Wyatt Kennedy and Jo Mi-Gyeong adapt all 8 episodes of Liam Vickers’ animated series in a self-contained, stand-alone storytelling experience.
Independent animation studio Glitch Productions and leading publisher Oni Press have launched a Kickstarter campaign for “Murder Drones: The Official Graphic Novel,” an adaptation of creator Liam Vickers’ haunting and hilarious adult animated series, .Glitch's wildly popular, Webby Awards-winning series has generated more than 330 million views since it first debuted in 2021.
Acclaimed comics writer Wyatt Kennedy (“Nights,” “Marvel United”) and superstar artist Jo Mi-Gyeong (“Eve,” “Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance”) are adapting the show’s eight episodes for Glitch’s first-ever English-language comics collaboration: an all-new 136-page hardcover graphic novel from Oni Press, with a Kickstarter-exclusive hardcover featuring cover art by artist Alessio Zonno (“I Heart Skullcrusher”) and a Kickstarter-exclusive paperback edition featuring cover art by Mi-Gyeong.“’Murder Drones: The Official Graphic Novel’ captures all the comedy and character beats of the animated series,” said Kennedy.“Jo Mi-Gyeong is a truly phenomenal artist and it’s a joy to see the story of ‘Murder Drones’ captured like never before.” In the world of “Murder Drones,” a natural disaster in the far future has flash-frozen humanity’s remote mining exoplanet, Copper 9.
Only now the “worker drones” – built by humanity and eventually outlived by them – have to rebuild society from the frozen ashes...an endeavor complicated by the appearance of “disassembly drones” vampiric robot counterparts – more commonly known as Murder Drones – that are hell-bent on wiping mechanical life from the planet and an unsettling computer virus known as the "Absolute Solver.” As part of the Kickstarter campaign, Glitch and Oni Press will offer an array of exclusive, collectible, deluxe items, including a set of “masterfully macabre” variant covers by superstar cover artists Maddie C.(“Invader Zim”), Jarrett Williams (“Rick and Morty vs.
The Universe”) and others that pay homage to classic horror films, like , and .The campaign also offers: Kickstarter-exclusive foil variant covers for the series’ first issue A deluxe slipcase edition, signed by writer Wyatt Kennedy featuring a double-sided, foil-stamped slipcase A “Fatal Error” Limited Edition, signed slipcase edition featuring exclusive cover art by Austin Baechle (Nacelleverse) A "Disassembly Drone” Limited Edition set that features Kickstarter exclusive merch, including a Camp 98.7 Trucker Hat, a hyper-limited “Murder Drones” #1 Limited Edition Metal Variant (printed on brushed aluminum), an 18x24" giclee print reproducing Uzi's conspiracy theory diagram from Episode 3, and exclusive cover art by Andy Duggan (“Star Wars: Hyperspace Stories”) An “Absolute Solver” Limited Edition set that features Kickstarter exclusive merch, including a “Cabin Fever” Scented Candle (scented with pine and oil, in true Worker Drone fashion), a silkscreened “Murder Drones” work jacket, a complete set of every “Murder Drones” comic book cover, an 8x10" black-and-white original character sketch by Brenda Hickey (My Little Pony) and exclusive cover art by Moss Lawton () A “High Temp” Limited Edition set (limited to just 25), that features Kickstarter exclusive merch, including a VHS tape that plays the entirety of "Episode 1", a “Murder Drones” #1 customized variant cover that will feature the backer’s first name*, a 1:1 lithographic print of a “Murder Drones” interior art comic page from the files of artist Mi-Gyeong that will never be reproduced and exclusive cover art by Duggan.is currently streaming in households worldwide on Prime Video, and the property is currently anchoring a new merchandising partnership with counterculture retailer Hot Topic that spans hundreds of storefronts throughout North America.
Following the success of show, Glitch quickly expanded its portfolio of animated properties to also include , , and – all fully self-funded and independently produced by the rapidly growing, Australia-based animation studio with more than 16 million followers on YouTube.Now entering its eighth year, the studio has content prominently featured on multiple streaming platforms around the world, including Netflix and Prime Video. Following on from Oni's record-setting “Cult of the Lamb” and “Rick and Morty” pre-order campaigns on Kickstarter, the first “Murder Drones” graphic novel from Oni Press is now live on Kickstarter.For more updates on Oni Press, visit them on Bluesky, Facebook, and Instagram. For more updates on Glitch, follow them on YouTube, Instagram, X and Tik Tok.
Dan Sarto is Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of Animation World Network.
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