Jerry Smith

Jerry Smith is the hapless, insecure father of the Smith household in Oni Press's Rick and Morty comic series, adapted from the animated show. Perpetually out of his depth among his genius father-in-law Rick and his own family, Jerry provides grounded, everyman comedy amid interdimensional chaos.

Few characters in Modern Age comics capture the particular comedy of being the most ordinary person in an extraordinary household quite like Jerry Smith, who made his comics debut in Rick and Morty #1 from Oni Press back in 2015, brought to the page by Zac Gorman and CJ Cannon. Sharing his world — and his panels — with the likes of Rick Sanchez, Beth Smith, Morty Smith, and Summer Smith, Jerry occupies a wonderfully specific place in this chaotic ensemble. His presence stretches across a decade of publishing, from that 2015 debut right through to milestone collections like the Rick and Morty 10th Anniversary Omnibus and Rick and Morty: The End. If you love comics that lean into character dynamics and deadpan family chaos, Jerry is the kind of figure who makes the whole universe funnier just by being in it.