As technology advances at a frighteningly exponential pace, can humanity put the artificially intelligent genie back in the bottle? And what happens when our fears manifest in even more horrifying ways? Writer Si Spurrier (The Flash, John Constantine: Hellblazer, Dead in America) and Mike Dowling (The Amazing Spider-Man, Unfollow) combine monsters and microchips in their new ongoing series Minotaur. Ignition Press will begin publishing the new series July 15th, 2026.
“Minotaur begins with Arthur C. Clarke's timeless observation that ‘any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic’ – then runs with it," said writer Si Spurrier. “What's emerged, as we put this book together, is a strange and beautiful tonal confection. On the one hand it's intimately concerned with superintelligence and emergent technologies, but it feels like nothing so much as a fusion of Hellblazer and The X-Files. Mike Dowling's the perfect artist for this unique fusion of subject and mood, dancing between Mignola-esque horror and glittering capitalist modernity with equally chilling aplomb.”
"It’s been a total pleasure creating the visual world of Minotaur – from the locations, including vast landfills, cities and deserts, to the terrifying creatures that are perhaps even stranger than they appear,” said artist Mike Dowling. “Si is an amazing writer, with fantastic, huge concepts grounded by detail and multi-dimensional relatable characters. I’ve attempted to match the art to our story and characters – scratchy, energetic and slightly aggressive!”
Five years ago, a government supercomputer triggered the Singularity: an explosion of technological superintelligence heralding an unimaginable tomorrow.
At least, it almost did. Within moments, a failsafe activated. The plug was pulled. The future was aborted. But something leaked in those first picoseconds, through wire and wave. And now?
The future fights back. Inexplicable events. Miracles and monsters. Harbingers of revolution…or apocalypse?
Minotaur is the tale of Gloria Monday, a photojournalist documenting the lives of those, like her, who are haunted, tortured, and transformed by outbreaks of the future; along with the no-nonsense ex-military muscle who watches her six, and the reformed tech bro secretly bankrolling their global mission to expose it all.
“Minotaur is a middle finger and a warm hug. It has all the hallmarks of Si’s cathartic storytelling—incisive, hilarious, gut-punch entertainment that invites readers to process their own encounters with our increasingly harrowing world and discover new sources of optimism against all odds,” said Senior Editor Maggie Howell. “Mike makes it all possible. He’s packed the series with subtle and spectacular supernatural oddities alike, but the real triumph is the empathy he brings to Monday, Sara, and Raf, our all-too-human investigative trio. On top of it all, Minotaur’s procedural format welcomes new readers into its globe-trotting adventure at every turn. This is Ignition’s summer showstopper and a true crowd-pleaser; do not miss it!”
Minotaur #1 is available in comic shops July 15th from writer Si Spurrier (The Flash, John Constantine: Hellblazer, Dead in America) and Mike Dowling (The Amazing Spider-Man, Unfollow), with colors by Sofie Dodgson (Bitter Root, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) and letters by the award-winning Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou (Kill All Immortals). This issue features two open-to-order covers from Dowling and Anwita Citriya (Hello Darkness, Creepshow), along with a retailer incentive cover by Martin Simmonds (Department of Truth, Universal Monsters: Dracula) and an Ignition Exclusive cover by Jock (Wytches, The Losers).
To guarantee a copy, make sure you preorder at your local comic shop by no later than Monday, June 9th. To find a comic shop near you, go to findyourcomic.store. And don’t forget to pick up your copy of Minotaur: The Cold Open on Comics Giveaway Day, May 2nd, 2026, at participating comic book stores.