Adventure Time #1

(W) Pendelton Ward, Derek Ballard, Nick Winn (A) Derek Ballard (CA) Nick Winn
In Shops: Apr 09, 2025
SRP: $4.99

“C’mon, grab your friends-ADVENTURE TIME is BACK with AN ALL-NEW ONGOING SERIES from a star-studded cast of cutting-edge creative talents! “BEST OF BUDS” starts here with a brand-new adventure nearly a decade in the making!

When Finn and Jake save the newly installed Computer Princess from the clutches of the evil Ice King-he just wants a bride, OK, is that too much to ask?!-the two escort her back to the Computer Kingdom, where she gives our totally mathematical adventurers a new quest: find the powerful guide for heroes-the Enchiridion-and bring it back to her, so she can scan it for her digital archive! But where are they going to find it? And how?! An epic journey awaits Finn and Jake, but can they remain best of buds throughout their quest? Or is their friendship about to be put to the test?!

Fantasy and friendship unite as the beloved animation icons of Adventure Time return to comics to pick up where their Eisner Award-winning adventures left off! It all begins in “Best of Buds Part 1″ by cartoonist and animator Nick Winn (Bloody Mary)-plus the first chapter of new monthly backup feature by classic Adventure Time writer/storyboard artist and 2024 LA Times Book Prize Finalist Derek Ballard (Cartoonshow)!”

Adventure Time #1

(W) Pendelton Ward, Derek Ballard, Nick Winn (A) Derek Ballard (CA) Nick Winn
In Shops: Apr 09, 2025
SRP: $4.99

“C’mon, grab your friends-ADVENTURE TIME is BACK with AN ALL-NEW ONGOING SERIES from a star-studded cast of cutting-edge creative talents! “BEST OF BUDS” starts here with a brand-new adventure nearly a decade in the making!

When Finn and Jake save the newly installed Computer Princess from the clutches of the evil Ice King-he just wants a bride, OK, is that too much to ask?!-the two escort her back to the Computer Kingdom, where she gives our totally mathematical adventurers a new quest: find the powerful guide for heroes-the Enchiridion-and bring it back to her, so she can scan it for her digital archive! But where are they going to find it? And how?! An epic journey awaits Finn and Jake, but can they remain best of buds throughout their quest? Or is their friendship about to be put to the test?!

Fantasy and friendship unite as the beloved animation icons of Adventure Time return to comics to pick up where their Eisner Award-winning adventures left off! It all begins in “Best of Buds Part 1″ by cartoonist and animator Nick Winn (Bloody Mary)-plus the first chapter of new monthly backup feature by classic Adventure Time writer/storyboard artist and 2024 LA Times Book Prize Finalist Derek Ballard (Cartoonshow)!”

Oni Press and Warner Bros. Discovery Global Consumer Products have shared a first look at the highly anticipated, totally rhombus pages for Adventure Time #1 – the FIRST ISSUE of the ALL-NEW ONGOING SERIES arriving in comic shops April 9th! Featuring art from acclaimed cartoonist and animator Nick Winn – plus a brand-new back-up story from LA Times Book Award finalist and Adventure Time animator Derek Ballard – your favorite elastic dog and human boy are back in “Best of Buds” – the first story arc of the first new Adventure Time monthly comic series!

Featuring a rotating cast of cutting-edge creative talents including acclaimed cartoonist and animator Nick Winn, 2024 Eisner Award winner Caroline Cash, Asia Simone, Jorge Monlongo, Brenda Hickey, and former Adventure Time writer/storyboard artist and 2024 LA Times Book Prize Finalist Derek Ballard… and even more yet to come – Oni Press is proud to kick off a fantastic new era of epic comic book adventure for Finn, Jake, Marceline, Princess Bubblegum, and the cast of literally thousands that call Ooo home!

These pages and more will come wrapped in a truly insane lineup of covers! Featuring artists  Nick Winn, David Nakayama (also available in a gold foil variant and as a inventive black-and-white variant); Trung Le Nguyen (also available as a silver foil variant), Eisner Award winner Tillie Walden, Eisner Award winner Caroline Cash, and Eisner Award winner Erica Henderson! Plus two totally trigonometric sketch covers!

Be sure to order your copy of Adventure Time #1 before Final Order Cut-Off (FOC) on March 17th, so you don’t miss this brand-new adventure with your dear old friends!