The Next Evolution Of Matt Kindt’s ‘Mind MGMT’ Begins With 15 Exclusive Covers
by Brendan M. Allen
When Mind MGMT: New & Improved #1 arrives on shelves June 24th, it will feature a die-cut standard cover by Matt Kindt himself. It will also be accompanied by a mystifying token of the ongoing war for the psychic control of America’s heart and mind. Enter: Mind MGMT: New & Improved #1 — Operation: Blind Bag — a fin-sealed, metallic silver blind bag containing everything you need to know to escape the reach of the subliminal surveillance agency called “Mind Management.”
On the outside: A new training protocol designed and written by Kindt with instructions on how to deploy the blind bag in your possession to withstand psychic attack by the forces of paranoia and control.
And on the inside, Operation: Blind Bag commences with an artistic assault on the senses as each blind bag reveals one of fifteen exclusive, chase, or rare variant covers spanning four distinct subsets with strictly limited print runs in a manner of aesthetically pleasing alternatives to stimulate your third eye:
A curated line of artistic interpretations heralding Mind MGMT‘s return, featuring Jenna Cha, Jeff Lemire, Jesse Lonergan, Fábio Moon, and David Rubín.
NOTE: These covers will be evenly divided across the print run once all rare and chase subset covers have been accounted for.
In the process of manufacturing and distributing Matt Kindt’s open-order, die-cut cover for Mind MGMT: New & Improved #1, it appears that some unfortunate errors accidentally made their way into the blind bagging process, including Korean import and 3D versions never intended for commercial distribution.
Limited edition variants of Jesse Lonergan and J.H. Williams III cover art, reproduced without trade dress on foil stock.
Featuring guest starring roles from Lee Harvey Oswald, Patty Hearst, Charles Manson, Richard Nixon, the command module of Apollo 11, and more, this hyper-rare variant subset consists of six covers unearthing America’s secret history of mind control and information warfare across the 20th Century, as rendered by artist and designer Scott Sugiuchi.
Also note: One of these covers is a hallucination and will never actually exist. Sorry, and thank you for playing!
