Late this fall Oni Press will be bringing us Rick and Morty: The Manga, aka the black-and-white adventures of a mad scientist and his family in a world of giant robots. Upon the initial announcement of this title last March, they let us show off a ten-page preview of the book, which you can still see here. Now they’ve let us look at five MORE pages! You can check them out below.
Rick and Morty should be very familiar with the stylings of Japanese cartoons by now; two anime specials have aired on Adult swim so far and a full series is in the works. Those, however, were written and illustrated entirely in Japan. Rick and Morty: The Manga will be more of a parody, produced in America and spoofing contemporary anime properties.
Subtitled “Get in the Robot, Morty!,” this first volume comes to us from writer Alissa M. Sallah (Weaboo) and artist JeyOdin (Hammer, Miles Away). It concerns an unwilling Morty having to suit up in a giant mecha and take on an army of giant, buck naked Jerrys.
“Fans of adult animation who’ve followed from Toonami’s Midnight Run to Adult Swim’s Rick and Morty are going to find characters, humor, heart and of course bloody, outrageous battles they know and love in these pages,” says Senior Editor Bess Pallares. “If anyone could make Gendo Ikari look like a reasonable parent, it’s Rick Sanchez.”
And this is just Volume 1! Rick and Morty: The Manga will be released November 1 in comic shops everywhere.
