Prom Night Never Ends in This Glib and Gory Love Letter (Or Ransom Note?) to ’90s Horror Escapade – On Sale March 18th!
BEING A TEENAGER FOREVER IS ONE HELL OF A DEATH SENTENCE! Oni Press – the multiple Eisner and Harvey Award-winning publisher of groundbreaking comics and graphic novels since 1997 – is proud to present a look inside the terrifying, decade-warping pages of DEAD TEENAGERS #1, the ’90s-era time loop of terror that finds five friends living (and dying) endlessly inside their high school prom night. Get an extended look inside the first issue of the sardonically sharp and gloriously gory new series from GLAAD Award-nominated writer Jude Ellison S. Doyle (Maw, Be Not Afraid) and Eisner Award-nominated artist Caitlin Yarsky (Black Hammer Reborn, EC’s Cruel Universe)before the first issue arrives in comic shops everywhere on March 18th, 2026!
“The only thing scarier than change is never changing,” said Jude Ellison S. Doyle. “Dead Teenagers is a story about the terror of nostalgia—how it draws us in and keeps us trapped in a youth that was never as fun as it was cracked up to be—and a love letter to the rambunctious, goofy energy of all the slashers that I love.”
Since 1997, five friends have been trapped in the ultimate nightmare as a mysterious entity forces them to relive their first prom night over and over again… and re-kills them in new and increasingly insane ways each time. They dress up. They party. They make out. And no matter what they try to change, they always die… until now. Something is about to break the cycle that has kept J.T., Ryder, Brandy, and their group of friends locked in a bizarre purgatory beyond all understanding… but what they find on the other side will be the most disturbing revelation of all.
“Most of us wouldn’t choose to experience our teenage years again, given the chance…but what if you couldn’t escape from it?” said Caitlin Yarsky. “This story eloquently explores identity, ostracism, patriarchy, empathy and so much more, all wrapped up in ’90s teen thriller and horror movie nostalgia.”
With a unique variant cover on each issue by interior series artist Caitlin Yarsky paying homage to an iconic film from the decade – alongside main covers by Naomi Franq (Tales from Harrow County: Death’s Choir) and variants by Keyla Valerio (Stranger Things: The Voyage) and Brandt&Stein (Crowded) — break the cycle with the deadly clever DEAD TEENAGERS #1 this March 2026, only from Oni Press.
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DEAD TEENAGERS #1 (of 5)
WRITTEN BY JUDE ELLISON S. DOYLE
ART BY CAITLIN YARSKY
COVER A BY NAOMI FRANQ
COVER B BY KEYLA VALERIO
COVER C BY CAITLIN YARSKY
FULL ART VARIANT (1:10) BY NAOMI FRANQ
VARIANT COVER (1:20) BY BRANDT&STEIN
ON SALE MARCH 18, 2026 | $4.99 | 32 PGS. | FC
IOC: 1/31/26
FOC: 2/23/26