Black Mirror's "San Junipero" Returns As A Special Comic

Image via Laurie Sparham/Channel 4/Netflix / Courtesy of Everett Collection Published Aug 21, 2026, 6:00 PM EDT Jason is an award-winning journalist whose writing career dates back to when he developed the ability to use a crayon. He, most notably, worked previously as a "professional fan," as he likes to call it, at CinemaBlend, for which he wrote about anything and everything under the pop culture umbrella... especially Batman. His passion for the art of cinema began even earlier, stemming from repeat viewings of The Wizard of Oz. This initially led him to pursue a career in filmmaking -- and even work briefly in the industry as an extra in the straight-to-video family film, Alice Upside Down -- before deciding that his talents would be better served discussing and showing appreciation for the various forms of entertainment he is passionate about. Modern audiences most commonly associate dystopian science fiction with Black Mirror. As such, many were shocked to see the usually cynical anthology series deliver such an uplifting and optimistic chapter in the form of the Season 3 classic, "San Junipero." The story of a life-changing meeting between two women in a 1980s setting (or s...