Cosmic Horror ‘The Eye Collector’ #1 Gets A Second Printing From Image Comics

by Olly MacNamee

The Eye Collector #1 writer Jonathan Ball (Last Breeds, Clockfire) and writer/artist GMB Chomichuk are the latest creative team to see their new comic book series’ debut issue sell out with Image Comics at the distribution level. A psychedelic horror story set on a cosmic scale (aren’t they all?), and maybe still available at your local comic book store? You might want to check on its availability. If not, then grab the second printing with a psychedelic new cover art by Chomichuk.

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“In The Eye Collector, an ancient being has its curiosity toward Earth reignited when the humans of the Apollo 10 mission make wishes over the Moon. But what is this spectral creature, and what does it want with our world? Seeing is believing…

The Eye Collector explores themes of desire and fantasy while focusing on how our perspective informs and shapes our reality. We have seen, of course, nightmare versions of how this unfolds in the political and social world, as algorithms have transformed the media landscape into distorted funhouse mirrors, and AI increasingly makes our world hallucinatory and erodes our ability to discern the real from the deepfake.

However, the story focuses more claustrophobically on how the monstrous Eye Collector, who returns to Earth and begins to tempt the parents of a child living in a neglectful household with realizing their dreams in exchange for their son’s eyes.”

Discussing the success of the first issue, Chomichuk said:

“The response to The Eye Collector has been surreal. A reminder to me that stories sometimes have long journeys to their audience. Thank you to every store that took a chance and every reader that took one home. Seeing is believing.”

Ball added:

“We’re beyond grateful but also a bit unnerved that our weird horror monster who gives its victims what they want has led us to sell out so fast. We wanted to collect eyes, and Image has blown us away with their hard work putting this book in front of faces.”