Mad Cave's Southern Gothic Noir MIDSTATE

When Paul Rinaldi sleeps, he sees things. But after his precarious career as a small-town clairvoyant dissolves under claims of fraud, he becomes the laughingstock of the small town of Ft. Arlington, VA. The fact is, Rinaldi is wildly gifted, only furthering his frustrations as a middle-aged mystic. But a string of missing persons cases, coupled with terrifying visions, gives Rinaldi new purpose. Rinaldi teams up with the town’s rookie detective, Abigail Dahlin, to solve the cases using his psychic abilities. Together they will get to the bottom of things or die trying! 

One of the most profilic colorists in the comics industry makes his writing debut in a small-town detective story with a supernatural twist.

MIDSTATE—a slow-burn supernatural noir that blurs the line between intuition and madness. Written by Lee Loughridge (Flash Gordon, Deadly Class), illustrated by Mack Chater (Sword Daughter, Briggs Land) and lettered by Rob Tweedy, this 144-page original graphic novel invites readers into the haunted edges of Ft. Arlington, Virginia—where visions strike like lightning, but the truth cuts deeper.

MIDSTATE is now up for preorder from comic shops (FOC: November 10, 2025), bookstores, and the Mad Cave site. It arrives at bookstores December 9, 2025, and at your LCS December 10, 2025.

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