What happens when the act of helping someone becomes the spark that unravels everything? This February, Mad Cave Studios introduces Is Ted OK?, the newest creator-owned series from award-winning cartoonist and musician Dave Chisholm, who writes, illustrates, and designs the series in his signature, formally inventive style. Across six oversized issues, with covers by Chisholm, and a variant Cover B by Eisner Award-winning comic book artist Christian Ward.
Is Ted OK? unfolds as a spectacularly unpredictable yarn—each issue widening the lens, escalating the stakes, and shattering the scope of the issue before it, all without losing its beating heart: the search for human connection in an oppressive, paranoid world.
This is a story about Ted and Sarah. Ted, isolated and paranoid, works for a mega-corporation owned by the world’s only trillionaire. He suffers from night terrors, obsessively draws the same mysterious figures again and again, all while listening to one track of music on repeat–oh, and the only “person” he ever talks to is a stray cat. His humanity is hanging by a thread.
Sarah is a new arrival to the city, fighting her own demons, and her job is to remotely spy on Ted to ensure he doesn’t hurt anyone…or himself. When Ted’s mental state begins to crack, Sarah compassionately intervenes to help, and things go catastrophically wrong.
Is Ted OK? #1 (of 6) arrives in comic shops February 25, 2026, with FOC on February 2, 2026.
Is Ted Ok? #2
(W) Dave Chisholm (A) Dave Chisholm
After the explosive conclusion to issue 1, Ted confronts Sarah and confesses that he believes his workplace, Ayn-Styne, is overrun with aliens engaged in a nefarious plot. Seeing that he needs friendly support, she commits to helping him investigate…without confessing that her job is, in fact, to spy on him. Her interest is piqued, however, as Ted unexpectedly uncovers evidence of a massive conspiracy deep within the bowels of the massive Ayn-Styne building. Meanwhile, on the other side of the world, journalist Kyle begins to interview the mysterious trillionaire–and Ayn-Styne founder–Noah™.
Is Ted OK? #3
(W) Dave Chisholm (A) Dave Chisholm
It’s time for a party! Overwhelmed with paranoia, Ted attends the Ayn-Styne gala, at which Noah™ makes a shocking announcement. Circumstances lead to Ted coming to a soul-crushing revelation, and Ted, already teetering on the edge of sanity, begins to topple spectacularly. A confrontation ensues and the result proves to be deadly–and someone we know and love is sent on a wild trip to a strange dimension. Meanwhile, Kyle confronts Noah™ with a shocking and incredibly stupid truth about the origins of the conflict stirring at The Dome–the mysterious object looming over the future of humanity like a sphinx.
