SKIN POLICE #1 will be a violent & visceral futuristic thriller from Creators Jordan Thomas & Daniel Gete, beginning this October.

The press release follows:

Media Release -- IN THE 22nd CENTURY, TRUST NO ONE…NOT EVEN YOURSELF! Oni Press – the multiple Eisner and Harvey Award-winning publisher of groundbreaking comics and graphic novels since 1997 – is proud to present SKIN POLICE #1 (of 4) – kicking off a four-issue powder keg of sci-fi/action spectacle from riveting writer Jordan Thomas (The Man from Maybe, Mughsots) and violently visceral artist Daniel Gete (Über) coming to comic shops everywhere this October!

"Like John Woo directing a mega-budget, R-rated blockbuster with art direction by Moebius and Geoff Darrow, this is one of the most ecstatically over-the-top series in Oni Press history," said Editor Karl Bollers. "Loaded to the brim with big ideas and kinetically charged action on every page, it's easy to see why Jordan Thomas is quickly establishing himself at the forefront of a new generation of sci-fi specialists in comics. Coupled with the dangerously detailed and hard-charging artwork of Avatar alum Daniel Gete, SKIN POLICE is the kind of sci-fi that only comics can capture: intense, fast-paced, and packed with mind-bending twists that will turn the unsettling state of 22nd Century law enforcement upside down."

In the year 2142, fertility levels around the globe plummeted, and a black market for illegal clone babies emerged. Millions of parents used their own genetic material to welcome these new children, only realizing the horrific consequences far too late. At some point in their life cycle, three in four of these genetic duplicates transform into psychologically unstable killing machines known as "dupes." Fortunately, the United Nations of Europe has decided to take an active role in containing the growing threat. Their specialized task force has taken up the unenviable task of hunting dupes before their violence can spread. To the government, they're the Duplicate Identification and Capture Division. To everyone else, they're the "Skin Police." The worst part of the job? It's always the one you least suspect . . .

"Skin Police set up shop in my brain as a combination of my love for Blade Runner and my fear of having children," said author Jordan Thomas. "It was an idea that wouldn't go away, which is always a sign that it is one of the good ones. I wanted to take the base human fear of not being able to protect our offspring as well as the general existential fears most of us have about the direction the world is heading and smash it together with adrenaline-fuelled, violent, unforgiving action, so the audience gets carried away with the sheer thrill of what is taking place before closing each issue and finding themselves thinking deeper about the more human and terrifying themes that underpin the thrills. The amazing team at Oni really bought into this meshing of visceral and cerebral and in Daniel Gete I have an unbelievable creative partner who has taken my ideas for the future and developed them into an incredibly well-thought-out ecosystem of existence for the characters to inhabit whilst also delivering some of the most impressive action storytelling I have ever seen."

Featuring a barrage of covers from Daniel Gete (Über), Nick Pitarra (The Manhattan Projects), Adam Pollina (X-Force), and Shaky Kane (The Bulletproof Coffin), no one escapes SKIN POLICE #1 – in comic shops everywhere October 2nd!

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SKIN POLICE #1
Written by JORDAN THOMAS
Art by DANIEL GETE
Cover A by DANIEL GETE
Cover B by NICK PITARRA
Variant Cover (1:10) by ADAM POLLINA
Variant Cover (1:20) by SHAKY KANE
B&W Variant (1:50) by NICK PITARRA
ON SALE OCTOBER 2nd, 2024 | $4.99 | 32 PAGES | FC
IOC: 8/29/2024
FOC: 9/9/2024












About the Creators

Daniel Gete set aside his pursuit of a degree in architecture to follow his true love: comics! He holds an Illustration and Animation Degree from Escuela Superior de Dibujo Profesional (ESDIP) in Madrid. After working as a graphic designer for Xplane, and as an illustrator in video game development, Daniel received his first assignment as an artist for Avatar Press on the Absolution: Rubicon limited series. He also pencilled the web series Crossed: Dead or Alive written by Garth Ennis as well as Uber and Uber: Invasion by Kieron Gillen.

Jordan Thomas hails from the South of England but is currently living in Valencia, Spain. His first published comics work was the 1920s post-war, farm-based horror series, Frank At Home On The Farm. Since then he has written a sci-fi short for the Oni Press XINO anthology and the alien world crime story, Weird Work, at Image Comics, both with Shaky Kane as well as the UK crime epic Mugshots at Mad Cave Studios. He likes dogs, swimming, and swimming with dogs.

About Oni Press

Founded in 1997, Oni Press has a 25-year history as one of the industry's most respected and acclaimed publishers of award-winning comic books and graphic novels with titles including Bryan Lee O'Malley's Scott Pilgrim, K. O'Neill's Tea Dragon Society, Cullen Bunn & Brian Hurtt's The Sixth Gun, Maia Kobabe's Gender Queer, Ezra Clayton Daniels' Upgrade Soul, Brenna Thummler's Sheets trilogy, 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 list of periodical comics.

The Oni-Lion Forge Publishing Group publishes more than 60 original and licensed graphic novels annually, in addition to an extensive list of periodical comics.