This December, Mad Cave Studios, in partnership with STUDIOCANAL, present Escape From New York: Escape From the North Pole. From acclaimed writer and radio host Fred Kennedy (Dead Romans, The Florida Hippopotamus Cocaine Massacre), fan-favorite artist Danilo Beyruth (Frank Miller Presents: Ancient Enemies, Carnage, Ghost Rider), letterer Jeff Eckleberry (The Terminator, Deadpool) and covers by Adam Gorham and Ken Lashley; this standalone one-shot is one of the wildest installments yet in the beloved action franchise.
Mother Russia never forgets her children…
Hard-as-nails antihero Snake Plisskin is dragged to Camp Vincent (AKA Ellesmere Island Containment Facility), the northernmost prison in the world, after being caught smuggling contraband across the border. He’s now in the custody of the Canadian Shield, an organization tasked with patrolling the Arctic and wiping out any Soviet factions that remain following the aftermath of WWIII. Snake is an asset, and they intend to use him.
He’s given a choice: track down and rescue Soviet Geneticist Dr. Svetlana Lysenko from a Siberian Bioweapons facility where experiments have mutated into dangerous abominations, or remain on Ellesmere island… Permanently.
“I wanted this story to move at a clip,” expressed writer Fred Kennedy. “A non-stop pace, where every time you think you’ve got a second to catch your breath…nope, we pull the carpet out from under you. And Danilo is bringing it to the show! Every panel punches. Very VERY excited to see this book on the shelf.”
“It’s been a while since I’ve drawn a script packed with this much high-octane action,” added artist Danilo Beyruth. “Fred has brought that classic celluloid energy right onto the page—it’s pure Snake Plissken on paper.”
Escape From New York: Escape From the North Pole ($6.99, 40pgs) goes on sale December 23, 2026 (FOC November 30). Preorder it today from your local comic shop or directly from Mad Cave.
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About STUDIOCANAL (a CANAL+ Company)
STUDIOCANAL, CANAL+’s in-house studio, is Europe’s leading film and television studio. Through its in-house operations and network of 24 production companies across Europe and the US, STUDIOCANAL finances, produces and distributes more than 100 new films and 40 new series per year.
STUDIOCANAL owns one of the world’s most prestigious film libraries, including the largest catalogue of European films, with nearly 18,000 titles from more than 60 countries spanning a century of cinema. Since 2020, the studio has invested €25 million in the 4K restoration of 1,000 films, including Breathless, The Graduate, Terminator 2, and Love Actually.
Building on the global success of Paddington, STUDIOCANAL is scaling its franchise model through three new labels: STUDIOCANAL Stories, focused on adapting literary hits for film and TV; STUDIOCANAL Kids & Family, dedicated to building children’s entertainment franchises, and STUDIOCANAL ON STAGE, specialising in adapting films for live theatre.
