Cyberpunk Horror Comic ‘Cemetery Kids Run Rabid’ Launches in August [Exclusive]

Login and lose your mind with Cemetery Kids Run Rabid, a synapse-shredding new level for the cyberpunk horror comic that began with last year’s Cemetery Kids Don’t Die. Writer Zac Thompson, artist Daniel Irizarri, and colorist Brittany Peer return to launch new readers and returning fans alike into a pixelated landscape haunted by an all-too-real […] The post Cyberpunk Horror Comic ‘Cemetery Kids Run Rabid’ Launches in August [Exclusive] appeared first on Bloody Disgusting!.

May 12, 2025 - 15:26

Cyberpunk Horror Comic ‘Cemetery Kids Run Rabid’ Launches in August [Exclusive]

Login and lose your mind with Cemetery Kids Run Rabid, a synapse-shredding new level for the cyberpunk horror comic that began with last year’s Cemetery Kids Don’t Die.

Writer Zac Thompson, artist Daniel Irizarri, and colorist Brittany Peer return to launch new readers and returning fans alike into a pixelated landscape haunted by an all-too-real evil.

Cemetery Kids Run Rabid #1 will be published on August 13 via Oni Press with four covers by Irizarri, Martin Simmonds (The Department of Truth), and Gegê Schall (Better Angels), which you can exclusively see below.

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.

“Zac and Daniel have brilliantly amplified the terror and heartbreak of these Cemetery Kids,” commented Oni Pres editor-in-chief Sierra Hahn. “It makes for a thrilling ride back into Nightmare Cemetery where they’ll confront real-world horrors leaving you to wonder if they ever left the game all.”

“Returning to the strange and violent world of Cemetery Kids with the singular Daniel Irizarri is a thrilling privilege,” said Thompson. “Run Rabid takes everything you loved about the first volume and amplifies it tenfold for a character-driven horror story played on nightmare difficulty.

“It’s a meaner, scarier book that reckons with false victories and dead futures. And it’s all soaked in the gore and viscera of the disgusting monsters that live inside your head. So come, experience your nightmares with us. And try not to worry about waking up.”

“Continuing Cemetery Kids has let us really hone in on what makes this world unique and terrifying,” added Irizarri. “Zac’s writing is my favorite so far, tapping further into our anxieties about the invasive intelligences of future psycho-technologies, creating a genuine sense of dread that our characters are truly in over their heads and the nightmare is consuming them bit by bit.

“The dual-reality nature also evolves as the kids feel more alone than ever finding new, terrible ways of coping with a dying future society by day, while in nightmares, exploring our abandoned liminal spaces twisted and rotted by time and trauma. Their RPG avatars may have gotten upgrades, but nothing can prepare them for The Blighted Sprawl.”