In a world built from rust and circuitry, one girl’s humanity becomes the rarest resource of all…Mad Cave Studios is proud to announce WHERE DOES THE RAINBOW END?, a striking new sci-fi series from writer Francesca Perillo and artist Stefano Cardoselli—the acclaimed duo behind Don’t Spit in the Wind, Love Me: A Romance Story, and Long Cold Winter. Reuniting their Love Me creative team, the series features colorist Lorenzo Scaramella (A Legacy of Violence), letterer Buddy Beaudoin (Eat Your Young), with a variant cover by Irish artist and animator Stephen Byrne (Serenity).
Where Does the Rainbow End? blends post-human philosophy and emotional sci-fi into a powerful meditation on isolation, empathy, and what it means to belong in a mechanical world.
WHERE DOES THE RAINBOW END? #1 (COVER A)
WHERE DOES THE RAINBOW END? #1 (COVER B)
WHERE DOES THE RAINBOW END?
Writer: Francesca Perillo & Stefano Cardoselli – Artist: Stefano Cardoselli
Colorist: Lorenzo Scaramella – Letterer: Buddy BeaudoinRelease Date: January 14th, 2026
Synopsis: Gilda has been abandoned by her parents, but fortunately, she has been discovered in the Cacace Bros. Robot Dump…and has been raised by the robots who found her. She was lucky to be discovered in the Rainbow Sector by machines that cared for her—but also shielded her from the outside world, from other humans, and from the dangerous Dark Cage, where the most hostile of robots live. Word spreads of her uncanny ability to fix broken robots, and soon one vicious machine from the Dark Cage demands she repair the violent robots that dwell there…and nothing will stop him.
Meet The Creators
Writer, Francesca Perillo
An art history teacher, Francesca Perillo is a screenwriter and colorist. She created a poster for the horror film “A Killer and the Dead” for Tin Sky Films and collaborates with the American independent studio Gloomy Cat Production as a colorist. In the United States, she has worked as a screenwriter for Mad Cave Studios since 2023 (Love Me. A Romance Story, Long Cold Winter, Where Does the Rainbow End?) and in 2024 she created the horror series for KeenSpot (Don’t Run with Scissors). For the Italian market, she has written two graphic novels (Blood and Mud, Bingo Crepuscolo) for GreenMoon Comics and a children’s series (Cornelia) for the kids’ series for Mirage Comics. She currently collaborates with Daniele Serra and Micol Beltramini.
Artist, Stefano Cardoselli
Stefano Cardoselli, born in 1971, is an Italian illustrator and screenwriter. His main inspirations come from the great works of Moebius and Juan Jimenez, but it is above all the world of cinema, for which he has a profound passion, that Stefano owes the development of his personal stylistic signature. The cyberpunk settings come from the films of Ridley Scott, and the dystopian atmospheres of the films of Fritz Lang and David Cronenberg. Fascinated by the imagery of Clive Barker and Stephen King, it is precisely the horror genre that offers him greater expressive freedom and the opportunity to explore profound themes. Winner of Best Italian Artist Award “Carlo Boscarato” 2025 Treviso Comic Book Festival and the Bram Stoker Award in 2021, he was the first Italian to be included in the fantasy anthology “Tales of Teelguuth,” published by 2000 AD with an introduction by Alan Moore. As a comic artist, he has worked for Heavy Metal Magazine, Oni Press, Simon & Schuster, Mad Cave Studios, Keenspot, Scout Comics, Caliber Comics, and Antarctic Press. In Italy, he works for Sergio Bonelli Editore, Green Moon Comics, Mirage Comics, and many others. He is the cover artist for the comic book biography of Ozzy Osbourne, published by Storm Front, and has appeared in Rolling Stone, Time Magazine, and Sky Arte. He designed characters for Epic Games’ “Fortnite,” and he is currently working with several American film production companies as a storyboard artist. As music enthusiast, he has created artworks for the musician Dorian Holley, the vocal director for Michael Jackson, and worked as a graphic designer and illustrator on the concert posters for some dates of Linkin Park’s “From Zero World Tour 2025,” with whom he continues to collaborate.
For those who love Blade Runner 2049, Descender, and Sweet Tooth, Where Does the Rainbow End? delivers the emotional resonance of human drama against a bleak, beautiful landscape of rust and redemption.
Where Does the Rainbow End? #1 hits shelves January 14, 2026, with final order cutoff on December 1, 2025.
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