Spectrum Returns in a Deluxe Hardcover That Rediscovers the Chaos, the Color, and the Power of Music Itself

Mad Cave Studios presents Spectrum (Deluxe Edition)—a frenetic, genre-bending exploration of how music can both save us and unravel us. Written by Rick Quinn and brought to life by Dave Chisholm, this expanded 176-page hardcover reimagines the original with lush, evocative art and backmatter that includes a variant cover gallery and the original black and white art boards, diving deeper into the creative chaos behind the story. It’s a book that hums with energy, vibrating between sound and sanity, where every panel feels like a note played at the edge of control.

Melody Parker is losing her mind. She’s living on the streets of Seattle during the WTO protests of 1999. She is seeing things. Androids. Aliens. Pigs in high fashion. And a creature named Echo—one of the Sustained: elemental beings with the power to alter reality through music. She invites Melody to join her as she brings about the end of the world. As Melody tries to escape this strange woman, suppressed memories from across vast spans of time flood into her awareness, bringing her very identity into question.

Spectrum channels the electricity of jazz, the introspection of modern art, and the raw pulse of rebellion into one unforgettable story about music’s power to create—and destroy.

The Spectrum Deluxe Edition hardcover will be available January 27, 2026.