Titan Comics has announced it is teaming up with Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe to publish a brand-new series of comics in 2025, set in the disturbing world of the successful video game franchise, Little Nightmares.
Titan Comics’ Little Nightmares: Descent to Nowhere Issue #1 is written by Lonnie Nadler (The Sickness, Cable) also known as the showrunner and lead writer for The Sounds of Nightmares, the Little Nightmares podcast, with art by Ringo Award nominated artist Dennis Menheere (Etheres, Beyond Real). Dennis is appearing at Thought Bubble next month.
The issue will take readers in an investigation story navigating between the Nowhere, a nightmarish world filled with frightening inhabitants, and the Counties, an equivalent to our world. The series will include four issues and a graphic novel collection.
Titan previously published a two-issue Little Nightmares comic back in 2017, written by Alex Paknadel and Dan Watters, credited as John Shackleton on the collection, still available as a digital edition, with art by Aaron Alexovich, Thiago Ribeiro and Dave Santana.
“I’ve been waiting so long to announce this,”Lonnie said of the new title on Instagram. “Thanks so much to the Bandai team… for yet again trusting me to tell stories in this world.
“Prepare yourselves, children. The only way through is down…”
“It’s been an incredible journey to distill Little Nightmares into the comic medium; Lonnie and Dennis have packed each panel with depth and deeper meaning, for a twisting mystery that’ll leave you haunted and yearning for the next issue.” says Titan Comics Editor, Phoebe Hedges.
The comic series launches in comic stores in 2025, but fans attending New York Comic Con 2024 can stop by Bandai Namco’s booth #2319 for an exclusive early preview.
The Little Nightmares franchise offers a deep universe to discover on different platforms with two console games already, a mobile game and a podcast series available.
Within this universe each of your childhood fears becomes true. After vanishing without a trace, children wake up in a vast nightmare reality filled with monsters, where survival comes at a cost, and escape is nearly impossible. However, a glimmer of hope remains, full of innocence, the children always seek to find a way out. They can count on their curiosity and ingenuity to escape various monstruous threats and solve puzzles and mysteries.
The first game in the series was released in 2017. After this success, the franchise was exported to the mobile platform with Very Little Nightmares, available for Android and IOS, before returning to its origins, on all platforms (Sony, Xbox, PC, Nintendo) with Little Nightmares II in 2021.
But the adventure does not stop there. Little Nightmares III has been announced for 2025 and introduces two new characters, trying to find a way out of the Nowhere. Plus, for the first time in the franchise, the game introduces a long-awaited feature: online co-operation for two players.
The franchise also expanded on audio streaming platforms with a popular, award-winning audio fiction series, The Sounds of Nightmares, which launched in August 2023. This eerie psychological thriller podcast was the first story to introduce the world of The Counties to the Little Nightmares community and has been successful hitting two million listenings worldwide.
Titan will make more announcements of the new Little Nightmares comic series very shortly. To keep up with the latest news and developments, join Titan Comics on Facebook, X, Instagram and TikTok.
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• Lonnie Nadler is online at lonnienadler.com | Instagram | X
Lonnie Nadler is a multidisciplinary writer and director from Montreal, Canada. He is best known for serving as the Showrunner and Lead Writer for The Sounds Of Nightmares fiction podcast, set in the world of Little Nightmares, produced by Bandai Namco. Lonnie also wrote extensively for Marvel Comics, including showrunning the Age of X-Man event, and writing for titles like Cable and Guardians of the Galaxy. He released his critically acclaimed debut graphic novel, The Dregs, in 2017 from Black Mask Studios. His 2018 follow up, Come Into Me, was named one of the best 100 horror comics of all time by Paste Magazine. In 2020, his historical fiction, cosmic horror concoction, Black Stars Above, was longlisted for a Bram Stoker Award.
• Dennis Menheere is online at dennismenheere.com | Instagram | X
Dennis Menheere is a Ringo Nominated comic book artist, best known for his work on Etheres, Beyond Real and Kaya, as well as myriads of indie books.
Dennis is appearing at Thought Bubble in Harrogate next month.
• Damien Worm is on Instagram | X
Damien is a comic artist and illustrator, co-creator of October Faction with Steve Niles, and some other horror creator owned titles, such as Brynmore. He also worked in some videogames related comics, like Dark Souls, Bloodborne and Evil Within.
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