MIND MGMT: NEW & IMPROVED #1 Unveils OPERATION: BLIND BAG

The Next Evolution of Matt Kindt’s Comic Masterpiece Begins with 15 Exclusive, Chase, and Rare Covers Featuring Neil Armstrong, Jenna Cha, Lee Harvey Oswald, Jeff Lemire, Charles Manson, Fábio Moon, & More!

PORTLAND, OR (March 19, 2026) If you are reading this, you have been invited to participate in a very special program designed to entertain, enlighten, and enhance your perception of MIND MGMT: NEW & IMPROVED #1 – the “first issue” of the brand-new beginning for New York Times best-selling writer/artist Matt Kindt’s groundbreaking comic masterpiece arriving onJune 24th from Oni Press and Flux House.

COVER A (DIE-CUT) BY MATT KINDT

When MIND MGMT: NEW & IMPROVED #1arrives on shelves – featuring a die-cut standard cover by Matt Kindt himself – it will also be accompanied by a mystifying token of the ongoing war for the psychic control of America’s heart and mind. Enter: MIND MGMT: NEW & IMPROVED #1 – OPERATION: BLIND BAG – a fin-sealed, metallic silver “blind bag” containing everything you need to know to escape the reach of the subliminal surveillance agency called “Mind Management.”

On the outside: a new training protocol designed and written by Matt Kindt with instructions on how to deploy the “blind bag” in your possession to withstand psychic attack by the forces of paranoia and control.

And on the inside – OPERATION: BLIND BAGcommences with an artistic assault on the senses as each blind bag reveals one of 15 exclusive, chase, or rare variant covers spanning four distinct subsets with strictly limited print runs in a manner of aesthetically pleasing alternatives to stimulate your third eye:

ARTIST VARIANT SUBSET

COVER BY JENNA CHA

COVER BY JEFF LEMIRE

COVER BY JESSE LONERGAN

COVER BY FÁBIO MOON

COVER BY DAVID RUBÍN

A curated line of artistic interpretations heralding Mind MGMT’s return, featuring Jenna Cha (The Sickness), Jeff Lemire (Sweet Tooth, Black Hammer), Jesse Lonergan (Drome, Man’s Best), Fábio Moon (Archie, Daytripper), and David Rubín (Black Hammer, EC’s Cruel Universe).

NOTE: These covers will be evenly divided across the print run once all rare and chase subset covers have been accounted for.

“ERROR” EDITIONS BY MATT KINDT SUBSET

KOREAN IMPORT COVER

(LIMIT 2,000)

THREE-DEE COVER

(LIMIT 750)

DOWN-UPSIDE COVER

(LIMIT 250)

In the process of manufacturing and distributing Matt Kindt’s open-order, die-cut cover for MIND MGMT: NEW & IMPROVED #1, it appears that some unfortunate errors accidentally made their way into the blind bagging process, including Korean import and 3-D versions never intended for commercial distribution.

CHASE FOIL SUBSET

COVER BY JESSE LONERGAN

(LIMIT 1,000)

COVER BY J.H. WILLIAMS III

(LIMIT 500)

Limited edition variants of Jesse Lonergan(Drome, Man’s Best) and J.H. Williams III (Promethea, Batwoman) cover art, reproduced without trade dress on foil stock.

HYPER-RARE “U.S.S.A.” VARIANT SUBSET

LONE GUNMAN COVER

(LIMIT 100)

COMRADE TANIA COVER

(LIMIT 25)

TRICKY DICK COVER

(LIMIT 75)

GIMME SKELTER COVER

(LIMIT 10)

APOLLO ’69 COVER

(LIMIT 50)

REPRODUCTION COVER

(LIMIT 5)

Featuring guest starring roles from Lee Harvey Oswald, Patty Hearst, Charles Manson, Richard Nixon, the command module of Apollo 11, and more, this hyper-rare variant subset consists of six covers unearthing America’s secret history of mind control and information warfare across the 20th Century, as rendered by artist and designer Scott Suguichi (Estrus: Shovelin’ the @#$% Since ’97).

NOTE: One of these covers is a hallucination and will never actually exist. Sorry, and thank you for playing!