On prom night in 1997, five friends are living and dying on the special night in a seemingly endless loop in Dead Teenagers. The Oni Press book set during the ‘90s slasher heyday is written by Jude Ellison S. Doyle (Maw) and illustrated by Caitlin Yarsky (Black Hammer Reborn). The first issue debuts in March 2026.

A mysterious entity has trapped five friends on their first prom night, making them relive it every day and killing them at the end of each night. It doesn’t matter what Alicia, J.T., Ryder, Brandy, and their other friends do, the friends can’t break free. But something is about to change all of that, revealing something worse may be on the other side of their endless prom.

“I think most of us have feared, at one point or another, that high school might literally never end,” Doyle said. “Those of us who’ve made it out can also recall looking back and realizing that what we took for granted, back in those days, was actually terrifying. Dead Teenagers is about both those feelings – about what it takes to get unstuck from your teen years and start growing up.”

“Jude is already recognized as a master storyteller when it comes to thematically resonant horror, and I’m excited for readers to get a taste of his pitch-black comedic chops as well,” Oni Press Senior Editor Allyson Gronowitz said. “Dead Teenagers is a brutally funny ode to the very real and very fake horrors of high school… which no one escapes from unscathed. Meanwhile, Caitlin Yarsky’s art takes the terror and satire to a whole new level…re-exposing you to ‘90s and Y2K fashion styles you wish you could forget ever existed. It’s a fright and a delight!”

Each issue features a main cover by Naomi Franq (Tales from Harrow County: Death’s Choir), a variant by Yarsky that pays homage to ‘90s movies, and variants by Keyla Valerio (Stranger Things: The Voyage) and Brandt&Stein (Crowded).

Dead Teenagers #1 will be in comic shops on March 18, 2026.