The MIND MGMT / FORT PSYCHO FCBD 2026 SPECIAL, debuting on Free Comic Book Day, introduces Matt Kindt’s new series and features exclusive stories ahead of the upcoming launches of MIND MGMT: NEW & IMPROVED #1 and FORT PSYCHO #1.


The press release follows:

Media Release -- THE MUST-READ CREATOR-OWNED COMICS EVENT OF THE SUMMER BEGINS THIS SATURDAY ON FREE COMIC BOOK DAY! Oni Press – the multiple Eisner and Harvey Award-winning publisher of groundbreaking comics and graphic novels since 1997 – and FLUX HOUSE are proud to reveal an extended look inside the MIND MGMT / FORT PSYCHO FCBD 2026 SPECIAL, only available this Saturday on May 2nd for Free Comic Book Day 2026! The radical piece of shrapnel-laced propaganda will introduce readers to the shadowy world of MIND MGMT: NEW & IMPROVED – the compulsively page-turning new series from New York Times best-selling creator Matt Kindt (BRZRKR, Dept. H) tracking Mind Management, the secretive agency rumored to influence global affairs from the shadows through assassination, sabotage, and psychic espionage. Featuring two exclusive and brand-new stories unavailable elsewhere, the MIND MGMT / FORT PSYCHO FCBD 2026 SPECIALmarksthe first official release from Kindt’s new signature publishing imprint FLUX HOUSE at Oni Press and will beavailable in participating local comic shops everywhere this Saturday, May 2nd.

Welcome to MIND MGMT: NEW & IMPROVED! 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, so 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. Fear not: The voices in your head can tell no lies!

In addition to your introduction the world of MIND MGMT: NEW AND IMPROVED, the MIND MGMT / FORT PSYCHO FCBD 2026 SPECIAL will also contain an all-new, high-octane prelude to the events of FORT PSYCHO #1 – the extreme action action comic locking a strike team of highly trained covert operatives trapped on a secret island prison with no hope of escape, as they contend with secret betrayals, and the long-buried truth about the mission that brought them there. The two-fisted spectacle of subversion leads directly into two of the year’s biggest creator-owned comics launches: June’s MIND MGMT: NEW & IMPROVED #1 by Matt Kindt (BRZRKR) and August’s FORT PSYCHO #1 by Kindt and co-creator/artist Brian Hurtt (The Sixth Gun).

MIND MGMT: NEW & IMPROVED #1: Ten years ago, the extra-governmental agency known as Mind Management exploded in a barrage of bullets and brain matter. Those that survived have gone underground—forging new lives with unremarkable identities and falsified pasts to obfuscate the strange abilities that once made them highly prized assets in the global war for psychic control. Now, two investigators—Detective Delphi and Detective Swon—have found themselves at the center of an unexpected puzzle. Here: A man poisoned in a coffee shop with a sophisticated neurotoxin. There: A supposed suicide victim run over by a train . . . with his arms found in a trash can five miles from the tracks. Their connection: Someone is killing former Mind Management agents in improbable and arcane ways . . . Seemingly impossible crimes committed by a faceless killer capable of evading even the most pervasive digital surveillance. What secret are they killing to protect? Who will be next? Has Mind Management returned? Did it ever go away? You are paranoid . . . but are you paranoid enough?

FORT PSYCHO #1: 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? Find out when FORT PSYCHO #1 launches its attack on readers this August!

Feel the warm surge of FLUX HOUSE through your veins as the the MIND MGMT / FORT PSYCHO FCBD 2026 SPECIAL takes hold on Free Comic Book Day in participating comic shops everywhere — then hold on tight MIND MGMT: NEW & IMPROVED #1 and FORT PSYCHO #1 unleash their full barrage of paranoia-addled action in June and August!

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
ON SALE MAY 2, 2026 | FREE | 24 pgs. | FC

MIND MGMT: NEW & IMPROVED #1
WRITTEN BY MATT KINDT
ART BY MATT KINDT
COVER A (DIE-CUT) BY MATT KINDT
COVER B BY J.H. WILLIAMS III
COVER C BY BLIND BAG ($7.99)
VARIANT COVER (1:100) BY PATRICIA MARTIN
ORIGINAL ART SKETCH COVER (1:250) BY MATT KINDT
BLANK SKETCH COVER ALSO AVAILABLE
ON SALE JUNE 24TH, 2026 | $5.99 | 32 PGS. | FC

FORT PSYCHO #1 (OF 12)
WRITTEN BY MATT KINDT
COVER A BY BRIAN HURTT
COVER B BY LEWIS LAROSA
B&W VARIANT BY LEWIS LAROSA
PLUS: MORE TO BE REVEALED!
ON SALE AUGUST 5TH, 2026 | $5.99 | 40 PGS. | FC

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

THE LOUDEST THING IN COLOR SINCE '97. For nearly 30 years, Oni Press has carved a distinctive path as one of the world's most respected and acclaimed publishers of award-winning comic books and graphic novels, including Bryan Lee O'Malley's Scott Pilgrim, Maia Kobabe's Gender Queer, Cullen Bunn & Brian Hurtt's The Sixth Gun, Brenna Thummler’s Sheets trilogy, Jay Stephens' Dwellings, Ezra Clayton Daniels' Upgrade Soul, LySandra Vuong's Covenant, and many hundreds more. In 2019, Oni Press merged with Lion Forge Comics – the Eisner Award-winning independent comic book publisher founded by Academy Award-winning producer and entrepreneur David Steward II – to create one of the largest, independent libraries of comics content anywhere in media. The Oni-Lion Forge Publishing Group now exists as a publishing subsidiary of Steward’s diversified global media company, Polarity.

The Oni-Lion Forge Publishing Group publishes more than 60 original and licensed graphic novels annually, in addition to an extensive roster of periodical comics for globally recognized properties including Adventure Time, Biker Mice from Mars, Choose Your Own Adventure, Cult of the Lamb, EC Comics, Murder Drones, Rick and Morty, and more.

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