PRE-ORDER: 'Is Ted OK?' by Dave Chisholm from Mad Cave Studios

The newest creator-owned series from award-winning cartoonist and musician Dave Chisholm (Spectrum, Miles Davis & The Search for the Sound), who writes, illustrates, and designs the series in his signature style. 

Across six oversized issues with covers by Chisholm, Is Ted OK? unfolds as a spectacularly unpredictable yarn—each issue widening the lens, escalating the stakes, and shattering the scope of the issue before it, all without losing its beating heart: the search for human connection in an oppressive, paranoid world.

IS TED OK? #1

(W/A/L) Dave Chisholm

This is a story about Ted and Sarah.

 

Ted, isolated and paranoid, works for a mega-corporation owned by the world’s only trillionaire. He suffers from night terrors, obsessively draws the same mysterious figures again and again, all while listening to one track of music on repeat–oh, and the only “person” he ever talks to is a stray cat. His humanity is hanging by a thread.

 

Sarah is a new arrival to the city, fighting her own demons, and her job is to remotely spy on Ted to ensure he doesn’t hurt anyone…or himself. When Ted’s mental state begins to crack, Sarah compassionately intervenes to help, and things go catastrophically wrong.

 

IS TED OK? mashes up the paranoid existentialism of SEVERANCE with the cosmic sci-fi of AKIRA while exploring what happens when the act of help goes horribly wrong.

 

From creator Dave Chisholm (SPECTRUM, MILES DAVIS & THE SEARCH FOR THE SOUND), Is Ted OK? is a spectacularly unpredictable yarn–each successive issue shatters the scope of the previous, all without losing its core: a search for human connection in an oppressive, paranoid world.

Is Ted OK? #1 ​is now up for preorder from comic shops (FOC: February 2, 2026) and the Mad Cave site. It arrives at your LCS February 25, 2026. 

 

Publication Date: February 25, 2026

MEET THE CREATOR “I really, really can’t wait for everyone to read this book. IS TED OK? began years ago with a handful of songs that sparked images in my head, and from that, Ted and Sarah were born. From there the story kept snowballing: the allure and horror of a surveillance state, the threat of a mysterious dome, corporate doublespeak, violence, power, empathy, and what pushes someone toward or away from human connection. All of it fed into this strange, funny, horrifying, and deeply human sci-fi mystery. Each of the six oversized issues expands the scope and raises the stakes, and I’m beyond grateful to Mad Cave Studios for believing in the full ambition of this project. I promise it’s going to blow your mind visually, narratively, and emotionally.” – Writer and Artist, Dave Chisholm