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Mike Mignola and Ben Stenbeck's Lands Unknown: The Skinless Man

Mike Mignola and Ben Stenbeck’s Lands Unknown: The Skinless Man from Dark Horse Comics in March 2026

Mike Mignola dropped Bowling With Corpses and Other Strange Tales From Lands Unknown earlier this year and a few folk went gaga over talking ducks, corpse-bowling tournaments, and the Arthur Rackham folklore fever-dream art. Now that shared universe is already growing teeth, Sharp, skinless ones.

Dark Horse just announced Lands Unknown: The Skinless Man, a two-issue horror event written and drawn by Ben Stenbeck (behind Our Bones Dust and the scary Hellnoy issues). Long-time Mignola collaborator Dave Stewart on colours, Clem Robins on letters, and yes, issue #1 gets a variant cover by Mike Mignola.

If Bowling With Corpses was the whimsical, fairy-tale side of Lands Unknown,  Brothers Grimm on a mushroom bender, The Skinless Man is the part where the Grimm brothers lock you in the basement and whisper bedtime stories through the keyhole. "When a stormy night in the mountains forces a lone traveler to take shelter in a witch's house, she spins a chilling yarn of the mysterious and merciless Skinless Man, who is in pursuit of new skin at any cost. When a gang of warlocks is foolish enough to try to deceive him, they learn just how far he's willing to go. "

Stenbeck says, "The possibilities are endless, and I have big plans for a lot of stories that might seem disconnected at first, but they are all part of a larger story. A story about people searching for things they may or may not need in Lands Unknown. Also monsters and magic and talking animals in exotic locations."

Mike Mignola adds "I've had a pretty good idea how good he COULD BE if he were really given the room to cut loose… That was a large part of the whole LANDS UNKNOWN thing… And he has—And it's wonderful. I love what he's done here, and I REALLY love that this is just the tip of his crazy iceberg of talking animals, evil wizards, monsters and giants. There is nobody out there I'd rather be sharing a world with."

And Mignola's next Lands Unknown graphic novel, Uri Tupka and The Gods: Another Story from Lands Unknown, is out in February, a 104-page hardcover following a theologian on a universe-shaking quest involving dragons, thieves, ancient gods, and a tomb you probably don't want to open. Lands Unknown: The Skinless Man #1 (of 2) hits shelves March 4, 2026, from Dark Horse Comics.

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