SDCC 2026: Eisner Award Winner Christian Ward Inks Three-Book Deal with Oni Press ⋆ First Comics News

Following THE FOREVER HOME #1 – Debuting in September with Mind-Bending Artist Sami Kivelä – Superstar Writer & Artist Christian Ward Extends Relationship with Groundbreaking Independent Publisher Across Three Top-Secret Projects, Set to Debut in 2027 and Beyond

THE FOREVER HOME #1 COVER BY CHRISTIAN WARD

PORTLAND, OR (July 20, 2026) In advance of Comic-Con International 2026in San Diego, Oni Press – the multiple Eisner and Harvey Award-winning publisher of groundbreaking comics and graphic novels since 1997 – is proud to announce it has brokered a new, multi-project deal with multiple Eisner Award-winning creator Christian Ward (Event Horizon, Batman: City of Madness).

Extending beyond the upcoming release of THE FOREVER HOME #1 – Ward’s startling six-part series with artist and co-creator Sami Kivelä (Abbott), beginning in September – the new deal will include three new creator-owned projects featuring Ward’s talents as both a writer and artist in various capacities.

The first of three new series will debut in 2027. Creative details for all three are being kept under wraps.

“Over the course of almost two decades I’ve been fortunate to have enjoyed working with every major publisher, so it’s with authority when I say Oni Press is one of the very best of them,” said Christian Ward. “This last 18 months working with Sierra, Hunter, and the whole ONI team has been fantastic. Everyone is so passionate about making bold and distinctive comics and the support myself and Sami have received on our book has been second to none. So much so that whilst working on Forever Home I didn’t want my collaboration with Oni to end and I’m now beyond thrilled to be working with Oni Press on three news titles (all just as ambitious and exciting as The Forever Home) for 2027 and beyond.”

“When Christian and I first met nearly three years ago, we quickly found common ground over the kinds of comics that excited us most–left of center stories that gave readers something thrilling and unexpected. Christian and Sami Kivelä’s THE FOREVER HOME delivers on every front,” said Sierra Hahn Oni Press editor in chief. “I’m pinching myself that we now have three, completely original, highly compelling new series to explore alongside Christian and his co-creators in 2027 and beyond.”

THE FOREVER HOME #1 INTERIOR ART BY CHRISTIAN WARD

This September, join visionary creators Christian Ward and Sami Kivelä as they prepare to challenge the limits of time, technology, and human endurance itself as one family’s refuge from the end of the world becomes an eon-spanning nightmare – only in THE FOREVER HOME #1.

Infamous billionaire scientist Henry D’mour could have saved the world. But he didn’t. Instead, in a desperate bid to save himself, his wife, and their two children, he constructed The Forever Home — an ark of luxury and ultramodern convenience insulated from the agony of the planet’s death throes outside its walls … and even time itself. Inside The Forever Home, only 29 minutes pass for every year on the outside … allowing the D’mour family to slowly enact their plans for a new world as their automated environment and robotic companions keep them safe. Safe on the inside. Always inside. Until a childish misstep accidentally breaks The Forever Home’s barrier … and what’s outside decides it wants back in …

THE FOREVER HOME #1 INTERIOR ART BY CHRISTIAN WARD

“Christian has been one the industry’s most acclaimed and sought-after creators for more than a decade, but, with THE FOREVER HOME, he is truly reaching the apex as a storyteller. As soon as the first issue began circulating internally at Oni, we knew that Christian and Sami had delivered one of the most powerful and mind-blowing new series not just of the year, but in Oni’s three-decade history,” said Oni Press President & Publisher Hunter Gorinson. “This is a series that practically pulsates with the kind of raw creative energy and psyche-shattering ideas that epitomize the greatness of the comics medium. We are beyond more excited to share with readers – and to extend our collaboration even further in the years ahead.”

To further discuss THE FOREVER HOME and the newly inked deal, Ward will be joining Oni Press at San Diego Comic-Con 2026 on Thursday, June 23rd at 11 am PTas a guest for the Oni Press: The Loudest Thing in Color panel presentation, alongside fellow creators Tyler Crook (Archie in Hell, Out of Alcatraz), Juan Gedeon (Super Mondo Mega Mutts), Bryan Lee O’Malley (Scott Pilgrim), Tradd Moore(Touch Me Someplace Nowhere), Curt Pires (Super Mondo Mega Mutts), and more.

Ward will also be signing copies of the new HIGH STRANGENESS DELUXE EDITION(featuring Ward’s stunning artwork alongside contributions from Daniel Noah, Chris Condon, Dave Chisholm, and more) and free copies of the THE FOREVER HOME/FORT PSYCHO PREVIEW BOOK at the Oni Press booth (#1829) at the following times while supplies last:

Thursday, July 23 | 12 noon – 1 pm

(with Tyler Crook, Juan Gedeon & Curt Pires)

Saturday, July 25 | 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm

(with Tradd Moore)

THE FOREVER HOME #1 (of 6) will arrive in comic shops worldwide on September 9, 2026.