot for what will hopefully become a full series…An intelligent and sexy opening for this unique new espionage comic.”—Monkeys Fighting Robots
“The Horizon Experiment: The Sacred Damned #1 introduces a fascinating new master of the occult who faces terrifying entities pulled from Islamic myth…I hope The Sacred Damned continues and we get to see more of Dr. Jibril in the future. If you love a great horror story with a unique lead character, pick this book up, you won’t be disappointed.”—AIPT
“The Horizon Experiment: Moon Dogs #1 weaves a compelling story about identity and belonging. The issue is both insightful and entertaining, making it stand out as a unique blend of horror and profound social commentary. Tananarive Due brilliantly captures the feeling of otherness through her narrative while Kelsey Ramsay brings this evocative tale to life. A truly unique and profound one-shot.”—Capes & Tights
“A hell of a good time…The Horizon Experiment: Motherf*ckin’ Monsters #1 is a great addition to The Horizon Experiment and the message behind that project. If you like fun horror stories with a message, this is a must read for you.”—Nerd Initiative
“This care is throughout [The Horizon Experiment: Finders//Keepers #1] and pulses through its heart and is a testament to how close they feel to the story they’re telling. Partridge’s art with Wordie’s colors and Carey’s lettering is the pulse that makes the heart beat here; vibrant colors, breathtaking two-page spreads, moving us through chase sequences and trippy, fantastical visuals in the climax, make this whole issue come alive.”—Comics Beat
ABOUT PORNSAK PICHETSHOTE
Pornsak Pichetshote is a Thai-American creator, who started his career as a rising star editor at DC’s Vertigo imprint, editing such award-winning books as Sweet Tooth, Daytripper, and We3. He would go on to write for all the major companies and become the Eisner and Harvey Award-winning writer of The Good Asian which he is currently adapting for TV with MRC Studios, and Infidel, which has been optioned for a feature by Columbia Pictures. He’s also written for television on such shows as Marvel’s Cloak & Dagger and Two Sentence Horror Stories.
ABOUT VITA AYALA
Vita Ayala is a queer Afro-Puerto Rican writer out of New York City and one of the most in-demand writers in comics. An author of comic books and prose, they have worked on some of the most iconic franchises currently published, ranging from the X-Men to Wonder Woman to James Bond to Batman to Static Shock to Star Wars. The Horizon Experiment: Finders//Keepers marks their long-awaited return to original, creator-owned work.
ABOUT BECCA CAREY
Becca Carey is a cover artist, graphic designer, and letterer with a penchant for the handmade approach. She has worked at all the major publishers on such hit properties as Wonder Woman, Batgirl, Batman, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Radiant Black and more.
ABOUT WILL DENNIS
Acclaimed editor Will Dennis worked at Vertigo/DC for more than fifteen years, specializing in genre fiction comics and graphic novels. His award-winning titles include 100 Bullets, Y: The Last Man, Joker and many more. He is currently a freelance editor for Image Comics, ComiXology, and DSTLRY.
ABOUT TERRY AND RACHEL DODSON
Superstar art team Terry and Rachel Dodson have drawn every significant character in the Marvel and DC libraries – their work on Spider-Man, Harley Quinn, and Wonder Woman standing out as some of their most iconic. In addition, Terry has worked in toy, statue, video game and animation design, art instruction, as well as had gallery exhibitions featuring his paintings. Most recently, his art was the basis for the DC Heroes United video game from Genvid Entertainment. Together, the Dodsons also co-created the Eisner-nominated series ADVENTUREMAN with fan-favorite writer Matt Fraction as well as The Art of Rachel and Terry Dodson from Flesk Publications out now.
ABOUT TANANARIVE DUE
The Octavia Butler of horror, Tananarive Due has been a leading voice in Black speculative fiction for more than 20 years. Her novel The Living Blood has won an American Book Award, while Due has also won an NAACP Image Award, a World Fantasy Award, a British Fantasy Award, as well as having her writing included in multiple best-of-the-year anthologies. Having written for TV, she is also an executive producer on the groundbreaking documentary Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror. Her latest novel The Reformatory has debuted to rave reviews, earning praise from such horror luminaries as Stephen King. With her husband/collaborator, Steven Barnes, she has co-authored the graphic novel The Keeper. The Horizon Experiment: Moon Dogs marks her first solo full-length writing in comics.
ABOUT MICHAEL LEE HARRIS
African-American cartoonist Michael Lee Harris is one of indie comics’ most singular voices. A jack of all trades, he is the creator, writer, and artist of Black Hitler and Choco Leche while also illustrating such eclectic and distinct titles as The Black Wraith, Berlin, and 1945: The True Untold Story in his unique style.
ABOUT J. HOLTHAM
J. Holtham is an African-American playwright, TV writer, and Co-Executive Producer on the Emmy Award-winning The Handsmaid’s Tale. No stranger to critically beloved shows with passionate fan bases, he’s also written on such TV series as Marvel’s Jessica Jones, Cloak & Dagger, Supergirl, and Pitch. He’s recently expanded to writing for Marvel, his work ranging from podcasts to Infinity Comics to the comics series Bishop and Night Thrasher. The Horizon Experiment: Motherf*ckin’ Monsters marks his first creator-owned comic.
ABOUT SKYLAR PATRIDGE
Freelance comic artist, illustrator, designer & occasional writer, Skylar Patridge is a fan-favorite artist. Her work has become hotly in demand by every major comics publisher, whether it be working on original material such as Relics of Youth and Resonant, both for Vault Comics or drawing some of the most beloved characters in pop culture, including Batman, Wonder Woman, Supergirl, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
ABOUT SABIR PIRZADA
Sabir Pirzada is a Pakistani-American TV writer who has written for some of pop culture’s most beloved franchises, including Marvel Studios’ Moon Knight and Ms. Marvel as well as LucasFilm’s Star Wars: The Bad Batch. In comics, he was hand-selected to write the Ms. Marvel comic book alongside MCU star Iman Vellani. His first Image graphic novel Dandelion released through Image Comics in June.
ABOUT JEFF POWELL
Jeff Powell has worked on hundreds of comics in his over two decades in the industry. His work spans such varied fan-favorite titles as Deadly Class, The Punisher, Deadpool, Sonic the Hedgehog, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. He has designed books, logos, and trade dress for Marvel, Image, Archie, and more.
ABOUT KELSEY RAMSAY
Illustrator Kelsey Ramsay exploded on the comics scene with works featured in Joan Jett and The Black Hearts 40 x 40: I Love Rock n’ Roll and FAB Breakout Book 1: Mad World before becoming one of the most sought after artists in comics and illustrating Dark Spaces: Good Deeds, part of IDW’s Dark Spaces imprint curated by comics superstar Scott Snyder.
ABOUT JOSE VILLARRUBIA
Harvey Award-winner José Villarrubia is one of the most respected colorists in comics. In his prolific twenty-five-year career, he has often collaborated with artists Jeff Lemire (Sweet Tooth), Paul Pope (Batman: Year 100), Jae Lee (Fantastic Four: 1234), and Richard Corben (Cage). As illustrator and photographer, he has worked with Alan Moore on Voice of the Fire and The Mirror of Love, and on the comics series Promethea.
ABOUT MICHAEL WALSH
Michael Walsh is an Eisner-winning and industry beloved cartoonist who has worked for Marvel, DC, Disney, Magic: The Gathering amongst many others. He is perhaps best known as the creator, writer, and artist of the Eisner-nominated horror series The Silver Coin, and for his YA graphic novel The Oates & The Elphyne. His creator-owned book Comeback was optioned for a feature film by Skybound Entertainment. He is currently collaborating with James Tynion IV on the upcoming Tiny Onion-produced horror event series, Exquisite Corpses.
ABOUT JASON WORDIE
Colorist Jason Wordie is credited on hundreds of comics in a career that’s spanned over a decade working with such respected young celebrated artists as Wes Craig and Geoff Shaw or on such beloved properties as Planet of the Apes or Harley Quinn.