Jordan Thomas and Chris Matthews Welcome You to Exorcism Island on 10/21

A Frightening and Unforgettable Five Issue Series from The Creators of Mugshots

Debuting October 21, 2025, Just in Time for Halloween

Writer Jordan Thomas and artist Chris Matthews have been friends since the age of eleven and recently created the acclaimed crime comic Mugshots. Now, Thomas and Matthews are collaborating on Exorcism Island, a bombastic, multi-layered and ambitious horror story that spans the globe. It is not meant for the faint of heart. The 5-issue horror series will be released monthly from Amazon’s Comixology Originals exclusive digital content line beginning with Exorcism Island #1 on October 21, 2025, just in time for Halloween!

“Exorcism Island takes the tradition of the best demonic possession stories and cranks it up several notches with ever-escalating terror and tense cliffhangers,” says Jordan Thomas, the acclaimed writer of The Man From Maybe and Skin Police. “This is a story that is both horrifying and highly entertaining. And Chris brings it all together with his unique and visually gripping graphic art style and color choices.”

Following a terrifying confrontation with a possessed woman, Father Gigi Amato finds himself sent to a remote Caribbean Island run by the Vatican to join a group of priests tasked with looking after the most troubled, long-term, demonic possession cases. The group of psychologically and emotionally bruised priests bicker and bond in their attempt to keep the madness of the island under control, but dark forces are working against them from all sides as evil digs its nails into their spiritually poisoned, isolated home.

“The story is so rich with terrifying and unsettling imagery it was great fun getting to bring it all to life and add something to the world of horror and possession stories,” said artist Chris Matthews.

Jordan Thomas hails from the South of England but is currently living in Valencia, Spain. His first published comics work was the 1920s post-war, farm-based horror series Frank At Home On The Farm. Since then, he has written a post-apocalyptic western The Man From Maybe and the clone hunting sci-fi series Skin Police for Oni Press, the alien world crime story Weird Work at Image Comics and the UK crime epic Mugshots at Mad Cave Studios, as well as horror shorts for EC Comics, XINO and Hello Darkness and the classic science fiction hero Flash Gordon.

Chris Matthews is originally from the south coast of England but currently lives in Berlin, Germany. Following a successful career in animation he began working on comic books in 2021 contributing art to several smaller projects before making the jump to a full series with Mugshots. He also has a dog called Clive.

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