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Into the Unbeing Volume 2
Find yourself in its innards.
From critically acclaimed writer Zac Thompson and visionary artist Hayden Sherman comes part two of the S.I.N.E.W expedition’s ill-fated journey into a Lovecraftian labyrinth.
For centuries, The UnBeing, a seemingly malevolent corpse, has swallowed all who dare tread near its sprawling mass. Now, the last survivors of a climate science team are trapped inside with only a mysterious humanoid known as The Stranger to guide them out. This incomprehensible Stranger claims to be a 19th Century British explorer. It claims to know the way back to the surface. It claims a new world is on its way. Perhaps if you listen closely, you can hear it breathing. But what is the cost of this new world? And who will be left to live in it?
Picking up directly after the events of Part One, the remaining survivors form a distrustful and desperate team. Together they must journey across impossible landscapes and contend with their own changing biology in order to find their way back home. As their journey into the Unbeing deepens, the series’ most disturbing questions are answered…but the answers offer little comfort.
Into the Unbeing is an adventure into the sublime from the critically acclaimed writer Zac Thompson (Cemetery Kids Don't Die, Romulus) and visionary artist Hayden Sherman ( Dark Patterns, Absolute Wonder Woman).
From critically acclaimed writer Zac Thompson and visionary artist Hayden Sherman comes part two of the S.I.N.E.W expedition’s ill-fated journey into a Lovecraftian labyrinth.
For centuries, The UnBeing, a seemingly malevolent corpse, has swallowed all who dare tread near its sprawling mass. Now, the last survivors of a climate science team are trapped inside with only a mysterious humanoid known as The Stranger to guide them out. This incomprehensible Stranger claims to be a 19th Century British explorer. It claims to know the way back to the surface. It claims a new world is on its way. Perhaps if you listen closely, you can hear it breathing. But what is the cost of this new world? And who will be left to live in it?
Picking up directly after the events of Part One, the remaining survivors form a distrustful and desperate team. Together they must journey across impossible landscapes and contend with their own changing biology in order to find their way back home. As their journey into the Unbeing deepens, the series’ most disturbing questions are answered…but the answers offer little comfort.
Into the Unbeing is an adventure into the sublime from the critically acclaimed writer Zac Thompson (Cemetery Kids Don't Die, Romulus) and visionary artist Hayden Sherman ( Dark Patterns, Absolute Wonder Woman).
128 pages, Paperback
First published October 7, 2025
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About the author
Zac Thompson
211 books65 followersZac Thompson is a writer born and raised on Prince Edward Island, Canada. He's written titles like Marvelous X-Men, Cable, and X-Men: Black for Marvel Comics. Along with indie books such as Her Infernal Descent, Relay, and The Replacer.
In 2019, Zac became the showrunner of the Age of X-Man universe at Marvel Comics. His critically acclaimed miniseries, Come Into Me, was called the best horror comic of 2018 by HorrorDNA. His debut comic series, The Dregs, was called "lowbrow brilliant" by New York Magazine. His novel, Weaponized, was the winner of the 2016 CryptTV horror fiction contest.
In 2019, Zac became the showrunner of the Age of X-Man universe at Marvel Comics. His critically acclaimed miniseries, Come Into Me, was called the best horror comic of 2018 by HorrorDNA. His debut comic series, The Dregs, was called "lowbrow brilliant" by New York Magazine. His novel, Weaponized, was the winner of the 2016 CryptTV horror fiction contest.
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November 20, 2025
Zac Thompson's apocalyptic cosmic/body horror graphic novel series "Into the Unbeing" concludes (maybe?) in the second volume.
Incredible (and gross) artwork by Hayden Sherman and Jim Campbell, coupled with a riveting end-of-the-world/rebirth-of-a-weird-world by Thompson, makes this one of the better sci fi/horror graphic novel series I've read in a while.
Thompson has monopolized the market on creepy body horror. His last series, "I Breathed a Body" gave me nightmares for weeks. This one is shaping up to do the same. Imagine a cross between "Innerspace" with Jeff VanderMeer's Southern Reach trilogy, and you'll get "Into the Unbeing". Awesome stuff.
Incredible (and gross) artwork by Hayden Sherman and Jim Campbell, coupled with a riveting end-of-the-world/rebirth-of-a-weird-world by Thompson, makes this one of the better sci fi/horror graphic novel series I've read in a while.
Thompson has monopolized the market on creepy body horror. His last series, "I Breathed a Body" gave me nightmares for weeks. This one is shaping up to do the same. Imagine a cross between "Innerspace" with Jeff VanderMeer's Southern Reach trilogy, and you'll get "Into the Unbeing". Awesome stuff.
August 15, 2025
I have notes. No spoilers, though.
1. The art is beautiful, as it was in volume 1. I especially appreciate how Thompson and Sherman designed the layout of pages. Nice work.
2. Is this the end? If so, it's not much of an end. If so, it's an end without something to say. This feels like it was supposed to be three volumes, so maybe a third is on the way?
3. The series still feels too derivative of Annihilation, without enough characterisation for it to work as psychological horror.
4. More page long diary texts, sometimes two pages now - not a fan. More forced poetic language - also not a fan.
5. I do like the character of Edwin, and how another character perceives him.
6. The close ups of eyes, already there in volume 1.. they're still here and they don't do anything for me.
7. I noticed a couple of spelling mistakes in volume 1 and I saw at least one in this volume too ("faun over" instead of "fawn over") - I read an advance copy, so that might be fixed in the published version.
8. Still a terrible title. Very clunky.
9. I've said this before about Thompson as a writer - his writing tends to agressively rub me up the wrong way, but I do appreciate that he takes chances, tries to do something different.
Overall an interesting series that in the end seems to not go anywhere.
(Thanks to Dark Horse Books for providing me with an ARC through Edelweiss)
1. The art is beautiful, as it was in volume 1. I especially appreciate how Thompson and Sherman designed the layout of pages. Nice work.
2. Is this the end? If so, it's not much of an end. If so, it's an end without something to say. This feels like it was supposed to be three volumes, so maybe a third is on the way?
3. The series still feels too derivative of Annihilation, without enough characterisation for it to work as psychological horror.
4. More page long diary texts, sometimes two pages now - not a fan. More forced poetic language - also not a fan.
5. I do like the character of Edwin, and how another character perceives him.
6. The close ups of eyes, already there in volume 1.. they're still here and they don't do anything for me.
7. I noticed a couple of spelling mistakes in volume 1 and I saw at least one in this volume too ("faun over" instead of "fawn over") - I read an advance copy, so that might be fixed in the published version.
8. Still a terrible title. Very clunky.
9. I've said this before about Thompson as a writer - his writing tends to agressively rub me up the wrong way, but I do appreciate that he takes chances, tries to do something different.
Overall an interesting series that in the end seems to not go anywhere.
(Thanks to Dark Horse Books for providing me with an ARC through Edelweiss)
January 1, 2026
Review of the whole series.
This one pulled me in fast. I read two volumes in a single day, which says a lot. Into the Unbeing isn’t comforting or character-driven, but it’s weird, eerie, and intriguing.
A team of scientists enters the corpse of a massive, godlike being. Inside, the world turns alien. Flesh becomes landscape. Biology becomes architecture. The comparison to Annihilation holds true. I found the idea of a holobiont large enough to function like a landscape fascinating, and the comic takes its time letting the scale sink in. The epistolary fragments, shifting viewpoints, and strange documents deepen the sense that this place is strange.
Characters, admittedly, are the weak point. They’re serviceable but distant. For me, you don’t read this to fall in love with the cast, but to see what’s behind the next organic wall, or what impossible biology will be revealed next. That distance almost feels intentional, but it adds to the cold, observational tone.
Hayden Sherman’s art is unsettling. Shapes almost make sense, then don’t. Landscapes look like organs. Organs look like terrain. Color choices sell the unease, and the scale constantly dwarfs the people inside it. There’s a steady "something is wrong here" vibe on every page.
The pacing is deliberate but absorbing. It doesn’t rush horror; it lets it accumulate. By the time things start to click, you’re already committed. That’s why I kept going.
Into the Unbeing is mind-bending, atmospheric, and ambitious. If you like eerie science fiction that prioritizes ideas, environment, and unsettling discovery over character work, this one is absolutely worth descending into.
This one pulled me in fast. I read two volumes in a single day, which says a lot. Into the Unbeing isn’t comforting or character-driven, but it’s weird, eerie, and intriguing.
A team of scientists enters the corpse of a massive, godlike being. Inside, the world turns alien. Flesh becomes landscape. Biology becomes architecture. The comparison to Annihilation holds true. I found the idea of a holobiont large enough to function like a landscape fascinating, and the comic takes its time letting the scale sink in. The epistolary fragments, shifting viewpoints, and strange documents deepen the sense that this place is strange.
Characters, admittedly, are the weak point. They’re serviceable but distant. For me, you don’t read this to fall in love with the cast, but to see what’s behind the next organic wall, or what impossible biology will be revealed next. That distance almost feels intentional, but it adds to the cold, observational tone.
Hayden Sherman’s art is unsettling. Shapes almost make sense, then don’t. Landscapes look like organs. Organs look like terrain. Color choices sell the unease, and the scale constantly dwarfs the people inside it. There’s a steady "something is wrong here" vibe on every page.
The pacing is deliberate but absorbing. It doesn’t rush horror; it lets it accumulate. By the time things start to click, you’re already committed. That’s why I kept going.
Into the Unbeing is mind-bending, atmospheric, and ambitious. If you like eerie science fiction that prioritizes ideas, environment, and unsettling discovery over character work, this one is absolutely worth descending into.
December 29, 2025
Well, this was something. Visually I liked it, but overall this was just too weird for me. I'm still confused by most of it, including the ending. Not bad, but really far out.
November 26, 2025
Well this was something. I really liked the concept. And the art is stunning. But storywise. Very non existent. A bleak fever dream. And that ending? I wanted more. This just was nothing. Nothing special. Just weird.
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I adored the first installment but this one? It didn’t really go anywhere and then it just ended…. And I’m non the wiser. It still the much feels like Jeff VanderMeer’s Annihilation…. But even more grotesque without the psychological depth. This one fell flat. In that regard.
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I adored the first installment but this one? It didn’t really go anywhere and then it just ended…. And I’m non the wiser. It still the much feels like Jeff VanderMeer’s Annihilation…. But even more grotesque without the psychological depth. This one fell flat. In that regard.
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November 23, 2025
The vastness of scale is used to impressive effect in this book. The artwork is well rendered and creepy. This feels like watching the first Alien movie, but the protagonists have to navigate the innards of a giant colossus instead of a spaceship.
If I’m honest, the writing doesn’t totally work for me as it kinda gets lost in its own maze, like what the characters are trying to navigate. It’s compelling, but isn’t super clear about what it wants to be. The afterward says the vastness of Canada itself helped inspire the story, hell yeah. All in all, if this is intriguing to you, I think you’ll really enjoy it. I didn’t love the first volume either but it’s a series I’ve thought about often on over the past year, so something is working here.
If I’m honest, the writing doesn’t totally work for me as it kinda gets lost in its own maze, like what the characters are trying to navigate. It’s compelling, but isn’t super clear about what it wants to be. The afterward says the vastness of Canada itself helped inspire the story, hell yeah. All in all, if this is intriguing to you, I think you’ll really enjoy it. I didn’t love the first volume either but it’s a series I’ve thought about often on over the past year, so something is working here.
November 30, 2025
A fitting end, or as close as this kind of nightmare ever gets to one. The mix of cosmic dread and warped biology still carries the fingerprints of Lovecraft, VanderMeer and even a touch of “Scavengers Reign”, but it never feels like a copy. It feels like a world collapsing under its own strange logic.
And honestly, I’m not sure how Thompson could push it any further without thinning out what makes it hit so hard. Some stories burn brightest when they stop before the glow fades. Here, finishing on a high feels like the right choice.
And honestly, I’m not sure how Thompson could push it any further without thinning out what makes it hit so hard. Some stories burn brightest when they stop before the glow fades. Here, finishing on a high feels like the right choice.
January 23, 2026
8/10
Love this world, art, and premise. Part 2 is not quite the direction I would have expected a second volume to take. It feels a bit shallow and uneventful. There's a lack of profoundness and resolution. I kind of like some of the things this book does but those things often feel underdeveloped. Still love this story, though.
Love this world, art, and premise. Part 2 is not quite the direction I would have expected a second volume to take. It feels a bit shallow and uneventful. There's a lack of profoundness and resolution. I kind of like some of the things this book does but those things often feel underdeveloped. Still love this story, though.
December 16, 2025
Aw, man, I had a feeling it couldn’t hold the intrigue together long enough.
Still beautiful and weird to look at. But like a lot of people have said, it’s just the Southern Reach book series but not as fascinating. The dog was a highlight here but that’s about it.
Still beautiful and weird to look at. But like a lot of people have said, it’s just the Southern Reach book series but not as fascinating. The dog was a highlight here but that’s about it.
October 9, 2025
The art was strange and interesting. For some reason this story was hard to read. It felt dull and confusing to me. Interesting concept but the delivery was a total rip off of the movie ‘Descent’.
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