The Lord Has Risen… And the Hungry Shall Come!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

AUG. 19, 2026 (PORTLAND, OR) — Easter Sunday. Sunrise service. A quiet Midwestern suburb. And something has just fallen out of the sky.

Grab your baskets! Mad Cave Studios announces EGG HUNT, a new four-issue sci-fi horror series from bestselling writer Benjamin Percy (The End Times, Wolverine, Punisher), artist Raúl Fernández (Profane, Terrors Through Time), colorist Giada Marchisio, and letterer Micah Myers.

Easter Sunday in the Midwest. Sunrise service. The Lord has risen, and the hungry will come. A visitor crash-lands in the woods surrounding the picket-fence suburbia where little Piper lives with her mom Tina and her nasty stepdad Don. The world is frightening and alien for both Piper and her new…friend… but on this day of cosmic forgiveness, when her family falls apart, the unlikely pair may find their own salvations. 

The series features a main cover by Martín Morazzo, with variants by Cully Hamner and Valentine De Landro, including a De Landro virgin variant, Hamner foil variant, and Morazzo glow-in-the-dark variant.

“I’ve always loved stories that find a fresh way into a genre by experimenting with form. In Egg Hunt, we’re reinventing the alien invasion story by changing the standard point of view: we’re always the alien. From the first page, when we observe an egg hatching from the inside, everything we learn about the characters, setting, and story comes from what the alien witnesses. There’s a lot of Spielberg and Carpenter in this story, the influences ranging from E.T. to Halloween, as an uncanny force trespasses on a suburban environment. Raúl Fernández took this visual constraint and ran with it. He brought this world and its characters to life, especially Piper, and can make your heart hurt in one panel and race in the next. I loved working with him.” —Benjamin Percy

“It’s been my privilege to be part of a project as unique as Egg Hunt. Ben created a sci-fi horror romp filled with mystery, conspiracies, and government operatives so rich I HAD to be a part of it. If we add the cutest character in comics, EVER, and, well, a “lovely” creature who’s the center of our story… here’s my advice: just sit down, relax, and enjoy the ride with this very special series. It’s been my honor to be the artist on Egg Hunt, and now, dear reader, is your time to enjoy it!” —Raúl Fernández

Part creature feature, part suburban nightmare, Egg Hunt brings cosmic horror crashing into the Midwest, pairing the terror of first contact with a child searching for salvation in a home already coming apart.

Egg Hunt #1 goes on sale November 18, 2026. At 32 pages, each issue is priced at $4.99, with select specialty variants priced at $6.99. Preorder through your local comic shop or from Mad Cave directly.