Cover A: M.K. Perker
Cover B and E (Foil): Tom Fowler
OCT. 10, 2026 (MIAMI, FL) — Get ready for the most sensational comics, presenting the tales no one else dares to tell!
Mad Cave Studios is joining forces with—or being invaded by?—the Weekly World News team to present a 6-issue comic book series beginning this December. Written by Ken Kristensen, Steven Paul Judd, and tvli, with artwork by M.K. Perker, colors by Dee Cunniffe, and letters by Taylor Esposito, the first issue of this series boasts covers by Perker, Tom Fowler, Declan Shalvey, and Maria Wolf. And now, Mad Cave can reveal brand new Bill Sienkiewicz cover art for issue #1 as well, available in both a cardstock variant and a virgin (no title dress) cardstock variant.
Fans at New York Comic Con are also invited to a Weekly World News comics signing with artist M.K. Perker on Saturday, October 10, from 3-3:50 pm at the Mad Cave booth #4457. Attendees can hear more about the upcoming comics from one of the creative team members and pick up a free poster featuring Perker’s cover art for issue #1. See the full Mad Cave NYCC schedule here.
HELL TOUPEE!
A workplace comedy that blends X-Files intrigue with the irreverance of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. The son of one of the most respected journalists in history joins the misfits at the notorious tabloid famous for headlines like “Elvis-is-Alive!,” “Bigfoot Sex Slave!,” and “Florida Mafia Hires Vampire to Kill O.J.!” In the first issue: a conspiracy so deep it may have cracked the ceiling of Hell!
Cover C: Declan Shalvey
Cover F: Bill Sienkiewicz
Co-writer Ken Kristensen says, “People will say Weekly World News is published….monthly? We say, that’s because the truth takes time!”
More about the series from the team: “Tim Ellsrow was born into journalism royalty. His father is one of the most celebrated reporters of his generation, but Tim has chosen a very different career path: Weekly World News, the notorious supermarket tabloid where Elvis sightings, alien abductions and conspiracies too insane for respectable newspapers are all in a day’s work.
“Alongside veteran photographer Jenna, Tim chases the stories no other journalist would touch, only to discover that the unbelievable is usually very, very real. A tip about an experimental drilling operation leads them straight to the Devil. A Mississippi trucker’s UFO encounter uncovers an alien space zoo. A crackpot historian with a Nazi time machine sends them racing through the past after Adolf Hitler.
“Part workplace comedy, part paranormal adventure and part satire of journalism itself, Weekly World News follows a newsroom full of misfits chasing the biggest stories on Earth, even if nobody outside their office believes a word they print.”
Weekly World News #1 (of 6) goes on sale December 2, 2026. Final order cut-off for retailers is November 9, 2026. Each 32-page issue retails for $4.99, and the Sienkiewicz cardstock cover and virgin cardstock variant, as well as the foil variant of Fowler’s cover will retail for $7.99 each. Preorder today at your favorite local comic shop or directly from madcavestudios.com.
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