What lies beyond our universe? To answer this impossible question, Academy Award-winning producer Jeremy Lambert reunites with Claire Roe, his artistic collaborator from Scott Snyder’s Dark Spaces, for The Caretaker, a brand-new ongoing series available from Ignition Press on February 10th, 2027, featuring a double-length first issue.
“The Caretaker is a love letter from a black hole,” said writer Jeremy Lambert. “There's a space shuttle that doesn’t exist, astronauts that were never born, and lights are going out all across the universe. A little girl from Maryland will make it to the stars and find out who they're hiding. Claire's incredible art for The Caretaker will break hearts and mend them back together, panel by panel. What an honor it’s been to work with Claire, Jordie, and Becca again to tell this story of fear and wonder and feelings and memory. The hull’s rattling and screws are loose, but the ship’s still flying and Jenny Brennan’s at the helm. As long as that's the case, we’ve always got a shot.”
“Don't look now but... that thing, in the corner of your vision... looming over your every moment. Happy. Sad. It's there. What is that...OH, it's the existential dread of life, of losing everyone you love, of losing pieces of yourself. And of losing our pale blue dot,” said artist Claire Roe. “Jeremy has a way of tapping into our fears that is both cosmically fantastical yet gut-wrenchingly small and human. This comic is a trip to the stars I never thought I'd take, and I can't wait for everyone to join us on this awe-filled journey. The clock is ticking.”
In 1976, Neil Armstrong led a caving expedition into the Andes, following rumors of hidden extraterrestrial artifacts. That’s a true story. Officially, the mission was a failure. That is where the lie begins.
Graduate assistant and aspiring astronaut Jenny Brennan makes a harrowing discovery that fuses her life—and the fate of mankind—to an alien god known as the Caretaker, who warns of our galaxy’s imminent demise.
Under the Caretaker’s influence, Jenny will balance her role as the public face of NASA’s space program with the secret burden of piloting a world-saving suicide mission beyond the known universe—a sacrifice shouldered over the years by her ailing father and the two sons following in her footsteps.
When an intrepid conspiracy theorist makes moves to expose the truth, the ties that bind will beckon Jenny home…and Earth’s emotional gravity could jeopardize its survival in the Caretaker’s own cosmic family feud.
Terror and wonder collide in Jeremy Lambert and Claire Roe’s The Caretaker, a haunting sci-fi adventure that will test the limits of love and responsibility. The journey begins with one giant leap in this double-length debut issue!
“The Caretaker is in every way a story of the stars aligning” said Senior Editor Maggie Howell. “Jeremy and Claire have been developing this series for years—always with spots saved for Jordie and Becca—and they never gave up on sending Jenny Brennan to save the world. Ignition was built for that kind of creative tenacity, so it’s been a great joy for us to extend the freedom and commitment this team deserves. Jenny’s journey is devastating and inspiring and I still have to pinch myself to believe we finally get to share it with readers as it was always imagined, with love and confidence on every page.”
The Caretaker #1 is available in comic shops February 10th, 2027 from writer Jeremy Lambert (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Doom Patrol) and artist Claire Roe (Exquisite Corpses, Wonder Woman), with colors by Eisner Award winner Jordie Bellaire (Absolute Wonder Woman, The Nice House on the Lake) and letters by Becca Carey (Radiant Black, Absolute Superman). This issue features two open-to-order covers from series artist Roe and Sam Wolfe Connelly (Fall of the House of Slaughter), along with a 1-in-10 retailer incentive cover by Nick Derington (Batman, Mister Miracle).
To guarantee a copy, make sure you preorder at your local comic shop by no later than Monday, January 4th, 2027. To find a comic shop stocking Ignition Press titles near you, go to https://findyourcomic.store/ignition-press. For a more expansive list of stores, search your city or zip code at https://findyourcomic.store/.