Hi, all.
For ten years (!!) , Oni Press has released Rick and Morty comics from powerhouse artists and creators, including some of my favorite writers/buddies like Kyle Starks, Alex Firer, and Tini Howard and now me (Daniel). But all good and/or deranged things must come to an end. It is an honor and a huge amount of responsibility to be the writer who gets to blow it all up. We’re killing characters. We destroyed their house and possibly their universe. We’re adding and obliterating canon and lore left and right.* And now, arriving in December of 2025, its—
RICK AND MORTY: THE END!
Check out the cover gallery above, including the collectible blacklight variant by Dave Bardin, in case anyone wants to be the first person ever to experience Rick and Morty while they’re high.
Official details via Oni Publishing:
"Oni Press, the multiple Eisner and Harvey Award-winning publisher of groundbreaking comics and graphic novels since 1997, in partnership with Warner Bros. Discovery Global Consumer Products, is proud to announce RICK AND MORTY: THE END #1 (of 6) — a new six-issue comic series launching Rick Sanchez and his grandson Morty out of the cataclysmic aftermath of this summer's colossal RICK AND MORTY VS. THE UNIVERSE comics event … and into a head-to-head confrontation with the greatest challenge they've ever faced: the end of all things – and each other!
"THIS TITLE IS NOT SOME KIND OF ARTFUL METAPHOR, FOLKS! After 10 years and 100+ issues, the beginning of THE END starts here as acclaimed writer Daniel Kibblesmith (Loki) and artistic annihilator Jarrett Williams (Speed Force) prepare to unleash a fantastically fatal finale for RICK AND MORTY!
"Rick Sanchez, the most wanted man in this and every other universe, is on the run. With a bounty on his head, every government, military, pirate, mobster, bounty hunter, bail bondsman, religious institution, theater troupe, circus clown, and endangered species is on the hunt to bring in Rick – DEAD OR ALIVE. The only one who can bring Rick in warm is the one person who knows him best: Morty Smith. But Morty's not the only Smith hot on Rick's trail . . . "Space Beth" Smith is determined to bring Rick in, and she doesn't particularly care how. Now it's just a question of who can get to him first…!
"Re-uniting maestros Daniel Kibblesmith and Jarrett Williams amidst the fallout of this summer's colossally destructive RICK AND MORTY VS. THE UNIVERSE (on sale now!), THE END begins the next must-read chapter in Kibblesmith and Williams' groundbreaking re-evolution of RICK AND MORTY … and sets the stage for a cataclysmic finale the likes of which this dimension … or the next one … or the one after that … has never experienced.
"Featuring covers by Dave Bardin (Wolverine), Troy Little (Cult of the Lamb), Tom Fowler (Books of Magic), and many more top-secret talents ready to R.I.P., get a front row seat to a fatefully final Rick and Morty adventure this December – only in a comic shop near you!"
RICK AND MORTY: THE END #1 (of 6)
WRITTEN BY DANIEL KIBBLESMITH
ART BY JARRETT WILLIAMS
COVER A BY DAVE BARDIN
COVER B BY TROY LITTLE
COVER C BLIND BAG-LESS VARIANT (TOP SECRET!!!)
WANTED POSTER VARIANT (1:10) BY PHIL MURPHY
VARIANT COVER (1:20) BY TOM FOWLER
BLACKLIGHT VARIANT (1:50) BY DAVE BARDIN
BLUE SKETCH VARIANT AVAILABLE
ON SALE DECEMBER 3, 2025 | $4.99 | 32 PGS. | FC
IOC: 10/25/2025
FOC: 11/10/2025
Pre-order now from your local comic shop.
Also COMING SOON
DARKWING DUCK #6
Cover by Brandt & Stein
St. Canard’s Daring Duck of Mystery is BACK in a new, old adventure that flashes back to Darkwing’s secret (and possibly totally made up) origins. In our second-ever installment of The Secret History of Darkwing Duck, we learn how Darkwing became the world’s greatest master of disguise?
Or did he, because — funny story on this one. I came up with this premise based on a misremembering of the lyrics of the theme song:
Cloud of smoke and he appears
The master of surprise
Who's that cunning mind behind
The shadowy disguise?
At no point do the lyrics actually say “Master of Disguise,” and in fact, are only referring to his day-to-day costume as a “disguise” with a cunning mind behind it. A fact, gently pointed out to me by none other than Darkwing Duck creator Tad Stones, who has been enormously helpful on this project (as you can imagine) as well as drawing covers for every issue (collect them all).
But once you accidentally hear “Master of Disguise” and it sticks, it’s a great excuse to write a face-swapping showdown pitting Darkwing against none other than rarely-seen fan favorite villain Camille Chameleon — in a Prestigious turn-of-the-century setting that evokes bloodthirsty rivalry between stage magicians. Might be a good idea for a movie someday.
Via Dynamite
THE DUCK OF A THOUSAND FACES!
As St. Canard's most streetwise freelance defender, Darkwing Duck is famed for his ability to infiltrate even the most secretive of criminal conspiracies - and not always by accident! His unequalled reputation as a master of disguise now precedes him - but it wasn't always that way.
Variant cover by Ciro Cangialosi
Find out how the Fearsome Fowl first learned the clandestine arts of concealment in this all-new Untold Tale of Darkwing Duck - and witness the novice crimefighter's first face-off with Camille Chameleon!
Committed cosplayers DANIEL KIBBLESMITH, TED BRANDT, and RO STEIN put their finest fake beards forward in Darkwing Duck #6 - all cloaked in camouflaging covers by BRANDT & STEIN, ALESSANDRO RANALDI, NICOLETTA BALDARI, CIRO CANGIALOSI, and original animated show creator TAD STONES!
Pre-order now from your local comic shop or directly from the publisher.
ALSO COMING SOON: ME
More details here. I’ve had the honor of participating in this event every year so far and it’s always a true blast. If you can’t handle the giganticness of San Diego Comic-Con, but want the same experience in a single action-packed, yet extremely manageable day, this is the event for you. Meet creators, buy things, get things signed, PLAY PINBALL, and introduce your young kids or boy/girlfriends into the world of con attendance without having to hurl them into the deep end. Jordan Blum and Patton Oswalt and the Revenge Of crew have put together something really special and I hope it lasts forever and I’m always a part of it. Start making your plans, now!
And NOT coming soon, because it is in The Past:
Long Beach Comic Con Roundup!
As always, I don’t know how to add comments to gallery photos, but see pictured: Comics writer, journalist and co-director of the con Lan Pitts and comics writer David Pepose and I all talking Spider-Man and then posing together like Spider-Man.
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“*Comic book canon.”