Oni Press announced The Forever Home, a sci-fi thriller by Christian Ward and Sami Kivelä arriving in comic shops this September—where an ultramodern billionaire bunker turns time into an asset until a child’s mistake lets the outside in.
When Henry D’mour builds The Forever Home, he isn’t chasing wealth for its own sake. He’s trying to outrun the planet’s death throes—long enough to keep his wife and their two children alive. Inside. the rules are different: only twenty minutes pass for every year on the outside. and the D’mour family can slowly enact plans for a new world while automated systems and robotic companions keep them safe.
Safe on the inside. Always inside.
Until a childish misstep accidentally breaks the home’s barrier, and what’s outside decides it wants back in.
Oni Press announced today The Forever Home. a sci-fi thriller from writer and co-creator Christian Ward—known for Event Horizon: Dark Descent and Batman: City of Madness—and artist and co-creator Sami Kivelä (Abbott). The series debuts in comic shops this September, with publication details placing The Forever Home #1 (Of 6) on sale for 9/9/2026.
Ward frames the terror at the story’s core as something disturbingly familiar. “The horror of The Forever Home was easy to find,” said Ward. “It’s in the ever increasing news stories that seem to surround us. Stories of a changing world. Of more and more extreme weather. Where it’s not hard to imagine people in the world whose survival is being pushed to the brink by that change and of course. it’s equally not hard to believe the conspiracies of the billionaires building themselves bunkers and liferafts for imagined apocalypse. That’s the angry seed from which we grow the story of this book. Soaked in the terror that sometimes you have to go impossible lengths to keep your family safe.”.
The book’s pitch leans on a specific kind of dread: not just apocalypse outside the walls. but the way time and technology can be turned into a private lifeboat—until that lifeboat fails. Inside The Forever Home. an ark of luxury and ultramodern convenience is insulated from the agony of the planet’s death throes outside its walls—and even time itself—setting up a countdown that doesn’t feel like a countdown. It feels like control.
Then the story flips that feeling with the simplest possible disruption.
Oni Press Editor-in-Chief Sierra Hahn called The Forever Home “like the perfect Ray Bradbury short story by way of Parasite. ” adding that “Christian and Sami’s vision is haunting. prescient. and an unforgettable look into the future of the world. with cliffhangers worthy of Brian K Vaughan. It’s exceptional storytelling.”.
Kivelä. meanwhile. described the work as an exercise in visual collision—retro-inspired sci-fi elements and robots living alongside details that feel familiar to people today. “Designing this post-apocalyptic book was a fascinating process of visualizing what the world looks like when the past meets the future. ” said Kivelä. “Our house and its surroundings are filled with retro-inspired sci-fi elements and robots. but they also include many details that feel familiar to people today. I think that this contrast creates an unexpected setting that invites our readers to explore more.”.
Ward said he hopes readers step into the story with a specific awareness. “In my two decades of comic making. The Forever Home is one of the books I’m most proud of. not least because Sami Kivelä (who I’m reteaming with after working together on Machine Gun Wizards) is doing the work of his career. ” Ward said. “So I hope you’ll join us in The Forever Home. but please. make sure to close the door after you.”.
The release comes with multiple cover options built around the co-creators’ work and a roster of notable artists. The covers include Christian Ward and Sami Kivelä as co-creators. plus Frany (Miles Morales: Spider-Man). David Rubín (Cosmic Detective). and Miguel Mercado (EC’s Blood Type). For collectors. there’s an Incentive Variant (1:50) by Miguel Mercado. Incentive Variant (1:20) by David Rubín. Cover C by Sami Kivelä. Cover A by Christian Ward. and Cover B by Frany. Additional variants include a Foil Variant Cover ($8.99) by Christian Ward and a Full Art Variant (1:10) by Frany. A Blank Sketch Variant Cover is also available.
The official listing for The Forever Home #1 (Of 6) puts the writer as Christian Ward and the artist as Sami Kivelä. with cover art credited across Cover A (Christian Ward). Cover B (Frany). and Cover C (Sami Kivelä). The issue is specified as 32 pgs. FC, with FO C listed as 8/3/2026, and the cover price set at $4.99.
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On paper. The Forever Home is a sci-fi thriller about an ark that can outlast catastrophe by bending time and shielding a family from a dying world. In its simplest emotional equation. it’s a story about how far people will go to keep the ones they love safe—then what happens when safety stops being controllable.
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So it’s like a bunker but the time is weird? Kinda reminds me of those end of the world movies.
I don’t get it, isn’t this the whole “rich people have bunkers” thing? Like the kid messes up and suddenly everyone’s coming in??
Wait, is the outside like… the government? Or aliens? Because “what’s outside decides it wants back in” sounds like invasion vibes. Also 20 minutes for a year is wild, so did they make the family age faster or slower? Not sure.
Billionaire bunker turning time into an asset sounds like exactly what they’d do in real life, smh. Then it says “survival breaks its promise” which feels dramatic but also like it’s just another conspiracy comic. I’m guessing the robots are the real problem though, like the barrier is fine until the “child mistake” but then the robots probably glitch? I dunno.