Straight from the Eisner/Harvey-winning Oni Press and the minds at Glitch Productions: here's your exclusive first look inside MURDER DRONES #1 (of 6).
The press release follows:
Media Release -- Oni Press, the multiple Eisner and Harvey Award-winning publisher of groundbreaking comics and graphic novels since 1997, and independent animation powerhouse Glitch Productions are proud to reveal your first look inside the upcoming release of MURDER DRONES #1 of (6), the hugely anticipated first issue of the brand-new, six-part adaptation of the global smash-hit animated series created by Liam Vickers and produced by Glitch Productions! After racking up more than 330 million views on YouTube and subsequently making its streaming debut on Prime Video, MURDER DRONES is next setting its sights on comic shops worldwide next with a new limited series from writer Wyatt Kennedy (Nights, Wiccan: Witches' Road) and artist Jo Mi-Gyeong (Eve, Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance)! Adapting all eight episodes of the cult-favorite animated series, MURDER DRONES' official comic spin-off is already a groundbreaking phenomenon in its own right after earning $1.75 million on Kickstarter to become the #4 highest grossing comics Kickstarter of all time and becoming one of the few campaigns to shatter the crowdfunding record long-held by BOOM! Studios' BRZRKR.
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Now, comic shops and direct market retailers will have the first chance to introduce the haunting and hilarious universe of MURDER DRONES to comic readers before any one else when MURDER DRONES #1 arrives on shelves on February 25th, 2026!
"With hugely successful animated series like AMAZING DIGITAL CIRCUS, MURDER DRONES, KNIGHTS OF GUINEVERE, and more, Glitch Productions is one of the most talented and innovative companies working anywhere in entertainment today. The entire Oni team is hugely excited to formally expand their online empire into the world of comics for the first time with our official adaptation of MURDER DRONES from the immense talents of Wyatt Kennedy and Jo Mi-Gyeong," said Oni Press President & Publisher Hunter Gorinson. "As we quickly discovered for ourselves, the fanbase for this series is huge, passionate, and ardently supportive of any new MURDER DRONES content. Come February, get ready to welcome a new legion of fans into your stores who can't wait to get their hands on the milestone first appearance of these beloved characters in comics form!"
In the far future on the desolate exoplanet designated Copper 9, the humans are long gone but the robotic worker drones they created to mine the planet's resources are still hard at work. Together, they have managed to forge their own makeshift society . . . or so they thought until a previously unknown kind of robot - the dreaded "Disassembly Drones" - are activated by the mega-corporation JC Jenson to disassemble any worker that deviates from its original programming. But when a rebellious young worker drone named Uzi forms an unlikely alliance with two disassembly drones - Serial Designations N and V- can they, together, uncover the secrets of their origins . . . and stop the spread of the unsettling mechanical virus known as the Absolute Solver?
On February 25th, one of the year's biggest pop culture juggernauts makes its long-awaited, record-setting comic book debut in MURDER DRONES #1 (of 6) – featuring covers by Alessio Zonno (I Heart Skullcrusher), Jo Mi-Gyeong (Eve: Children of the Moon), Krooked Glasses (Invader Zim), Patricia Martín (EC's Catacomb of Torment), and LySandra Vuong (Covenant)!
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MURDER DRONES #1 (of 6)
WRITTEN BY WYATT KENNEDY
ART BY JO MI-GYEONG
COVER A BY ALESSIO ZONNO
COVER B BY JO MI-GYEONG
COVER C BY KROOKED GLASSES
FULL ART VARIANT (1:10) BY KROOKED GLASSES
FULL ART VARIANT (1:20) BY JO MI-GUEONG
VARIANT COVER (1:50) BY PATRICIA MARTÍN
VARIANT COVER (1:100) BY LYSANDRA VUONG
BLANK SKETCH COVER AVAILABLE
ON SALE FEBRUARY 25th, 2026 | $4.99 | 32 PGS. | FC
IOC: 12/27/2025
FOC: 2/2/2026
About Glitch Productions:
Founded in 2017 by brothers Kevin and Luke Lerdwichagul in their Sydney, Australian garage, Glitch Productions was started with a singular goal: change the way the west creates teen and young adult animation. The company has grown massively since that beginning, now with five shows under its belt with more coming, and hundreds of millions of global fans. Now, as one of the largest web animation studios in the world, Glitch lives and breathes online content and its shows are expertly crafted to attract large audiences in the online landscape.
About Oni Press
THE LOUDEST THING IN COLOR SINCE '97. For nearly 30 years, Oni Press has carved a distinctive path as one of the world's most respected and acclaimed publishers of award-winning comic books and graphic novels, including Bryan Lee O'Malley's Scott Pilgrim, Maia Kobabe's Gender Queer, Cullen Bunn & Brian Hurtt's The Sixth Gun, Brenna Thummler's Sheets trilogy, Jay Stephens' Dwellings, Ezra Clayton Daniels' Upgrade Soul, LySandra Vuong's Covenant, and many hundreds more. In 2019, Oni Press merged with Lion Forge Comics – the Eisner Award-winning independent comic book publisher founded by Academy Award-winning producer and entrepreneur David Steward II – to create one of the largest, independent libraries of comics content anywhere in media. The Oni-Lion Forge Publishing Group now exists as a publishing subsidiary of Steward's diversified global media company, Polarity.
The Oni-Lion Forge Publishing Group publishes more than 60 original and licensed graphic novels annually, in addition to an extensive roster of periodical comics for globally recognized properties including Adventure Time, Biker Mice from Mars, Choose Your Own Adventure, Cult of the Lamb, EC Comics, Murder Drones, Rick and Morty, and more.
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