Jonathan Ball and GMB Chomichuk bring The Eye Collector to Image Comics this June. The cosmic horror series draws comparisons to The Department of Truth and Jeff Vandermeer’s work.
Ball previously worked on Last Breeds and Clockfire. Chomichuk’s credits include Blood Letters and Apocrypha: The Legend of Babymetal. Together they’re building a multi-generational story that spans from the Moon to Earth to a surreal future.
The story begins when Apollo 10 astronauts make wishes over the Moon, reigniting an ancient being’s curiosity about Earth. This spectral creature returns and targets a child living in a neglectful household. The Eye Collector tempts the parents with fulfilling their dreams in exchange for their son’s eyes.
Ball explains each issue functions as a standalone experience while feeding into the larger narrative. The creative team wants every issue to create its own world and get stranger than the previous one. Locations range across time with influences from Metropolis to David Lynch aesthetics.
Chomichuk describes the series as an irreverent experiment using storytelling techniques that only work in comics. The visuals play with the idea that you look at the page and it looks back at you.
The series tackles desire, fantasy, and how perspective shapes reality. Themes connect to our current media landscape where algorithms distort information and AI blurs the line between real and fake. The story focuses these concepts through the intimate horror of parents bargaining away their child’s sight for personal gain.
Tony Burgess, author and screenwriter of Pontypool, called The Eye Collector exquisite territory between surface and depth. Silvia Moreno-Garcia, New York Times bestselling author of Mexican Gothic and The Intrigue, described it as a bizarre surreal trip into a child’s mind.
The Eye Collector #1 hits comic shops Wednesday, June 24, 2026. Digital editions release simultaneously on Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, and Google Play.
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