Rick and Morty: Corporate Assets #2
(W) James Asmus (A) Jarrett Williams, Jeremy Lawson, Crank!
Lights! Camera! Action! Things are getting weird at the Smith house as Glom-Con ramps up production on all things Rick, Morty, and the whole Smith family. Meanwhile, can Rick and Morty survive each other’s contempt long enough to escape from…wherever the heck they are?
Coming soon from the Oni-Lion Forge Publishing Group and Adult Swim, a brand-new Rick and Morty comic crashes into comic book shops in July 2021 with Rick and Morty Presents: Hotel Immortal from the creative team of writer Alejandro Arbona, illustrator Marc Ellerby, and colorist Leonardo Ito, with lettering by Crank!. The next installment of the Rick and Morty Presents series kicks off with a whodunnit in Rick and Morty Presents: Hotel Immortal. When Cornvelious Daniels checks in for some R&R at the Hotel Immortal, bodies start dropping—and accusations start flying!
Rick and Morty Presents: Hotel Immortal will be available online and in stores on July 14, 2021.
Oni Press and Lion Forge have announced a brand-new Rick and Morty comic miniseries— Rick and Morty: Worlds Apart, coming February 2021.
Based on the hit series and Emmy-winning fourth season of Adult Swim’s Rick and Morty™, it’s going to get crazy for the Smiths and Rick Sanchez as new favorite characters collide in Rick and Morty: Worlds Apart. Catch the outrageous Balthromaw and his band of dragon adventurers in an all-new, tantalizing adventure where only Morty can save them. And when Teddy Rick shows up and ruins Rick’s ultimate vacation plan, no one is safe!
The four-part miniseries will feature the creative team of Josh Trujillo, Tony Fleecs, Jarrett Williams, Leonardo Ito, and Crank! They’ll bring to life, including perhaps the kinkiest team of super-villains to ever grace a comic-book page!
Rick and Morty: Worlds Apart joins other Rick and Morty comics as they hit the shelves in 2021, including new issues in the Rick and Morty Presents series, Rick and Morty: Ever After, and more.
Rick and Morty: Worlds Apart is slated to launch February 3, 2021.
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Join Oni Press and Cartoon Network Enterprises for the grand unveiling of two very exclusive Adult Swim Rick and Morty™ #50 Julieta Colás comic variant covers, Tuesday May 21st, at Bottleneck Gallery (60 Broadway, Brooklyn, NY 11249), from 7-9pm.
In celebration of the 50th issue of the Oni Press and Adult Swim comic book, the full Rick and Morty comic cover art exhibit will include 50 original comic book covers, printed and framed, and will run at the gallery for 30 days.
Artist Julieta Colás has been illustrating the trade paperback variant covers for Oni Press’s Rick and Morty collections, Volumes 1-7, Rick and Morty: Lil’ Poopy Superstar, and Rick and Morty: Pocket Like You Stole It, exclusively sold at conventions as well as the Oni Press Shopify storefront. Placed over a simplistic tan backdrop, Julieta’s headshot portraits carefully and playfully craft the biology of different Rick and Morty characters, exposing them from the inside out.
Bottleneck Gallery will be selling 100 limited edition and numbered 16 x 20 prints of the first 5 issue covers on giclee.
Rick and Morty #50 hits stores May 29th and is now available for preorder.
Rick and Morty #49
(W) Kyle Starks, Karla Pacheco
(A) Marc Ellerby, Ian McGinty
(C) Sarah Stern
(CA) Cover A: Marc Ellerby with Sarah Stern, Cover B: Mike Vasquez
Age Rating: Teen, 15+ — Genre: Sci-Fi/Humor
Price: $3.99 — Page Count: 32
Oh, bruh, you need to steel yourself for this one because some stuff went down, and RICK AND MORTY ARE DOING A GROUNDHOG DAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!
Rick and Morty #48
(W) Kyle Starks, Karla Pacheco
(A) Marc Ellerby, Ian McGinty
(C) Sarah Stern
(CA) Cover A: Marc Ellerby with Sarah Stern, Cover B: Simon Troussellier
Age Rating: Teen, 16+ — Genre: Sci-Fi/Humor
Price: $3.99 — Page Count: 32
Uh oh, someone’s messed up reality again pretty badly…. The Smith family loves each other, Jerry has a job, Summer is nice to Morty… No one is cursing, or suffering from existential melancholy or threat of death. I mean, everything is sort of safe and great, like a 50s sitcom. And what is going on with Rick?! Can Morty fix this all before…well, I guess, before everything works out nicely for everyone for once?
One of the greatest actors of all time, and one whose career was cut way too short, was John Belushi. Anyone who has seen him on Saturday Night Live or any myriad of movies he was in can attest to his truly unique talent. His many skits on SNL were legendary and continue to inspire comedic minds everywhere. To only remember him for his role of John Blutarsky in Animal House is fairly reductive but understandable. He only appeared in 13 movies and every role was also quite memorable.
One of my favorite films by him was Neighbors where he played Earl Keese, a mild-mannered man whose life gets turned upside down by an insufferable couple who moves in next door. His performance in that film would have an inadvertent influence on storytellers everywhere leading them to discover characters who would normally be invisible in life and most stories. One fairly popular example of his inspiration is Stephen Root’s portrayal of Milton in Office Space one that is melancholic and amusing at once. Another such character can be found in Rick and Morty in the character of Jerry who is deftly explored in Rick and Morty Presents: Jerry#1.
We catch up with Jerry, shortly after he gets back with Beth, as his self confidence takes a nosedive when Beth doesn’t find him attractive anymore. This is when Jerry decides to take matters into his own hands buying everything that every weight loss guru sells, that is until Rick offers him a new invention that will get him there faster. The experiment is a success making Jerry a buffer and nicer version of himself but as all Rick’s experiments do, they go haywire, as his new invention has some dangerous side effects, making him a mutant.
Overall, the comic is a funny and entertaining story that captures the feeling of the show. The story by Ryan Ferrier is fun, rollicking, and irreverent. The art by CJ Cannon, Josh Perez, and Sarah Stern is beautiful. Altogether, an amusing story that feels like an episode of Rick and Morty.
Story: Ryan Ferrier Art: CJ Cannon, Josh Perez, and Sarah Stern
Story: 9.0 Art: 9.0 Overall: 9.0 Recommendation: Buy
Rick and Morty vs. Dungeons & Dragons
(W) Patrick Rothfuss, Jim Zub (A/C/CA) Troy Little
Age Rating: Young Adult Audiences — Genre: Sc-Fi/Humor/Games
Price: $19.99—Page Count: 137
Number one New York Times best-selling fantasy author Patrick Rothfuss, acclaimed comics writer Jim Zub, and Eisner-nominated artist Troy Little bring you the comics crossover of the year! You’ve got to (bellllch!) roll for initiative, Morty! Two pop culture juggernauts are teaming up and neither multiverse is prepared for what comes next! When Morty sees a cute girl at school playingDungeons & Dragons, he asks Rick to show him the ropes, only to discover that his grandfather is a veteran gamer. Next thing he knows, the entire family has been pulled into a campaign that escalates from virtual D&D simulations to alternate universes governed by the rules of the game. And as it turns out, Rick isn’t the only one who knows his way around a d20.
Rick and Morty Presents: Jerry #1
(W) Ryan Ferrier (A) CJ Cannon (C) Joshua Perez
(CA) Cover A: CJ Cannon with Sarah Stern,
Cover B: Sina Grace, Cover C: Chris Uminga
Age Rating: Teen, 15+ — Sci-Fi/Humor
Price: $4.99 — Page Count: 40
Rick and Morty Presents is back by popular demand! This very special issue focuses on everyone’s favorite character, Jerry. Jerry’s wisely blaming all his marital issues on his Dad-bod. When he goes to Rick for a quick fix, things go so poorly, it’s…demonic. Written by Ryan Ferrier (Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Regular Show, D4VE, and more!), with series artists CJ Cannon and Joshua Perez! Cover C by Chris Uminga is only available as an ECCC exclusive.
