Mad Cave Studios

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Driven by madness, committed to quality. A comic book publisher that covers genres from horror to fantasy, action-adventure to sci-fi and more. Home of imprints Nakama Press (manga & more), Maverick (YA), and Papercutz (kids). https://madcavestudios.com

Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu--Danger in the Dark comic cover on a black and yellow background. Cover art shows the titular characters standing with small, bearded creatures against a backdrop of soaring mountains and a ship flying overhead.
Visit Mad Cave Studios at San Diego Comic-Con - Booth 2806 - July 22-26 Banner shows images from comics including The Last Starfighter, Mister Nemo, Temporal, and Momo (John Cusack's upcoming book).
Comic book cover - Satanic Panic #1. The logotype is at the top in off-white. The illustration shows a skull mask with blank eye sockets, horns or pointed ears, and blood pouring from the mouth full of teeth. Figures fall through the air beneath the masked figure.
Quiet - graphic novel cover art. The title is at the top center in pink with a yellow shadow. Many round eyeballs surround a figure curled up in the center at the bottom of the image, all focused on the individual. One small hovering robot is in the air before the figure, holding back some of the eyeballs.
Graphic featuring the Mad Cave logo at the top, with an image of the graphic novel, Momo. The cover features the title at the top in white letters, with the silhouette or semi-transparent image of a figure with a wrinkled face and wild hair, shown over a background of cosmic stars, galaxies, and more. Creator names shown: John Cusack and Ignacio Noé
Pop Kill: Big Candy comic book cover art. The logotype is in pink and blue in the bottom center. The illustration shows a woman in a red top pointing two guns with both hands, with a man in a white suit and have and the head and face of another man, smaller and behind her.
2026 CBLDF SDCC Welcome Party - Comic Book Legal Defense Fund banner. The logo shows a Lady Liberty figure holding a CBLDF flag.
Pop Kill: Big Candy comic book cover art. The logotype is in pink and blue in the bottom center. The illustration shows a woman in a red top pointing two guns with both hands, with a man in a white suit and have and the head and face of another man, smaller and behind her.
Hokis, Focus manga cover art. The image shows stylized, chibi or cute characters in a dungeon type landscape. A central figure wears a witch hat and robe or dress with a bow around their neck, and holds a staff with a curled end that gives off sparks or light. Two monster characters on either side hold weapons. All look determined but happy.
Mad Cave Convention Exclusive available at booth #2806 - Honor and Curse Eternal #1 by Dustin Nguyen
Mad Cave Convention Exclusive available at booth #2806 - Mister Nemo variant cover by Duncan Rouleau
The Last Starfighter convention exclusive variant - Christian Ward
2026 CBLDF SDCC Welcome Party - Comic Book Legal Defense Fund banner. The logo shows a Lady Liberty figure holding a CBLDF flag.
Visit Mad Cave Studios at San Diego Comic-Con - Booth 2806 - July 22-26 Banner shows images from comics including The Last Starfighter, Mister Nemo, Temporal, and Momo (John Cusack's upcoming book).
Mister Nemo comic book cover. Logotype at the top in gold. Illustration features a figure in side profile, with long dark hair and facial hair, wearing steampunk style goggles. He appears to be in a dome underwater. Shadowy figures run in the foreground.
Honor and Curse: Eternal volume 1 graphic novel cover. The logotype is oriented vertically along the left side of the image in a red background. The illustration shows a demonic, birdlike figure hovering over a human figure with long hair and a beard.
Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu--Danger in the Dark comic book one-shot banner, featuring four variant covers arrayed on a starry background. The Papercutz imprint logo appears as a tab at the bottom of the banner.
The Omega Book comic issue #1 cover art. The logotype is at the top in yellow. The illustration shows a person's head in silhouette, filled with a star spangled galaxy. They are wearing a headset like a VR device.
Art Baltazar's Meteor Mite graphic novel cover. A bright, energetic, colorful cartoony cover showcasing a bug-like critter zooming through space wearing a superhero cape and outfit.
Cover for The Zeros Volume 1 from Nakama Press, a manga. The illustration shows two stylized characters standing back to back in front of a nighttime cityscape. One wears a blazer and tie and has white hair, and holds a sword or katana type weapon. The other wears a red or orange hoodie and has reddish brown hair and holds a handgun. The logotype and publisher logos are at the bottom on a white background.
Art Baltazar's Meteor Mite graphic novel cover. A bright, energetic, colorful cartoony cover showcasing a bug-like critter zooming through space wearing a superhero cape and outfit.
Hokis, Focus manga cover art. The image shows stylized, chibi or cute characters in a dungeon type landscape. A central figure wears a witch hat and robe or dress with a bow around their neck, and holds a staff with a curled end that gives off sparks or light. Two monster characters on either side hold weapons. All look determined but happy.
The Dirt Beneath the Devil #1 comic book cover - logotype in a Western font across the middle, with a dramatic, dark image of a horse's face but with goat-slitted pupils.
Cover for The Zeros Volume 1 from Nakama Press, a manga. The illustration shows two stylized characters standing back to back in front of a nighttime cityscape. One wears a blazer and tie and has white hair, and holds a sword or katana type weapon. The other wears a red or orange hoodie and has reddish brown hair and holds a handgun. The logotype and publisher logos are at the bottom on a white background.
You Are On Native Land: A Charity Comic for Indigenous Rights - comic book cover. Featuring an illustration of five figures in casual, work, and cultural attire, each with a red handprint over their mouth. Ghostly images hover above them, with glowing eyes.
Sunder comic issue #1 cover A - an illustration of a goat-like humanoid figure, walking down a path holding a book under one arm, looking worried. A large monstrous creature with claws looms in the background.
Pop Kill #1 comic book cover: the logo is in the top left, and the illustration features a woman in an American Flag swimsuit riding a soda pop bottle rocket against a background of fireworks bursting in the sky.
The Last Starfighter comic issue #1 - cover A, showing the logotype at the top of the cover art, with an illustrated figure of a person in a space suit holding their helmet in front of their torso. In the background, spaceships soar like fighter jets leaving red and blue smoke trails. The faces of more humanoid / alien figures appear in the far background.
Escape from New York: Escape from Chicago comic issue #1 cover A - Stephen Mooney. The main character, Snake Plissken, a man wearing a bandana around his forehead and an eyepatch over his left eye, smokes a cigarette and holds a gun pointed upright in one arm. Another figure dressed in cargo pants/jacket stands in the foreground.
The Last Starfighter: Movie Adaptation graphic novel cover. The image shows seven figures, one in the foreground controlling a ship with levers. One in a fedora in the background, one in a space suit, one standing over all in a black suit holding a glowing weapon, and two younger figures. A spaceship soars in the background.
Blüdwire comic issue #1 from Mad Cave Studios. Logotype at the top in white. Against a background of a full moon rising over a forest, two figures stand in a defensive posture, surrounded by figures in suits or robots. One robot lies on the ground with its face damaged. One of the standing figures holds a gun, the other has a robotic head.
You Are On Native Land: A Charity Comic for Indigenous Rights - comic book cover. Featuring an illustration of five figures in casual, work, and cultural attire, each with a red handprint over their mouth. Ghostly images hover above them, with glowing eyes.
Sunder comic issue #1 cover A - an illustration of a goat-like humanoid figure, walking down a path holding a book under one arm, looking worried. A large monstrous creature with claws looms in the background.
Mad Cave Studios - banner image ALA Annual Conference and Exhibition - Chicago June 25-29, 2026 Booth #1437 Three comic character illustrations at the bottom of the image: L to R, a woman with short blonde hair and a white pantsuit (Momo); a girl with blonde pigtails wearing overalls (Flow); a woman with 1940s styled hair and a green dress (Ruth Roche)
Mad Cave Studios - banner image ALA Annual Conference and Exhibition - Chicago June 25-29, 2026 Booth #1437 Three comic character illustrations at the bottom of the image: L to R, a woman with short blonde hair and a white pantsuit (Momo); a girl with blonde pigtails wearing overalls (Flow); a woman with 1940s styled hair and a green dress (Ruth Roche)
Blüdwire comic issue #1 from Mad Cave Studios. Logotype at the top in white. Against a background of a full moon rising over a forest, two figures stand in a defensive posture, surrounded by figures in suits or robots. One robot lies on the ground with its face damaged. One of the standing figures holds a gun, the other has a robotic head.
Graphic featuring the Mad Cave logo at the top, with an image of the graphic novel, Momo. The cover features the title at the top in white letters, with the silhouette or semi-transparent image of a figure with a wrinkled face and wild hair, shown over a background of cosmic stars, galaxies, and more. Creator names shown: John Cusack and Ignacio Noé
Mad Cave Studios - banner image ALA Annual Conference and Exhibition - Chicago June 25-29, 2026 Booth #1437 Three comic character illustrations at the bottom of the image: L to R, a woman with short blonde hair and a white pantsuit (Momo); a girl with blonde pigtails wearing overalls (Flow); a woman with 1940s styled hair and a green dress (Ruth Roche)
The Last Starfighter: Movie Adaptation graphic novel cover. The logotype is at the top of the illustration in white. The image shows seven figures, one in the foreground controlling a ship with levers. One in a fedora in the background, one in a space suit, one standing over all in a black suit holding a glowing weapon, and two younger figures.
Blüdwire comic issue #1 from Mad Cave Studios. Logotype at the top in white. Against a background of a full moon rising over a forest, two figures stand in a defensive posture, surrounded by figures in suits or robots. One robot lies on the ground with its face damaged. One of the standing figures holds a gun, the other has a robotic head.
Pride Reading Guide graphics from Mad Cave Studios - Blüdwire issue #1 Pride variant comic book cover featuring a subtle rainbow effect on the logotype at the top. The illustration features two figures embracing while also in an action pose, with one holding a weapon in one hand, and one with a robotic head.
Sunder comic issue #1 cover A - an illustration of a goat-like humanoid figure, walking down a path holding a book under one arm, looking worried. A large monstrous creature with claws looms in the background.
Banner image featuring the graphic novel cover art posed on the right side, titled Penelope's Escape from the Platypusary. On the left, over a blue background, is the text "History's most rebellious platypus" over illustrations of a platypus and a koala.
Mister Nemo comic issue #1 cover art. Logotype at the top in yellow. The illustration shows a figure with dark hair and facial hair wearing steampunk style goggles. The figure fades to show silhouettes running from something.
Just Another Summer banner image. The book cover is shown at left, with the logotype featured prominently on the right against a pastoral country background. On the book cover art, a group of figures gather for a selfie in a farm setting.
Archipelago graphic novel cover. Logotype at the top, with an illustration of a large wave coming in towards four figures in the center: two younger people in the middle, with one older person, smaller, posed near the front, and a person in a uniform with a gun in the background.
Flyer 1: Santa Monica Comics Company Featuring The Last Starfighter comic issue #1 (cover shown at right) Store Signing with Benjamin Raab, Deric A. Hughes July 1, 12pm-2:30pm 11870 Santa Monica Blvd #204 Los Angeles, CA
Denver comic cover, with the title across the top in white, semi-opaque lettering over a background of water. Three figures stand at the center of the image in front of a city skyline, with more water in the foreground, filled with skeletons.
The cover of the graphic novel "The Full Scoop Collection" by Richard Ashley Hamilton and Pablo Andrés features a group of illustrated characters posing under a yellow sky, possibly a UFO above, with palm trees in the background. The people are standing on top of a news van. The cover lists contributing names: Joe Cooper, Simon Robins, Rebecca Good, Dave Lanpher, and Justin Birch.
You Are On Native Land: A Charity Comic for Indigenous Rights - comic book cover. Featuring an illustration of five figures in casual, work, and cultural attire, each with a red handprint over their mouth. Ghostly images hover above them, with glowing eyes.
Archipelago graphic novel cover. Logotype at the top, with an illustration of a large wave coming in towards four figures in the center: two younger people in the middle, with one older person, smaller, posed near the front, and a person in a uniform with a gun in the background.
Land of Never comic issue #1 cover art. Logotype at the top, featuring an illustration of a strange baby-faced figure in a large cloak, looming over a person running through a carnival or fair atmosphere with rides in the background.
The Phantom vs. The Red Dragons comic cover A - the main character in a purple suit with black mask punches toward the viewer amidst a background of explosions and gunfire.
Escape from New York: Escape from Chicago comic issue #1 cover A - Stephen Mooney. The main character, Snake Plissken, a man wearing a bandana around his forehead and an eyepatch over his left eye, smokes a cigarette and holds a gun pointed upright in one arm. Another figure dressed in cargo pants/jacket stands in the foreground.
Flyer 1: Santa Monica Comics Company Featuring The Last Starfighter comic issue #1 (cover shown at right) Store Signing with Benjamin Raab, Deric A. Hughes July 1, 12pm-2:30pm 11870 Santa Monica Blvd #204 Los Angeles, CA
Banner image featuring the graphic novel cover art posed on the right side, titled Penelope's Escape from the Platypusary. On the left, over a blue background, is the text "History's most rebellious platypus" over illustrations of a platypus and a koala.
Just Another Summer banner image. The book cover is shown at left, with the logotype featured prominently on the right against a pastoral country background. On the book cover art, a group of figures gather for a selfie in a farm setting.
Flash Gordon: The Movie Adaptation graphic novel cover art. Features the title at the top on a black background with lightning around the border. The main character stands in the center wearing his trademark red and black outfit, surrounded by a montage of other characters.
Speed Racer issue #10 cover A - a figure stands atop a race car in front of a volcano that's erupting.