
RICK AND MORTY: FINALS WEEK Nominates CONTESTED CONVENTION #1 – Coming in August from Oni Press and Warner Bros. Discovery Global Consumer Products
PORTLAND, OR (May 13th, 2024) – EVERYTHING WE KNOW ABOUT RICK AND MORTY IS ABOUT TO CHANGE FOREVER! The fourth installment of five, interconnected and oversized bi-monthly specials leading up to the most important, unmissable event in Rick and Morty comics history starts here on August 14th in RICK AND MORTY FINALS WEEK: CONTESTED CONVENTION #1 – from writers James Asmus and Jim Festante (Rick and Morty Super Spring Break Special, Survival Street) and rising star illustrator Suzi Blake (Aggretsuko)! Another day down, another final to (hopefully not) flunk – Morty’s academic reckoning of the wills is about to get wrung through the Omniverse!

EC COMICS WELCOMES COSMIC ANNIHILATION IN CRUEL UNIVERSE #1 –Coming in August from Oni Press!
PORTLAND, OR (May 9th, 2024) – Compelled to OBLIVION, driven to ENTROPY, all life in our cosmos can only end in one place: COMPLETE ANNIHILATION! Spilling forth from the aftermath of EC Comics’ hugely anticipated resurrection this July in the pages of EPITAPHS FROM THE ABYSS #1 from Oni Press, the limitless fury of the most infamous and influential comics imprint of all time rages onward to wrench bizarre tales of time and space into our dimensional plane on August 7th in CRUEL UNIVERSE #1 – featuring 40, all-new pages of destructive wonder with cosmic implications!

Jay Stephen’s Bloodcurdling Bestseller, DWELLINGS, Makes its Deadly Book Debut!
PORTLAND, OR (May 8th, 2024) – Oni Press, the multiple Harvey and Eisner award-winning publisher of groundbreaking comics and graphic novels since 1997, is proud to revel in the gruesome success of DWELLINGS, debuting in one masterfully designed, complete hardcover edition! From Eisner-nominated and Emmy award-winning cartoonist Jay Stephens, DWELLINGS is a diabolical concoction of small-town sickly-sweet murder, psychosis, and possession that critics have called it “an unforgettable reading experience (CBR),” “genuinely disturbing (THE TORONTO STAR),” and “quite possibly the best horror comic of the last 20 years (THE COMICS JOURNAL).” All three issues of the bloodcurdling bestseller are out now in one horrifying hardcover!

Retailer Advisory: Oni Press and EC Comics Invade Comic Shops with Bloody New Posters & Pre-Order Materials for EPITAPHS FROM THE ABYSS #1 and CRUEL UNIVERSE #1
PORTLAND, OR (May, 2nd, 2024) – Attention, comic shoppers: GET THOSE EC PRE-ORDERS READY…OR ELSE! The no-holds-barred return of the most influential and infamous publisher in comics history – the immortal EC Comics – is coming soon to comic shops everywhere…and Oni Press is tenderizing retailers nationwide for the torments yet to come with the first wave of bloody promotional and pre-order materials supporting the comics event 70 years in the making: the jugular-pumping resurrection of EC Comics in the pages of EPITAPHS FROM THE ABYSS #1 (on sale July 24th) and CRUEL UNIVERSE #1 (on sale August 7th)!

Mental Health Awareness Month – Spotlighting Lara Pickle’s Adult Graphic Novel, I Feel Awful, Thanks!
PORTLAND, OR (May 1st, 2024) – Oni Press, in honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, is spotlighting Lara Pickle’s critically acclaimed 2024 adult graphic novel I FEEL AWFUL, THANKS! The Spanish author and illustrator’s debut graphic novel, translated into English for the first time, brings readers into a world of vivid colors, casting spells, and ancient covens. Lara Pickle’s I Feel Awful, Thanks is lushly illustrated and explores the hard-fought journey of self-acceptance in a complex world of swirling emotions and powerful potions!

THERE’S SOMETHING IN THE WATER. . . AN EXTENDED LOOK INSIDE TOXIC SUMMER #1!
PORTLAND OR (April 24th, 2024)– Oni Press, the multiple Eisner and Harvey Award-winning publisher of groundbreaking comics and graphic novels since 1997, is proud to reveal an extended preview of TOXIC SUMMER #1, a jam-packed summer vacation with teeth from the mutated mind of Eisner Award-winning Cartoonist Derek Charm (Jughead, The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl)! Told across three specially formatted, bi-monthly issues, this monster-sized, 48-page debut TOXIC SUMMER #1 will make a splash when it dives into comic shops everywhere May 1st!

RETAILER ADVISORY: THE RETURN OF EC COMICS AT ONI PRESS REANIMATES RETAILERS WITH NO-MINIMUM RETURNABILITY
PORTLAND, OR (April 25, 2024) – In preparation for the no-holds-barred return of the most influential and infamous publisher in comics history – the immortal EC Comics – at Oni Press this summer, Oni is proud to announce a new suite of ongoing returnability incentives for EPITAPHS FROM THE ABYSS and CRUEL UNIVERSE, the first two all-new series to be released under the EC banner in nearly 70 years.

First Look: CULT OF THE LAMB #1 – Devolver Digital’s Worldwide Video Game Phenomenon Sows Salvation in Blockbuster Comic Book Debut
PORTLAND OR (April 24th, 2024)– Oni Press – the multiple Eisner Award and Harvey Award-winning publisher of groundbreaking comic books and graphic novels since 1997 – and indie video game publisher Devolver Digital are proud to present the first-ever look inside CULT OF THE LAMB #1 – the diabolical comic book series inspired by the BAFTA–nominated video game phenomenon that has inspired a cult-like following all its own from millions of fans around the globe. Prepare to join the flock on June 5th when acclaimed writer Alex Paknadel (All Against All, Red Goblin) and Eisner Award–nominated artist Troy Little (Rick and Morty vs. Dungeons & Dragons, Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas) adapt and expand the gaming smash hit’s deviously delightful, heretic-smashing story into an all-new, self-contained series perfect for longtime acolytes and new adepts alike!

ENTER THE NACELLEVERSE: An Exclusive First Look into ROBOFORCE #1!
PORTLAND, OR (April 23, 2024)– Oni Press, in partnership with global entertainment powerhouses Nacelle and Seven Bucks Productions, is revealing the first look inside ROBOFORCE #1– a landmark comic book premiere debuting the cutting-edge robot strike force’s solo series! Combusting right out of the first-ever zero-issue comic NACELLEVERSE #0, ROBOFORCE #1 kicks off a full-throttle universe from superstar creators Melissa Flores (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers) and Diogenes Neves (Realm of X, Suicide Squad) initiating the NacelleVerse’s action figure icons first adventure on May 1st, 2024!

Love (and Balls) Abound in RICK AND MORTY: KINGDOM BALLS #1
PORTLAND, OR (April 22nd, 2024) – Oni Press, the multiple Eisner and Harvey award-winning publisher of groundbreaking comic books and graphic novels since 1997, in collaboration with Warner Bros. Discovery Global Consumer Products, presents the beginning of an all-new dimension-hopping joyride in RICK AND MORTY: KINGDOM BALLS #1 – which finally dares to face the unthinkable: Rick Sanchez. . . in love?! From co-writers Josh Trujillo (Blue Beetle) and Ryan Little (Disney+’s What If?) and artist Jarrett Williams (Super Pro K.O.), all’s fair in love and Rick when astral antics crash into comic shops everywhere on April 24th!

EC COMICS IS BACK WITH AN AX TO GRIND IN EPITAPHS FROM THE ABYSS #1 – Coming in July from Oni Press!
PORTLAND, OR (April 18th, 2024) – From the publisher that drove Tales from the Crypt, Vault of Horror, Haunt of Fear, and many more into the depraved hearts of an unsuspecting world, the immortal EC COMICS returns on July 24th with its first BOLD AND BLOODY NEW series in nearly 70 years! In partnership with William M. Gaines Agent, Inc., Oni Press is proud to reveal the complete line-up of “all-killer” writers, artists, and cover artists behind EPITAPHS FROM THE ABYSS #1 – a 40-page testament to terror ushering in the full-scale resurrection of comics’ most infamous and influential publishing house…

Oni Press Throttles Up for BIKER MICE FROM MARS #1 – The Next Epic Chapter of the NACELLEVERSE Starts Here!
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)!

ONI PRESS’ SOLD-OUT SUCCESS AKOGUN: BRUTALIZER OF GODS #1 RETURNS FOR 2ND PRINTING
PORTLAND, OR (April 12th, 2024) – Oni Press, the multiple Eisner and Harvey Award-winning publisher of groundbreaking comics and graphic novels since 1997, is proud to announce the return of Murewa Ayodele and Dotun Akande’s (I Am Iron Man, Moon Knight: Black, and White & Blood) dynamic dark fantasy debut in the AKOGUN: BRUTALIZER OF GODS #1 SECOND PRINTING VARIANT! Due to the overwhelming success of issue one, the powerfully told and stunningly rendered 40-page first chapter will return to shelves on May 15th with an all-new, never-before-seen cover from South African illustrator Venus Bambisa!

LISTENING LIBRARY TO PUBLISH A FULL CAST AUDIOBOOK OF THE GROUNDBREAKING MEMOIR GENDER QUEER BY MAIA KOBABE
April 9th, 2024 – This spring, Listening Library will release a full-cast audiobook production of GENDER QUEER: A MEMOIR (Listening Library, May 7, 2024)– based on Maia Kobabe’s Alex Award-winning graphic memoir published by Oni Press. Kobabe, who uses e/em/eir pronouns, started this comic to explain to eir family what it means to be nonbinary and asexual. Maia’s acclaimed graphic novel is both an intensely cathartic autobiography that charts eir journey of self-discovery, and a useful and touching guide on gender identity—what it means and how to think about it—for advocates, friends, and humans everywhere

MASTER CARTOONIST JAY STEPHENS HONORS EC COMICS’ GREATEST ICONS WITH ONGOING HOMAGE VARIANTS AT ONI PRESS
PORTLAND, OR (April 10th, 2024) – IF IT BLEEDS, IT LEADS! Following on from an announcement that rocked the comic book industry just a few short weeks ago – the return of the legendary EC Comics with an all-new line of, never-before-seen titles for summer 2024 – Oni Press, in partnership with William M. Gaines Agent, Inc., is proud to present your next look ahead at what awaits for the year’s most unexpected resurrection with a new, continuing line of incentive variant covers from Eisner Award-nominated and Emmy Award-winning artist Jay Stephens (Dwellings).

Oni Press Announces New Hires and PromotionsIn Editorial, Marketing & Sales
PORTLAND, OR (April 4th, 2024)– Oni Press – the multiple Eisner and Harvey Award-winning publisher of groundbreaking comic books and graphic novels since 1997 – is proud to announce a series of new hires and internal promotions for key roles across their editorial, marketing, and sales departments.

A RADIOACTIVE REVEAL – FRANCISCO FRANCAVILLA’S CORROSIVE COVER FOR TOXIC SUMMER #1– ON SALE MAY 1st!
PORTLAND, OR (April 3rd, 2024)– Oni Press, the multiple Eisner and Harvey Award-winning publisher of groundbreaking comics and graphic novels since 1997, is proud to reveal another look ahead at TOXIC SUMMER #1, alongside two never-before-seen variant covers for TOXIC SUMMER #1’s 48-page debut from iconic artist and Eisner Award-winner Francisco Francavilla (White Boat, Afterlife with Archie)! Eisner Award-nominated creator Derek Charm’s sandy summer horror is the perfect way to get your feet wet before beach season– both Francisco Francavilla’s contaminated cover and TOXIC SUMMER’s double-sized first issue make their debut May 1st!

NACELLEVERSE BEGINS WITH A BANG – The Knockout Issue Zero Comic Returns for Second Printing!
PORTLAND, OR (March 20th, 2024) – Oni Press, in partnership with global entertainment powerhouse The Nacelle Company, is announcing that NACELLEVERSE #0 will return for a second printing! The groundbreaking double-sized 48-page comic sets a new epic world into motion, priming the stage for iconic characters such as ROBOFORCE, BIKER MICE FROM MARS, SECTAURS, POWER LORDS, and THE GREAT GARLOO to conquer brand-new series of their own across 2024! Blockbuster writer Melissa Flores continues to make comic book history when NACELLEVERSE #0 returns in shops everywhere on April 17th!

It’s Always Midnight for Chris Condon & Alexandre Tefenkgi in NIGHT PEOPLE #2 – On Sale April 10th!
PORTLAND, OR (March 15th, 2024) – Oni Press, the multiple Eisner and Harvey Award-winning publisher of groundbreaking comics and graphic novels since 1997, is proud to present a first look at NIGHT PEOPLE #2 (of 4) the next relentlessly intense chapter of the acclaimed series from the minds of literary icon Barry Gifford (Wild at Heart), red-hot writer Chris Condon (That Texas Blood) and Eisner Award-winning artist Alexandre Tefenkgi (The Good Asian)!

Oni Press’ Hard-Hitting Action Classic DOWN, SET, FIGHT! Returns in a Deluxe 10th Anniversary Edition
PORTLAND, OR (March 14th, 2024)– Oni Press– the multiple Eisner and Harvey award-winning publisher of groundbreaking comic books and graphic novels since 1997 – is announcing the return of fan-favorite and YALSA-nominated graphic novel throwdown, Down, Set, Fight!, in a brand-new 10th Anniversary edition. The gut-busting, gut-punching tale of football mascots with a score to settle by co-writers Chad Bowers and Chris Sims (Deadpool: Bad Blood, X-Men ‘92) and artist Scott Kowalchuk (Lucha Liberty, Batman ‘66) is back, featuring a new deluxe hardcover edition with all-new cover art pummeling its way into stores June 25!