IDW Publishing’s horror imprint, IDW Dark, is cranking up the terror for 2026 with four new series aimed at keeping you up all night.
The first-half lineup, revealed at New York Comic Con, includes movie tie-ins Smile: For the Camera and A Quiet Place: Storm Warning, the sequel The Exorcism at Buckingham Palace, and the IDW Original Operation: Iron Coffin.
Kicking things off in February, Smile: For the Camera brings the sinister “Smile Entity” to New York’s fabled Fashion Week in 2005. Written by Hannah Rose May and illustrated by Miriana Puglia, the series promises psychological horror with a glossy, pop-culture twist.
“As a huge fan of Smile, I’m honored to be entrusted with expanding Parker Finn’s terrifying universe into comics,” May said. “I’ve had a disgustingly good time writing this and I can’t wait for fans to experience the nightmare in a whole new medium. Like how Smile 2 took us inside the world of a present day pop star, our series throws it back to the early 2000s and drops the Entity right into the ruthless world of the modeling industry.”
March sees two new horrors: A Quiet Place: Storm Warning by Phil Hester and Ryan Kelly, which follows a small island town trying to survive silently amidst extraterrestrial killers, and The Exorcism at Buckingham Palace from May and artist Kelsey Ramsay, expanding the demon-haunted world introduced in The Exorcism at 1600 Penn.
Then in July, Operation: Iron Coffin from Kenny Porter and Tyrell Cannon offers an action-packed, Dracula-infused World War II story that mixes horror and high-stakes thrills.
“From royal hauntings to apocalyptic silence to fashion-week frights, this lineup proves horror can be elegant, inventive, and downright terrifying,” said Group Editor Heather Antos. “Buckle up… because the nightmares are only getting started.”