Rick and Morty: Annihilation Tour

Rick and Morty (2015) (Single Issues) #4, 23, 26

by Zac Gorman, Lilah Sturges, Kyle Starks

An all-new collection featuring four of Rick and Morty's greatest hits! Thrill to the rise and fall of the Flesh Curtains; witness a revolution against Rick; experience the pure sci-fi horror of "Morty Shines"; and in the finale, and an alien invasion that threatens all of reality!

Collecting the fan-favorite stories from Rick and Morty #s 4, 23, 26, and Rick and Morty The Flesh Curtains !

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Fiction

104 pages, Paperback

Published March 8, 2022

About the author

Zac Gorman is an author and cartoonist from Michigan. He received an Emmy for his work on Over the Garden Wall (Outstanding Animated Series, 2015) and was nominated for an Annie Award for his character design work on Welcome to the Wayne.

For some reason, his webcomic Magical Game Time was archived by the Library of Congress.

Reviews

[Rod Brown · Rating 2 out of 5]

One of the weakest Rick and Morty collections I've read.

The lead-off story is about a youthful Rick Sanchez forming a band with Birdperson and Squanchy and falling into the cliched dilemma of maintaining artistic purity or selling out. Ho-hum.

The rest of the volume, I was disappointed to find out, consists of some random issues from the regular comic series that I recently read in other collections. Oddly, one of the stories, "A Tale of Two Jerries: Pacific Rick," is the concluding chapter of a three-part story arc. With so many stand-alone stories to choose from, why slap this in?


FOR REFERENCE:

Contents: Inside the Flesh Curtains [from Rick and Morty Presents: The Flesh Curtains #1] / Lilah Sturges, writer; CJ Cannon, illustrator -- You Say You Want a Rick-volution! [from Rick and Morty #4] / Zac Gorman, writer; CJ Cannon, illustrator -- A Tale of Two Jerries: Pacific Rick [from Rick and Morty #23] / Kyle Starks, writer; CJ Cannon, illustrator -- Close Rick-counters of the Drippy Kind [from Rick and Morty #26] / Kyle Starks, writer; CJ Cannon, illustrator -- Cover Gallery / Marie Enger, Sara Richard, Marc Lapierre, Drew Rausch, Sam King, Derek Fridolfs and Pamela Lovas, illustrators

[Mark · Rating 3 out of 5]

The theme of this Rick and Morty collection is supposed to be apocalyptic? Interplanetary? The cover is cool, but if I see a Mr. Meeseeks chained to the front of Rick's Space Cruiser, I expect to see a traumatized Mr. Meeseeks being used as a hood ornament in one of the stories. The Flesh Curtains one shot, written by Lilah Sturges and illustrated by CJ Cannon, is the best of the bunch. Younger versions of Rick Sanchez, Bird Person, and Squanchy are in a rock band on the verge of becoming a galaxy wide success. Cannon illustrated all four stories, and while I loved his work on The Flesh Curtains (the illustrations could have been animation cels on the show) I preferred what Cannon did in the other three stories: his line work has a nice underground vibe that wouldn't have been out of place in the National Lampoon back in the seventies.

[Courtney · Rating 4 out of 5]

I had somewhat recently read the collected volumes so only the first story of a Rick being in a band was new to me. I really enjoyed the first story, while the other ones were also good, I had just already experienced them.

[Sarospice · Rating 3 out of 5]

They do a good job of keeping most of the tone and laughs without getting too adult. No 13 year old boys masturbating like the cartoon but jokes like Flesh Curtains..... RIP Drippy Boy.

[Shara Jayde · Rating 2 out of 5]

just a simple graphic novel/comic it was good so any comic i will give 2 stars

[Thomas · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you need a fix of the twisted and nihilistic, you cab never go wrong with Rick and Morty. Sick stuff, check it out.

[Ron Badgerow III · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pretty funny. A conglomeration of classic Rick and Morty with plenty of Beth and Jerry's hilarious tension.

[Lucifer · Rating 3 out of 5]

good stories but we’re already in the Presents book series

I thought as this was a separate series it would be new stories but I’d already read these issues in the Presents books

[Robert · Rating 1 out of 5]

Rip-off compilation of issues collected elsewhere.

[Courtney Bagby · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this collection. Although they were not tied together by theme, they satisfy that constant need I have for Rick and Morty content. Loved the Doophus Jerry and Drippy Boy. Good collection!

[Rocky Sunico · Rating 3 out of 5]

This really wasn't a sensible collection - just the first music-related story (which was just a one-shot) then a few other comic book issues thrown into the mix for no real reason. Calling the comic a "tour" won't even stand that well due to the hodgepodge nature of the book.

The individual stories work well enough, but there's something about the compiled collection that makes for a weird reading experience. As you go from issue to issue within the volume, your brain is bound to expect the stories to connect somehow. But they really don't - and the general disdain for regular continuity is evident in how the show is written. This comic sort of follows that pattern - or at least takes advantage of it.

Not bad. Not great. Just there.