It’s finally happening: Rick and Morty is getting a manga. This isn’t a manga adaptation either. It’s a full-on original story specifically for this upcoming manga that also parodies manga and anime tropes. It’s just one more step on the path of this adult animated sitcom getting an anime. So what’s this manga about, you might ask? Well, read on below.

Rick and Morty: The Manga ~ Details

'Rick and Morty: The Manga Volume 1' cover art.
You can feel the parody in this cover art.

Oni Press, in collaboration with Warner Bros. Discovery Global Consumer Products and Adult Swim, is proud to announce their upcoming graphic novel/manga volume: Rick and Morty: The Manga Vol. 1 – Get in the Robot, Morty!. As you might be able to guess from the title, this manga is the first manga spinoff/adaptation of the adult animated sci-fi comedy series Rick and Morty. Or at least, it will be once it actually comes out. Alissa Sallah (Weaboo, Sleepless) is the writer, with JeyOdin (Miles Away, Chicken Fight, Hammer) as the artist and colorist, and Christopher Crank (Crank!) as the letterer.

As for what Rick and Morty: The Manga Vol. 1 – Get in the Robot, Morty! will be about? Well, we do have a quote from Senior Editor Bess Pallares that gives us a semi-official synopsis. You can read it below:

Rick and Morty has always skewered and elevated pop culture tropes through an irreverent lens, and Get in the Robot, Morty! takes on the beloved genre of mech-fighting manga with that characteristic sardonic flair. 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. If anyone could make Gendo Ikari look like a reasonable parent, it’s Rick Sanchez. Creating this book was a pop culture dream come true, and we plan to further sully the good name of manga with future volumes of Rick and Morty: The Manga, exploring more genres and storylines ready for a shakeup.

Senior Editor Bess Pallares

Rick and Morty: The Manga Vol. 1 – Get in the Robot, Morty! will go on sale in paperback on November 1, 2023. Unfortunately, there doesn’t seem to be any way to preorder the manga as of this writing. Tune back into THS later to find out how you can do so if we do.

Bonus: Preview Pages

That’s not all, folks! As a bonus, Oni Press has some preview pages from Rick and Morty: The Manga Vol. 1 – Get in the Robot, Morty! as a teaser. 10 whole pages, to be precise. You can check them all out below:

'Rick and Morty: The Manga Vol. 1 – Get in the Robot, Morty!' preview page 1.
An Attack on Titan reference already?
'Rick and Morty: The Manga Vol. 1 – Get in the Robot, Morty!' preview page 2.
And now a Neon Genesis Evangelion reference?!
'Rick and Morty: The Manga Vol. 1 – Get in the Robot, Morty!' preview page 3.
Boy, they’re really laying on the manga and anime references, aren’t they?
'Rick and Morty: The Manga Vol. 1 – Get in the Robot, Morty!' preview page 4.
Ah, the classic inherently flawed Rick invention at work here.
'Rick and Morty: The Manga Vol. 1 – Get in the Robot, Morty!' preview page 5.
When the President is telling you to stop, maybe you should listen.
'Rick and Morty: The Manga Vol. 1 – Get in the Robot, Morty!' preview page 6.
At least Morty and Shinji share quite a few things in common.
'Rick and Morty: The Manga Vol. 1 – Get in the Robot, Morty!' preview page 7.
Such an oddly cheerful Titan here.
'Rick and Morty: The Manga Vol. 1 – Get in the Robot, Morty!' preview page 8.
If anyone here is a NGE fan, then they can see what’s going to happen.
'Rick and Morty: The Manga Vol. 1 – Get in the Robot, Morty!' preview page 9.
If you’re wondering why the giant robot is bleeding, then you haven’t watched NGE.
'Rick and Morty: The Manga Vol. 1 – Get in the Robot, Morty!' preview page 10.
Hell hath no fury like a giant robot scorned…or something like that.