IDW Publishing is launching a new imprint, IDW Crime, which will kick off in summer 2026 with three three-issue miniseries.
Seven Wives, by writer Zoe Tunnell and artists V Gagnon and Tesslyn Bergin-Dicoi is set in a polygamous Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints compound, where the dearly departed has seven widows and the murder has 49 witnesses. The two detectives who arrive in the remote corner of Arizona to investigate have to contend with the twisted beliefs of the sect as well as questions of guilt and innocence. The series will launch in June 2026, and the first issue will have a main cover by Mirka Andolfo, a variant by Gagnon, a 1:15 cover by Matt Wilson, and a 1:25 cover by Serena Mercado.
Killer Influences, by Joey Esposito (who was nominated for a 2025 Eisner Award for The Pedestrian) and Valeria Burzo (see “‘High Strangeness’”), brings together a smooth serial killer who is so smooth that the police don’t know his murders are all by the same person and the true crime influencer who has figured him out. The first issue will be released in July with a main cover by David Baldeon and K.J. Diaz and a variant by Burzo and Iñaki Azpiazu.
Fixation, by writer Amy Chase and artist Savanna Mayer, follows two fans of a vampire book and movie franchise who win a contest to not only go to the movie’s tenth-anniversary celebration, which will draw in cast members and fans from all over, but also stay in the iconic house featured in the film. Everything goes sideways when the body of a young woman is found inside the house, however, and soon the superfans are caught in a game of cat and mouse with the killer. The first issue will be released in September with a main cover by Suspiria Vilchez.
All issues of the miniseries will have 40+ pages and an MSRP of $4.99.
“Crime has a deep, often under-celebrated history in comics, from hard-boiled noir to social thrillers that pushed the medium to be bolder, sharper, and more adult,” Senior Group Editor Heather Antos said in a statement accompanying the announcement. “With the IDW Crime imprint, we’re honoring that legacy while giving it a modern spotlight — elevating creator-driven stories that feel urgent, character-forward, and unapologetically human. These are stories about obsession, consequence, and the ability to hold a mirror up to society, and we couldn’t be more excited to help bring them back to the forefront of mainstream comics.”
IDW announced its first genre imprint, IDW Dark, in 2024 (see “IDW Launches Horror Imprint”).
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