Maytal Zchut
Maytal Zchut is a queer, first-generation Israeli-American writer working across television, film and comics. She is known for her character-driven genre work, including the CW’s “Stargirl.”
In October 2024, she made her comic debut with IT HAPPENED ON HYDE STREET: DEVOUR for GHOST MACHINE. Her most recent project, in collaboration with artist Leila Leiz, is the horror miniseries SISTERHOOD: A HYDE STREET STORY (2025). Her work blends grounded emotional storytelling with high-concept genre, focusing on character, human psychology, and interpersonal relationships.
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Bibliography
Apr 22, 2026
Sisterhood: A Hyde Street Story TPB
Lifelong friends Sophie and Violet were practically sisters. Now at college, they’ve been slowly drifting apart. But when Violet accidentally drowns at a sorority hazing, a devastated Sophie pleads with the psychic SISTER HOOD to contact her dead friend. Sometimes you get what you wish for…but on Hyde Street, there’s always a cost, and it’s a killer. PLUS: Collected for the first time, the 52-page IT HAPPENED ON HYDE STREET: DEVOUR one-shot by ZCHUT and LEIZ. In this weight loss nightmare, you can look thin…or die trying!
Trade Paperback /Image Comics
Dec 24, 2025
Sisterhood #5
With the sorority house in flames, Violet, in control of Sophie’s body, is determined to finish what she started, while Sophie—now trapped in the desolate underwater limbo where Violet was—struggles to survive. While each one faces her own demons, the real fight falls between these two former best friends. In this battle of life or death, are there truly any winners?
comic /Image Comics
Oct 22, 2025
Sisterhood #4
Violet’s spirit—still trapped in Sophie’s body—struck again, this time murdering several sorority sisters. With Sophie as the primary suspect, she’s taken into police custody, now aware that her friend is the culprit. As a rift begins to form, will Sophie be able to find a way out of this mess? All roads lead back to Hyde Street.
comic /Image Comics
Sep 03, 2025
Sisterhood #3
A sorority sister is dead. Sophie, with Violet’s spirit still trapped in her body, was right there when it happened…but how is it that she doesn’t remember a thing? The police may let Sophie off easy, but when she’s snatched from her dorm with a bag over her head, she finds the sorority isn’t as lenient as the cops…
comic /Image Comics
Aug 06, 2025
Sisterhood #2
Violet is back from the dead! But things aren’t so simple…her spirit is trapped within Sophie. With one goal in mind—take down the sorority responsible for her death—Violet pressures Sophie to attend their rush event. But what lengths will Violet go to get her revenge? And will Sophie always have her friend’s back? Their sisterhood is put to the test...in blood.
comic /Image Comics
Jul 02, 2025
Sisterhood #1
Lifelong friends Sophie and Violet were practically sisters. Now at college, they’ve been slowly drifting apart. But when Violet accidentally drowns at a sorority hazing, a devastated Sophie pleads with the psychic SISTER HOOD to contact her dead friend. Sometimes you get what you wish for…but on Hyde Street, there’s always a cost…and it’s a killer. A brand new horrifying tale of terror, direct from HYDE STEET!
comic /Image Comics
Oct 30, 2024
Devour One-Shot
Look thin…or die trying! With an impending wedding, Lily needs to lose weight to fit into her wedding dress but struggles to shed some pounds. And what’s worse, her super-thin grandmother relentlessly disparages Lily’s approach, instead lavishing praise upon a quick-fix miracle supplement called DEVOUR, as hawked by the mysterious health guru, MISS GOODBODY. But is taking it worth the cost? In this extra-length one-shot nightmare from IT HAPPENED ON HYDE STREET, when it comes to Devour…all you need is one.
comic /Image Comics
Jan 24, 2024
Ghost Machine #1 (One-Shot)
Written and illustrated by JASON FABOK, GARY FRANK, BRYAN HITCH, GEOFF JOHNS, LAMONT MAGEE, FRANCIS MANAPUL, BRAD MELTZER, PETER J. TOMASI, MAYTAL ZCHUT, and more! A GROUNDBREAKING NEW ERA FOR COMICS, CHARACTERS AND CREATORS LAUNCHES NOW! An all-new powerhouse, creative collective collides into comics with GHOST MACHINE’s 64-page special, introducing its all-new shared universe of strange, fun, exciting and action-packed characters: GEIGER! REDCOAT! ROOK! THE ROCKETFELLERS! AND MANY, MANY MORE! What ties Geiger, Redcoat, Widow X, and the other mysterious, historical heroes of The Unnamed together? Why is Rook the key to saving the war-torn world of Exodus? How will everyone’s soon-to-be-favorite family of the future adapt to a new life in the present? THE STORIES ALL START NOW! CREATORS YOU KNOW. CHARACTERS YOU’LL LOVE. WELCOME TO GHOST MACHINE.
comic /Image Comics
Maytal Zchut //
News/PR
Oct 12, 2023
A Comic Book Upstart Seeks to Shake Up the Industry
New York Times
Feb 01, 2024
Ghost Machine: Behind the Comic Industry’s Biggest Shake-Up in Years
IGN
Oct 12, 2023
Ghost Machine, First of its Kind Creator-Owned & Cooperative Media Company Launches at New York Comic Con
Image Comics
Jul 06, 2024
Ghost Machine Reveals Covers for October-Launching Horror Series ‘Hyde Street’ & ‘It Happened On Hyde Street: Devour’ One-Shot
Ghost Machine PR