SDCC 2024: Oni Press Unveils Four Dazzlingly Inspired Graphic Novels Debuting Spring 2025

Presenting EL FUEGO by David Rubín | SOMA by Fernando Llor & Carles Dalmau | STATION GRAND by Craig Hurd-McKenney & Noah Bailey | THE FREAK by Matt Lesniewski

“The adult graphic novels for the start of 2025 showcase an incredibly skilled lineup of writers and artists whose sensibilities enthrall, delight and entertain through grand and sometimes unnerving explorations of the human experience,” said Sierra Hahn, Editor in Chief. “Readers will get lost in the stunning visuals in these four wholly unique graphic novels represented in lush, lavish full color and the quiet purity of black and white storytelling.”

EL FUEGO

By David Rubín

In Stores February, 2025

A mass-extinction event is imminent as a giant meteorite is hurtling toward the Earth. Renowned architect Alexander Yorba, entrusted to design a citadel on the Moon which would ensure the survival of humanity, is diagnosed with a terminal illness. Thrust into an existential crisis, Alexander begins to question the validity of his successes, having colluded with the world’s elite to spare only the wealthiest members of society, and grapples with what it means to be a decent person in a decaying world.

His spiritual and moral journey will take him from the Moon to Madrid, by way of New York, Helsinki, Amsterdam, and Rome, where he will have to confront his past choices with those who were his greatest influences, in hopes of finding his way . . . before the end comes.

SOMA

By Fernando Llor & Carles Dalmau

In Stores February 25th, 2025

Maya is a comic book artist in the middle of a creative crisis. She’s constantly stressed about deadlines and feels like she’s not doing the type of work she loves. In between trying to fight her writer’s block and doling out advice to her best friend on how to finally land a date, Maya receives an unexpected visitor: Soma, an extraterrestrial alien who crashlands in Maya’s living room. Soma delivers a message to Maya, warning her that an alien invasion from his own kind is fast approaching, and he needs her help to stop it!

STATION GRAND

Craig Hurd-McKenney & Noah Bailey

In Stores March 25th, 2025

Dr. Michael Kinney is light years from Earth, overseeing the terraformation of Venus. Michael is all alone, save for the computer who keeps him company during the 272 day-long orbit from night to day around the sun. And during this time, there is no contact with Mission Control.

With his circadian rhythms disrupted by his extended stay in deep space, his insomnia peaks. Reality as he knows it comes into question. As Michael struggles to finish his mission, what he thinks he knows will collide with the existential mysteries of the universe: Who am I? Why am I here? Am I alone? Why is this happening to me?

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THE FREAK

By Matt Lesniewski

Coming April 15th, 2025

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Who hasn’t, at some point in their life, felt misunderstood, outcast . . . alone? This is the constant conflict and plight of our eponymously named protagonist. Everywhere he travels, he is met with violence and disgust. But will his trip to the big city, where he hopes to go unnoticed amongst the masses, be any different from the places and experiences he’s had previously?

Enter the unique and visually expressive mind of writer-artist Matt Lesniewski (Faceless & The Family) in an all-new edition of his debut graphic novel, which received a 2020 Eisner Award nomination.

About the Creators

David Rubín is an animator and cartoonist. After studying graphic design, Rubín worked in an animation studio and went on to co-direct the film The Spirit of the Forest (2008). He’s the visionary creator behind The Hero and Beowolf, and co-creator and illustrator on Ether with Matt Kindt, Cosmic Detectivewith Matt Kindt and Jeff Lemire, Battling Boy: The Rise of Aurora West with Paul Pope and J.T. Petty, among others. He is a four time Eisner Award-nominee.

Craig Hurd-McKenney is a Xeric grant-awarded and Ignatz Award-nominated writer. He lives in Seattle with his husband and four rescue dogs. Online, he lives at hspcomix.com.

Noah Bailey is an illustrator and cartoonist from the Midwest, best known for the Dark Horse Comics/Comixology Originals graphic novels Tremor Doseand Double Walker (written by Michael W. Conrad), Wonder Woman: Black and Gold, and Diabolical!, his comix anthology magazine with Strangers Publishing.

Fernando Llor has been a comic book writer since 2014. He has published up to 18 different titles in Spain, France, the United States, and Portugal, including Ojos Grises (Panini), El Espíritu del Escorpión (Panini), La Confesión, (The Rocketman Project), Subnormal, Una Historia de Acoso Escolar (Panini), Plot Point (Nuevo Nueve/Retranca), and Humor Artificial (Dolmen). In recent years, he has accumulated different nominations for best national writer at the Carlos Giménez Awards in 2017, 2018, and 2019. He won the award for Best Spanish Writer at the José Sanchis Grau Awards in 2019 and the Splash Award for best script in 2021. He also received an honorable mention as Melhor Roteirista at the Bandas Desenhadas Awards in 2020. He is a founding member of Argh! The Professional Association of Comic Writers, and the Comic Industry Secretorial, and teaches script writing at O Garaxe Hermético in Pontevedra.

Carles Dalmau is a freelance illustrator best recognized for the vibrant and intricately detailed illustrations he uploads on his social media platforms. Specializing in a diverse range of mediums, from comics to concept art, Carles is the author of Lucid Lucy, Calamari Kebab, and the coauthor of Soma with Fernando Llor. He also works on the art for the hit video game Cult of the Lamb (Massive Monster Studios) and has collaborated with companies such as Disney, Netflix, Devolver Digital, and Supercell among others.

Matt Lesniewski is an Eisner Award–nominated writer and artist. His graphic novel The Freak from Adhouse Books was nominated for the Best Single Issue Eisner Award. He’s also worked for Dark Horse Comics on titles like Crimson Flower, MIND MGMT Bootleg with writer Matt Kindt, and Static, his second graphic novel. His most recent work for Oni Press is Faceless and the Family.