Image Comics is set to launch In Your Skin, a dark and provocative four-issue miniseries from writer Aditya Bidikar and artist SOM (Crocodile Black), arriving this April. The series fuses Bollywood glamour with unsettling body horror and psychological obsession, marking Bidikar’s debut comic series.
An exclusive first look at the project was revealed by Popverse earlier this week, offering a glimpse into its bold visual and thematic ambitions. The book will also feature striking variant covers from an impressive lineup of artists, including Maria Llovet (Crave, Artificial), Tula Lotay (Supreme: Blue Rose), Anand RK (Blue in Green), and others.
“In Your Skin combines my love for body horror and my fascination with the glamorous world of Bollywood,” said Bidikar. “Backed by the incredible Tiny Onion team, Som and I are thrilled to present a story that’s never been seen before in comics.”
The story follows Priyanka, a lifelong Bollywood superfan whose devotion to legendary actress Ayesha Sen borders on obsession. She’s memorized every performance, every dance move, and every role. But when a long-awaited chance to meet her idol ends disastrously—and Ayesha announces her retirement—Priyanka makes a chilling decision: if Ayesha won’t live the life she was meant to, Priyanka will take it for herself.
SOM described the project as deeply unsettling by design. “In Your Skin feels like a mirror that refuses to flatter. Body horror is not just an adornment but a tool for the biography of mutating ambitions in the seductive world of Bollywood, pairing the mundane with the grotesque. To have Tiny Onion back the project was massively reassuring! Hope this book scares and charms you in equal measure!”
Exploring themes of celebrity, identity, and self-erasure, In Your Skin is positioned as a must-read for fans of The Substance and the works of David Cronenberg, offering a visceral look at what happens when admiration curdles into something far more dangerous.
Check out the covers and two interior pages below!
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