Mad Cave Studios has announced a new creator-owned limited series from award-winning cartoonist and musician, Dave Chisholm, entitled Is Ted OK? The six-issue story will debut in February 2026, and The Beat has all the details.
Here’s the synopsis:
This is a story about Ted and Sarah. Ted, isolated and paranoid, works for a mega-corporation owned by the world’s only trillionaire. He suffers from night terrors, obsessively draws the same mysterious figures again and again, all while listening to one track of music on repeat–oh, and the only “person” he ever talks to is a stray cat. His humanity is hanging by a thread.
Sarah is a new arrival to the city, fighting her own demons, and her job is to remotely spy on Ted to ensure he doesn’t hurt anyone…or himself. When Ted’s mental state begins to crack, Sarah compassionately intervenes to help, and things go catastrophically wrong.
Chisholm and Christian Ward made covers for Is Ted OK? #1, below.
“I really, really can’t wait for everyone to read this book,” Chisholm said in the announcement. “Is Ted OK? began years ago with a handful of songs that sparked images in my head, and from that, Ted and Sarah were born.
“From there, the story kept snowballing: the allure and horror of a surveillance state, the threat of a mysterious dome, corporate doublespeak, violence, power, empathy, and what pushes someone toward or away from human connection. All of it fed into this strange, funny, horrifying, and deeply human sci-fi mystery,” he continued.
“Each of the six oversized issues expands the scope and raises the stakes, and I’m beyond grateful to Mad Cave for believing in the full ambition of this project. I promise it’s going to blow your mind visually, narratively, and emotionally,” Chisholm concluded.
Is Ted OK? will be available digitally and at your local comic shop on February 25, 2026.
