Oni Press and SpectreVision are thrilled to unveil your exclusive first look inside High Strangeness: Book Five.
The press release follows:
Media Release -- WELCOME, TRAVELER. YOU ARE ABOUT TO PASS THROUGH THE FINAL GATEWAY … AND ALL WILL BE REVEALED! Oni Press, the multiple Eisner and Harvey Award–winning publisher of groundbreaking comics and graphic novels since 1997 and SpectreVision, the genre-distorting production company founded by Elijah Wood and Daniel Noah are proud to present your first look inside HIGH STRANGENESS: BOOK FIVE! Everything we have witnessed thus far – from sightings of Men in Black in 1967 through to psychic test subjects tasked with unlocking alien secrets in 2001 and more perplexing phenomena – has led to this point … and now series creator Daniel Noah is joined by multiple Eisner Award winner Christian Ward (Batman: City of Madness) to finally reveal the unspoken truth that connects each episode of HIGH STRANGENESS across time, space and a hierarchy of confounding new dimension beyond all human understanding.
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Co-written by Noah and Ward and illustrated by Ward – along special “glimpses” into the past, present, and future by the series’ past collaborators including Ringo Award winner Dave Chisholm (Plague House), Noah Bailey (Station Grand), and Chloé Stawski (Sapphic Pulp) – HIGH STRANGENESS: BOOK FIVE is an ambitious, dimension-spanning finale that you will forever shatter your notion of reality.
“This entire project has been an incredible opportunity to explore the paranormal, not only in the subject matter, but also in the way the books were made,” explains writer and SpectreVision co-founder Daniel Noah. “The creative process can sometimes feel like an interaction with another realm, and I’ve never felt that more than with HIGH STRANGENESS, in particular this final chapter. To get to realize that with such a powerhouse team of creative conjurers has been a career highlight.”
“Even before reading Daniel's breakdown I was so thrilled to be invited to work with him again after collaborating years back on the movie poster for Archenemy,” says writer and illustrator Christian Ward. “After talking with him about what he had in mind for this final part of HIGH STRANGENESS, I was mind blown. Not since working on ODY-C with Matt Fraction, have I been so challenged and excited by the sheer ambition of a comic, so much so that I just had to draw almost 20 pages of HIGH STRANGENESS #5 myself! Honestly, this is one of my favorite scripts I've written and drawn, and working with both Daniel and genius artist Dave Chisholm has been a wonderful experience and I can't wait for everyone to go on this trip with us. To infinity and beyond!”
Welcome to the ultimate terminus of the unknown, where our four chapters, our four tragic fates, and the innumerable threads of our perplexing cosmic existence have all found themselves gathered together. Do fate or free will bind the eerie ultra-terrestrial phenomena that our brains recognize as UFOs, ghosts, cryptids, and other nonhuman intelligences? Are they distinct entities unto themselves, or are they all expressions of some higher order? More pressing still: Where do they come from? And where are we going?
"I'm so thrilled to get a second chance to visit the High Strangeness universe (universes?!?) and get a glimpse into Daniel's master plan for this mind-blowing series,” says artist Dave Chisholm. “It's also a real thrill to collaborate with Christian who has been one of my favorite comic creators since the ODY-C days! If you, like me, enjoy your comics with a healthy dose of weird/cosmic/trippy, then you'll need to read this--and the rest of the series."
From Oni Press and SpectreVision, the year’s most ambitious experiment in comics storytelling culminates on March 11th in our unmissable final chapter . . . Enter: HIGH STRANGESS: BOOK FIVE as series architect Daniel Noah unites with multiple Eisner Award winner Christian Ward (Batman: City of Madness), to deliver an unforgettable, unpredictable comic spectacle – also featuring special appearances by Ringo Award winner Dave Chisholm (Plague House), Noah Bailey (Tremor Dose), and Chloé Stawski (Sapphic Pulp), alongside covers by Christian Ward (The Ultimates), Jesse Lonergan (Drome), and Becca Carey (Benjamin).
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HIGH STRANGENESS: BOOK FIVE (OF 5)
Written BY DANIEL NOAH, CHRISTIAN WARD
Art BY DAVE CHISHOLM, CHRISTIAN WARD, NOAH BAILEY, CHLOE STAWSKI
COVER A BY CHRISTIAN WARD
COVER B BY JESSE LONERGAN
COVER C BY BECCA CAREY
FULL ART VARIANT (1:10) BY CHRISTIAN WARD
ON SALE MARCH 11, 2026| $7.99 | 40 PAGES | PRESTIGE FORMAT | NO ADS | FC
FOC: 2/16/26
About Oni Press
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.
About SpectreVision
SpectreVision is a multifaceted, genre-bending production company led by Elijah Wood, Daniel Noah, and Lawrence Inglee (SWISS ARMY MAN, THE MESSENGER) dedicated to creator-driven works that defy convention. Among their credits are the groundbreaking titles, A GIRL WALKS HOME ALONE AT NIGHT, MANDY and COLOR OUT OF SPACE, to name a few. The company has expanded into other areas of arts and entertainment, including TRANSFERENCE, their award winning videogame for Ubisoft; SpectreVision Radio, their bespoke podcast network; Mutant, the arts and collectibles company and record label from some of the former creative behind Mondo; SpectreVision Artists, their management arm; and High Strangeness, a comic book imprint with Oni Press. The 2025 film slate includes RABBIT TRAP, EBONY & IVORY, WELCOME SPACE BROTHERS and DAWNING..
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