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FCBD 2026: Matt Kindt's FLUX HOUSE Deploys Two Brand-New, Exclusive Stories for Free Comic Book Day

Coming Soon from Oni Press, Steel Your Psyches for a Double-Barreled Blast of Psychic Warfare and Extreme Action with All-New Preludes to June's MIND MGMT: NEW & IMPROVED #1 and August's FORT PSYCHO #1


WARNING: This Comic Will Detonate in Comic Shops Everywhere May 2nd, 2026


IN 2026, THE COUNTDOWN TO THE MUST-READ CREATOR-OWNED COMICS EVENT OF THE SUMMER BEGINS ON FREE COMIC BOOK DAY! 

Oni Press – the multiple Eisner and Harvey Award-winning publisher of groundbreaking comics and graphic novels since 1997 – is proud to reveal that it is joining Free Comic Book Day 2026 with the MIND MGMT / FORT PSYCHO FCBD 2026 SPECIAL – arriving in comic shops everywhere on May 2nd, 2026 and jointly available for order by participating retailers through both Universal Distribution and Lunar Distribution.

From the mind of New York Times best-selling, Eisner Award-nominated creative powerhouse Matt Kindt (BRZRKR), welcome to FLUX HOUSE – the first and only comics imprint designed to conjoin directly with your nervous system to deliver controlled bursts of paranoia, anxiety, and adrenaline as designated by our mysterious benefactors at Oni Press.


Before the arrival of Kindt's first two shrapnel-laced new series under the FLUX HOUSE banner – MIND MGMT: NEW & IMPROVED in June, and FORT PSYCHO with co-creator/artist Brian Hurtt (The Sixth Gun) in August – experience the psychotropic effects of FLUX HOUSE firsthand with this EXCLUSIVE DOUBLE FEATURE ... featuring TWO BRAND-NEW SHORT STORIES debuting right here, ONLY ON FREE COMIC BOOK DAY!

First: Congratulations! You have been selected to join the ranks of MIND MGMT – the secretive agency rumored to influence global affairs from the shadows through assassination, sabotage, and psychic espionage. In the hands of our elite instructors, you will be schooled in the exotic arts of mental manipulation, information warfare, subliminal conditioning, and more. This comic book is part of your training. Read on to discover who we are, who we are fighting, and why our lives are no longer our own in this self-contained, educational introduction to the vast underground network we call MIND MGMT: NEW & IMPROVED #1, as written and drawn by Matt Kindt.

Then: BOOM! BANG! DUCK! For the international commandos codenamed SHIV, LYCAN, and DRAGONFLY, a routine mission to catch-and-kill a fugitive from the world's most wanted terror sect is about to go very, very wrong. Who are THE SEVEN SEALS? And what terrible price will the men and women of FORT PSYCHO pay to bring them to justice? Master storytellers Matt Kindt and Brian Hurtt present an all-new, high-octane prelude to the events of FORT PSYCHO #1 – the action comic so extreme, it just might catch on fire. 

“Like a contraband weapon smuggled into a deep-black, off-the-grid prison under the cover of darkness, Matt Kindt, Brian Hurtt, and even more collaborators yet-to-be revealed have been methodically sharpening the first new titles under the FLUX HOUSE banner at Oni Press into a fine point for maximum impact,” said Oni Press President & Publisher Hunter Gorinson. “Whether blasting open a brand-new frontier for one of this century’s most acclaimed and rightfully influential independent comics series in MIND MGMT: NEW & IMPROVED or creating one of the New Year’s most white-kuckle entertainment experiences in the pages of FORT PSYCHO, this is a line of books that is bold, experimental, and fearlessly creative in the service of telling the most gripping story possible. The clock starts ticking on Free Comic Book Day… and the even bigger bombs start to drop when these series' new #1 issues hit stands in June and August, respectively.”

On May 2nd, 2026, march to your local comic shop to physically demand your copy of the MIND MGMT / FORT PSYCHO FCBD 2026 SPECIAL – a two-fisted spectacle of subversion leading directly into two of the year’s biggest creator-owned comics launches! 

The Oni Press-led incarnation of FLUX HOUSE will begin with three series continuing onward from summer 2026: MIND MGMT: NEW & IMPROVED #1 in June, FORT PSYCHO #1 with co-creator/artist Brian Hurtt (The Sixth Gun) in August and FLUX HOUSE PRESENTS #1 series with new stories from Kindt, Jesse Lonergan (Drome, Man’s Best), and more in November.

For more updates on Oni Press, visit them on Bluesky, Facebook, and Instagram.



MIND MGMT / FORT PSYCHO FCBD 2026 SPECIAL

WRITTEN BY MATT KINDT

ART BY BRIAN HURTT & MATT KINDT

COVER BY BRIAN HURTT & MATT KINDT

IN STORES MAY 2nd, 2026 

FOC: 1/19/26


MIND MGMT: NEW & IMPROVED #1 

WRITTEN BY MATT KINDT 

ART & COVER BY MATT KINDT 

COMING IN JUNE!


FORT PSYCHO #1 (of 12)

WRITTEN BY MATT KINDT 

ART & COVER BY BRIAN HURTT

COMING IN AUGUST!



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