Existential Terror and Gruesome Body Horror for fans of The Thing and In The Mouth of Madness
Meet Creators Brad & Wesley Sun at C2E2 this weekend in Chicago in Artist Alley booth #F01
In the halls of a hospital, a chaplain and his intern struggle to keep their sanity as an ancient unknowable presence infects everything with a plague of unrelenting horror. CHAPLAIN is a surreal and terrifying debut graphic novel co-written by creators Brad and Rev. Wesley Sun, illustrated by acclaimed artist Raúlo Cáceres, colored by Ryan Winn and lettered by Marshall Dillon. It is available July 7, 2026 from Storm King Comics.
An aging and increasingly weary chaplain discovers an ancient, unknowable monster stalking his hospital, forcing him to confront the existential terror of his own mortality. Along with his energetic young protégé, he is pushed to the brink of insanity as his convictions and very grasp on reality begin to unravel.
Brad Sun has been writing and illustrating comics for over a decade, including the graphic novels Chinatown and Monkey Fist, co-authored with his brother Wesley. Together, they have self-published their work as Sun Bros Studios. In addition to his work as a comic author and artist, Brad is also a painter and musician. He currently resides in Boston, MA.
Wesley Sun has been working as a chaplain in hospitals, jails, and homeless shelters for the past 20 years. More recently, he became a Certified Educator with the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education and now trains chaplain interns at a Level 1 Trauma Center in Chicago, where he lives. In addition to his collaborations with Brad, Wesley has also contributed to several comic anthologies, including the memoir horror collection Then It Was Dark and the apocalyptic dark humor series Cthulhu is Hard to Spell.
Raúlo Cáceres is a Spanish comic artist. He studied Fine Arts in Sevilla and Granada, and has worked with many acclaimed European publishers including Megamultimedia, Dólmen, Berenice, EDT, and Tabou Editions. In Spain, he is best known for his work on the horror comics Elizabeth Bathory, Morbid Tales, and a reworking of de Sade’s Justine and Juliette from Eros Comix. Globally, he is also known for his illustration for series such as Gravel, Crécy, Captain Swing and the Electrical Pirates of Cindery Island, Crossed, and Extinction Parade with Max Brooks from Avatar Press.
CHAPLAINwill be available on July 7, 2026 in bookstores (bookshop.org), online, and Storm King Comics (stormkingcomics.com), and on July 1, 2026 in comics shops (comicshopmap.com).
Written by Brad and Wesley Sun
Illustrated by Raúlo Cáceres
Colored by Ryan Winn
Lettered by Marshall Dillon
Cover by Raúlo Cáceres
160 pp
MSRP: $24.99
ISBN: 9798992811650