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Rick and Morty’s Maniacal Manga Comic Book Manifestation Returns in Rick and Morty: The Manga Vol. 2: After-School Science Club

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WILL MORTY’S MANGA-INSPIRED MACHINATIONS LEAD TO ROMANCE OR MAKE TROUBLE FOR THE MULTIVERSE? In their first manga comic book appearance, Rick and Morty went toe to toe with a giant naked Jerry. Now, they’re ready for an even greater challenge: high school romance and after-school activities! Oni Press in partnership with Warner Bros. Discovery Global Consumer Products, is proud to share a madness-inducing first look at Rick and Morty: The Manga Vol. 2: After-School Science Club! From two of the hottest creators in the American manga scene, writer Josh Tierney and artist JeyOdin comes a story of teen love, school pride, and extracurricular international warfare!

When Morty falls in love at first sight with the new exchange student from Japan—Chigusa—and she shows him her favorite manga about after-school clubs, he knows just the advisor for his hastily constructed new Science Club: Rick Sanchez. With his ragtag group of teen losers (plus Chigusa) and a cursory knowledge of Japanese school clubs he picked up from skimming Morty’s manga, Rick leads the club in a competition against the preexisting, sanctioned, totally normal Science Club, creating a portal to Akihabara, nexus of anime and manga culture, and famous home of Tokyo’s maid cafés. Brimming with inspiration from their trip (and chased out of the country by the maids who have turned on Rick) the Science Club prepares for their school festival with a maid café of their own making—a science maid café selling questionable concoctions.

Rick and Morty: The Manga Vol. 2: After-School Science Club is due out on February 24.

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VIZ Launches a New One-Shots Program

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VIZ has launched an “Originals One-Shots” program that offers aspiring mangaka the opportunity to show off their talents.

Overseeing the project is renowned former Weekly Shonen Jump editor-in-chief Hisashi SASAKI.

VIZ and SASAKI have released a video detailing more of the program.

The one-shots are available to read on VIZ Manga and their popularity will determine if they get turned into a full series.

Launching are:

  • Cinematic Certitude by Naf
  • Ancient Melody by Jonathan Lareva
  • Skin & Bone by Josh Tierney and Valentin Serber
  • The Stranger by Liam Naughton

New one-shots will be released monthly.

Hunters, a New Comic Anthology from Lion Forge

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Lion Forge Comics builds on its promise of “Comics for Everyone” with the announcement of Hunters, an all-new fantasy epic told through a diverse cast of today’s top creative talent!

Famed warrior Azarias has gathered a small army of varied adventurers on a quest to gather the dust of a distant island god in order to save the life of their king. Along the way, they encounter numerous beasts and monsters, all in the process of gathering artifacts necessary to locate the island god before ultimately defeating it. Throughout the course of the adventure, the band disperses into small groups with individual objectives in order to cover more ground in shorter order. These individual side-story adventures reveal more about each of the many unique and intriguing characters and their different interactions in different combinations.

This very intricate and original fantasy universe is filled with a large cast of intriguing, complex, and diverse warriors deserving stories of their own, building to the ultimate encounter. While the primary storyline is told by series co-director Josh Tierney and illustrated by Miguel Valderrama, the individual short tales are told by a variety of their celebrated comic-industry peers in different visual styles.

Co-created by Paul Maybury and Josh Tierney, this epic anthology taps Miguel Valderrama, Carlos Valderrama, Afu Chan, Devin Kraft, Niami, Meg Gandy, Jared Morgan, Irene Koh, Kyla Vanderklugt, Benjamin Marra, Alexis Ziritt, Travel Foreman, Carlos Carrasco, Vlad Gusev, and Ramon Sierra for an epic high fantasy tale.

Hunters is published in partnership with Buño Books and is slated for release in June.

Preview: Spera: Ascension of the Starless Vol. 2 HC

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Spera: Ascension of the Starless Vol. 2 HC

Publisher: Archaia, an imprint of BOOM! Studios
Writer: Josh Tierney
Artists: Jakub Rebelka, Marina Julia, Nuno Plati, Winston Young, Pablo Clark
Cover Artist: Afu Chan
Price: $24.99

Vincent is a shipwrecked privateer who has lost his crew to winged monsters. Aya is an orphan seeking revenge on the Starless army who killed her family. Through a series of unlikely coincidences, the warrior cat Chobo unites the two and leads them to Princesses Pira and Lono, who are making their final preparations to leave Spera and do battle with the evil Starless Queen. As the fire spirit Yonder infiltrates the Starless-occupied Plain Castle, the newly formed group is taken by surprise by another swarm of winged monsters. Can Yonder survive his mission, and can the Princesses trust their new friends?

Preview: HaloGen #4 (of 4)

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HaloGen #4 (of 4)

Imprint: Archaia

Author: Josh Tierney
Artist: Afu Chan

Final issue! When Det is kidnapped by Robotics, Rell will have to face the consequences of her attachment to the little girl.

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We Talk HaloGen with Josh Tierney

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Josh Tierney is relatively new to the medium of comics but has already made his mark.  His first major work was on Spera, an all-ages book which incorporated the work of numerous artists.  For his second series he headed to space for a different setting to explore.  We got a chance to talk with him about his series HaloGen.

halogen001Graphic Policy: Where did the idea for the series come from?

Josh Tierney:  It began with a sketch of a girl with a tilted halo by Giannis Milonogiannis, which Giannis posted online and which formed the overall world of HaloGen the moment I saw it. From there we added in other characters that Afu Chan, Giannis and I had created independent of each other, forming a delicious sci-fi stew.

GP:  Can you tell us a bit more about the religious aspect of this story, as the main character has a halo, and as the story involves the discovery of an ancient space god?

JT:  When writing I can take metaphorical figures and turn them into literal ones. The idea of God being real but dead, with His body somewhere out there awaiting discovery, is fascinating to me. In my early childhood I strongly believed in angels, and now I can channel that into Rell.

I’m superstitious. I make wishes on everything that’s traditionally wished upon, and quietly believe in just about everything to some extent. The religious aspects of HaloGen have been built from this.
GP:  Are there any challenges to incorporate religious elements into outer space?
JT:  As a writer, I can choose what to make real within a story, which makes it easy to incorporate religious elements. Thinking of space as a massive portal to heaven has helped quite a bit.
halogen001aGP:  Can you talk about the design of the main characters?
JT:  Many of the characters are taken from older illustrations and sketches by Afu and Giannis, so it’s difficult for me to comment on them.

Det being a schoolgirl and the Head of Robotics being a head were my main contributions. I like the idea of God interacting with His creations as a young girl. The Head of Robotics literally being a head is something I find amusing, and easily done with a robot.
I also helped with some ideas for Rell’s holosuit.
GP:  A lot of series have bypassed placing the male as the hero in place of a female heroine.  Do you think that this is because of a desired shift in demographics, or has the demographic already taken place?
JT:  I haven’t been to as many comic conventions as I’d like, but it seems to me that around half the goers are women. When I go to a comic store, there are often more women than men looking around. I imagine publishers must be taking notice of this as well.
HaloGen1GP:  Do you feel any additional challenges as a man writing a female character?
JT:  It’s easier for me to identify with a female character in any media, which is partly why most of the protagonists I write are women. I also focus on writing characters as individuals, rather than general “male” or “female” types.
GP:  When writing and deciding on a main character, are there ever secondary characters that become more interesting to you than the primary?
JT:  Somehow this hasn’t happened yet. There are many characters in HaloGen I consider just as interesting as Rell, though.
GP:  Are there any current events or issues which have guided the direction of the story?
JT:  None. I take inspiration from creativity, and the art of Afu and Giannis has guided the story more than anything else.

 

Preview: HaloGen #3 (of 4)

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HaloGen #3 (of 4)

Imprint: Archaia

Author: Josh Tierney
Artist: Afu Chan

In a shocking display, Det takes down Hale so that she, Rell, and Mason can reach the HaloGen ship and escape. As they make their way back to Cityship Q, Rell has to figure out what to do with Det.

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Preview: HaloGen #2 (of 4)

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HaloGen #2 (of 4)

Imprint: Archaia

Author: Josh Tierney
Artist: Afu Chan

While attending a concert, Rell is given information on where to find a piece of the god. It’s a race off planet to find the first piece before the other companies, but all is not what it seems as an unexpected attack comes from a mysterious origin.

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Preview: HaloGen #1 (of 4)

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HaloGen #1 (of 4)

Imprint: Archaia

Author: Josh Tierney
Artist: Afu Chan

There’s a rumor on Cityship Q that the gigantic body of a dead god was found floating in space. Rell, an agent working for the HaloGen organization, is tasked with finding the location of the god and retrieving it by any means necessary. Using her ability to form hyper-realistic holograms, Rell is about to take on the first mission she might not be able to finish.

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Preview: Spera: Ascension of the Starless Vol. 1 HC

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Spera: Ascension of the Starless Vol. 1 HC

Imprint: Archaia

Author: Josh Tierney
Artists: Giannis Milonogiannis, Atelier Sentô, Mindy Lee, Sourya Sihachakr, and Valentin Seiche

The Starless Queen is plotting an invasion of Spera, and has sent the merciless General Zeal to secure its capital. Unfortunately for the Queen, her daughter—the exiled adventurer Princess Pira—and Pira’s best friend Princess Lono have discovered her plot and will go to any lengths to stop her. Along with their friends—the fire spirit, Yonder, and the ruthless cat Chobo—Pira and Lono must set off on a perilous journey to warn the Speran King, up monster-infested mountains, through villages full of crazed warriors, and down dark tunnels walled with madness itself.

Spera is a stunningly illustrated mash-up of all the best things in life: webcomics, young-adult fantasy, retro video games, pulp adventure comics, and fairy tales. Fans of Zelda, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Frozen, author Tamora Pierce, and Lumberjanes will love this series!

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