Screen Rant is excited to share a preview for Oni Press‘ upcoming Wu-Tang graphic novel, ODB: Oddities, Discord and B-Sides – Lyrical Ruckus in the City. This original graphic novel will focus on Ol’ Dirty Bastard (ODB) and reimagine New York City through the eyes of the Wu-Tang Clan co-founder. This anthology will feature numerous creators and showcase the Grammy-award-winning artist’s many identities.
Wu-Tang Clan was formed in 1992 and has since become one of hip-hop’s most influential music groups. It has featured several members, including ODB, until his death in 2004. Now, the MC will take on new life within comics in Oni Press’ latest musically influenced publication. The comic can be backed via Kickstarter, with a trailer from Oni Press viewable now.
This graphic novel will add to Wu-Tang Clan’s broader legacy, but will also offer fans the chance to purchase new merchandise inspired by ODB. This includes exclusive, limited-run action figures, 7″ vinyl, and more, in collaboration with Super 7. In addition to this partnership, another partnership with Four Screens has allowed this graphic novel to become a reality.
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This anthology from Oni Press will feature numerous artists and creators. Revealed creators include Troy-Jeffrey Allen, Paris Alleyne, David Brame, Dojo Gubser, Jay Hero, Maan House, Mike Del Mundo, Jason Pierre, Ike Reed & David Gorden, Chris Robinson, Regine Sawyer, Damion Scott, Felipe Sobreiro, and Ron Wimberly. Many more creators will also be included in this Wu-Tang Clan graphic novel, which will be 112-pages long. Wimberly, nominated for multiple Eisner Awards, will also be providing cover art for an exclusive 7″ single of “Shimmy Shimmy Ya.” Global comic readers wanting to wait for the standard graphic novel collection can expect this title in November 2024. Check out the synopsis here:
In a fractured New York City, an elemental impact event has caused different versions of the city’s most infamous neighborhoods from across the multiverse to converge together into a single reality. Spectral apparitions now haunt the streets of Queens. In the Lower East Side, a rogue artificial intelligence has seized the streets. A hundred blocks north, time travelers are throwing a block party in Harlem. And that’s only the beginning… Our guide through this splintered mutation of New York’s past, present, and future is none other than Ol’ Dirty Bastard himself. Follow him as he leads us through odd, urgent, and powerful tales that cast freedom and oppression, wealth and poverty, love and loss, and even life or death like so many dice in a cosmic game of chance.
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Icelene Jones, wife of ODB and administrator of the Estate of ODB, says, “I am thrilled to bring ODB to life in this incredibly powerful graphic novel. ODB: Oddities, Discord and B-Sides – Lyrical Ruckus in the City combines the essence of my husband like I’ve never seen before. He was and is an inspiration to my family, children, and fans across the world. It’s been such a pleasure to see this book come to life with our incredibly talented partners at Four Screens and Oni Press.“
Messiah Jacobs, CEO of Four Screens, adds:
Collaborating with our immensely creative partners at Lion Forge and Oni Press to develop a brand new graphic novel has been mind blowing! Thanks to the steadfast support of our partners at the Estate of ODB, we have merged the five personas of ODB with the five boroughs of New York to create the ultimate hip-hop universe. ODB: Oddities, Discord and B-Sides – Lyrical Ruckus in the City pays homage to The Culture. It has been an honor to work with each and every writer and artist on this project. We’re bringing the ruckus with this one.
ODB: Oddities, Discord and B-Sides – Lyrical Ruckus in the City is available for pre-order from Oni Premium Direct’s latest Kickstarter campaign.
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