First Look: Ol' Dirty Bastard’s New York Remixed and Reimagined in ODB: ODDITIES, DISCORD, & B-SIDES – LYRICAL RUCKUS IN THE CITY Graphic Novel!
An All-New Collaboration from Oni Press and Four Screens Transforms ODB's Five Boroughs with Maan House, Mike Del Mundo, Damion Scott, Ronald Wimberly, and Many More
PORTLAND OR (October 21, 2024)– Oni Press, the multiple Eisner and Harvey Award-winning publisher of groundbreaking comics and graphic novels since 1997, is proud to present the first look inside ODB: ODDITIES, DISCORD, & B-SIDES – LYRICAL RUCKUS IN THE CITY – a volatile, genre-defying homage to hip-hop icon Ol' Dirty Bastard that reimagines New York City's Five Boroughs through the eyes of the maverick MC and Wu-Tang Clan co-founder– Coming November 5th.
“I am so happy to bring my husband ODB to life in this fantastical graphic novel," said Icelene Jones, ODB’s wife and administrator of the Estate of ODB. "ODB: Oddities, Discord and B-Sides – Lyrical Ruckus in the City adds to the ODB legacy and of hip hop as an art form. He was and is an inspiration to my family, children, and fans across the world. It's been a dream come true to see this book come to life with our incredibly talented partners at Four Screens and Oni Press.”
In a fractured New York City, an elemental impact event has caused different versions of the city’s most infamous neighborhoods from across the multiverse to converge together into a single reality. Spectral apparitions now haunt the streets of Queens. In the Lower East Side, a rogue artificial intelligence has seized the streets. A hundred blocks north, time travelers are throwing a block party in Harlem. And that’s only the beginning… Our guide through this splintered mutation of New York’s past, present, and future is none other than Ol' Dirty Bastard himself. Follow him as he leads us through odd, urgent, and powerful tales that cast freedom and oppression, wealth and poverty, love and loss, and even life or death like so many dice in a cosmic game of chance.
Created in partnership with Four Screens and officially authorized by the Ol’ Dirty Bastard estate, this taunt and turbulent graphic novel collection debuting in November 2024 features new stories, covers, and contributions from an epic cast every bit as sprawling as the city within: Troy-Jeffrey Allen (Chuck D’s Apocalypse 91: Revolution Never Sleeps), Paris Alleyne (Miles Morales: Spider-Man), David Brame (MediSIN), Dojo Gubser (Rot8ion), Jay Hero (Green Lantern), Maan House (Bloodborne), Mike Del Mundo (Avengers), Jason Pierre (CW’s In the Dark), Ike Reed & David Gorden (Rampage Jackson’s Big Brawl), Chris Robinson (Vince Staples’ Limbo Beach), Regine Sawyer (Dark Nights: Death Metal - The Last 52), Damion Scott (Batgirl), Felipe Sobreiro (“Weird Al” Yankovic’s The Illustrated Al), Ronald Wimberly (Prince of Cats), and more.
Experience the chaotic harmony of ODB's art and legacy in an all-new, 112-page graphic anthology that explores the legendary artist's many identities through the prisms of hand-to-hand kung-fu combat, dystopian science fiction, darkness-haunted horror, and lovelorn romance on November 5th!
About the Estate of ODB
The Estate of Ol’ Dirty Bastard, managed by Four Screens is dedicated to promoting the legacy of a Platinum Recording Artist and hip hop icon. Ol’ Dirty Bastard was a founder of the Wu-Tang Clan, a rap group that first rose to mainstream prominence with their 1993 debut album Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers). After establishing the Wu-Tang Clan, Ol’ Dirty Bastard went on to pursue a successful solo career, working with musicians such as Mariah Carey, Kelis, and Busta Rhymes. His solo albums include Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version. Hit songs include Got Yo Money, Shimmy Shimmy Ya and Fantasy. Most recently ODB has been featured in SZA’s chart topping album SOS and Latto’s hit song Big Energy.
About Four Screens
Four Screens is a production and management company that is on a mission to bring lasting inclusion to Hollywood. For over two decades, Four Screens has prioritized creative vision and diverse perspectives in all the projects they spearhead. They are dynamic trailblazers in the media industry, from successful licensing partnerships with renowned legacy brands, including Smokin’ Joe Frazier, to captivating films like the Ol ' Dirty Bastard documentary. Four Screens is committed to delivering exceptional content.
About Oni Press
Founded in 1997, Oni Press has a 25-year history as one of the industry’s most respected and acclaimed publishers of award-winning comic books and graphic novels with titles including Bryan Lee O'Malley's Scott Pilgrim, K. O’Neill’s Tea Dragon Society, Cullen Bunn & Brian Hurtt's The Sixth Gun, Maia Kobabe's Gender Queer, Ezra Clayton Daniels' Upgrade Soul, Brenna Thummler’s Sheets trilogy, and many hundreds more. In 2019, Oni Press merged with Lion Forge Comics – the Eisner Award-winning independent comic book publisher founded by Academy Award-winning producer and entrepreneur David Steward II – to create one of the largest, independent libraries of comics content anywhere in media. The Oni-Lion Forge Publishing Group now exists as a publishing subsidiary of Steward’s diversified global media company, Polarity.
The Oni-Lion Forge Publishing Group publishes more than 60 original and licensed graphic novels annually, in addition to an extensive list of periodical comics.