Oni Press Throttles Up for BIKER MICE FROM MARS #1 – The Next Epic Chapter of the NACELLEVERSE Starts Here!
MARS! MICE! MOTORCYCLES! Red-Hot Writer Melissa Flores & Eisner Award-Nominated Artist Francis Portela Explore the Origins of the Butt-Kickin’ Animation Icons in July!
BIKER MICE FROM MARS #1-3 INTERLOCKING COVERS BY DUSTIN WEAVER
PORTLAND, OR (March 28th, 2024) – Oni Press, in partnership with global entertainment powerhouses Nacelle and Maximum Effort, is proud to reveal the next epic chapter of the Nacelleverse, beginning this July in BIKER MICE FROM MARS #1 – an all-new, adventure for the free-wheelin’, butt-kickin’ animation icons who ride the Red Planet’s hardest roads. Rocketing out of the pages of NACELLEVERSE #0, the ‘90s cartoon sensation is back in a brand-new comic book series from red-hot writer Melissa Flores (Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers, Spider-Gwen: Smash) and Eisner Award–nominated artist Frances Portela (Green Lantern)!
“We're diving into the Nacelleverse!” said Flores, “The Biker Mice are a trio of Martian mice fighting to protect the home they love from being desecrated by an egoistic corporation. They are pushed to the limit and must decide how much of their lives they are willing to give up to save the world they love. Just three planets away, we're going to show how complicated and nuanced these characters are, even if on the surface, they seem so different!”
Best friends Throttle, Modo, and Vinnie, just three anthropomorphic, motorcycle-riding mice who called Mars home . . . and were always bad to the bone. But when the ruthless Plutarkians stage a mass invasion to strip their planet of its precious resources, their antiauthoritarian streak is going to turn into a full-blown insurgency. Only the Biker Mice from Mars can prevent the mass destruction of Earth’s nearest planetary neighbor . . . and the freedom of our entire solar system may just hang in the balance.
“We hope you’re ready for alien mice, crime bosses that smell like cheese, and copious amounts of hot dogs!” said Nacelle Founder and CEO, Brian Volk-Weiss. “Let’s rock and ride!”
Nacelle is currently developing a new Biker Mice from Mars animated series directed by Brian Volk-Weiss, who also serves as Executive Producer alongside Cisco Henson, Matt Kravitsky, Michael Goodman, Gavin Hignight, and Matt Lawton for Nacelle. Ryan Reynolds, George Dewey, Kevin Hill and Ashley Fox, serve as Executive Producers for Maximum Effort, along with David Gandler and Pamela Duckworth on behalf of Fubo. The summer's most anticipated return revs up the action as the never-before-told chapter of Biker Mice history stands revealed– featuring covers from outstanding artists Dustin Weaver (Avengers, Paklis.) Juan Gedeon (DC: The Jurassic League), Roger Cruz (X-Men: Age of Apocalypse), Ramon Villalobos (Nighthawk, America) and Francis Portela (Green Lantern), the summer’s hardest-hitting, full-throttle debut begin this July in BIKER MICE FROM MARS #1!
BIKER MICE FROM MARS #1 (of 3)
WRITTEN BY MELISSA FLORES
ART BY FRANCIS PORTELA
COVER A BY DUSTIN WEAVER
COVER B BY JUAN GEDEON
COVER C BY ROGER CRUZ
FULL ART VARIANT (1:10) BY DUSTIN WEAVER
VARIANT COVER (1:20) BY RAMON VILLALOBOS
VARIANT COVER (1:50) BY FRANCIS PORTELA
BLANK COVER ALSO AVAILABLE
ON SALE JULY 17th, 2024 | $4.99 | 32 pgs. | FC
IOC: 5/30/2024
FOC: 6/24/2024
About Nacelle:
Nacelle, founded by Brian Volk-Weiss, is an American diversified media company headquartered in Los Angeles, California. Established in 2017, they are the leader in the pop-culture and comedy space through their scripted and unscripted production, podcasting, publishing, records, distribution, development, management toys, and consumer product divisions. The company has produced several notable hits, including Netflix’s Emmy award-winning docuseries, Down To Earth with Zac Efron and the NAACP Image award-nominated Kevin Hart’s Guide To Black History, as well as Netflix’s The Movies That Made Us, The Toys That Made Us, Behind The Attraction on Disney+, Sony’s Mad About You, Icons Unearthed on Vice, All The Way Black for BET+ History’s Grant, Amazon’s A Toy Store Near You, and History’s Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek. Nacelle develops, produces and distributes content across multiple media platforms including Netflix, Amazon, Disney+, HBO, Discovery, BET+, A&E Networks, Peacock, Hulu, Vice, Viacom, History, and many more. In 2022, Nacelle Company expanded with a consumer products division aimed at reviving beloved toy properties such as Robo Force, Sectaurs, The Great Garloo and others. The company is dedicated to showcasing groundbreaking stories and pop-culture history through its signature documentary filmmaking style, unique hybrid distribution system and a consistent desire to never stop exploring.
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, 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.
BIKER MICE FROM MARS #1-3 INTERLOCKING COVERS BY DUSTIN WEAVER
COVER A BY DUSTIN WEAVER
COVER B BY JUAN GEDEON
VARIANT COVER (1:50) BY FRANCIS PORTELA