The Tick Omnibus #1
In "How to Draw The Tick," Ben Edlund’s absurdist genius takes center stage as The Tick and Oedipus find themselves ambushed at a dinner party by a cadre of ninjas. When Oedipus is injured, The Tick’s grip on reality frays, leading him to an increasingly unhinged plan to destroy Ninja World—only to face a crisis of the Thorn of Destiny and a surprising intervention from Arthur. Meanwhile, Paul the Samurai, armed with nothing but a loaf of French bread, tracks his foe Sagin across the globe in a battle of wits and absurdity. The story, written and illustrated by Ben Edlund with inks by Max Banks and letters by Bob Polio, features a cover by Ben Edlund that perfectly captures the comic’s manic energy.
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Tick and Oedipus are attacked at her parents' dinner party by a group of ninjas. After Oedipus is injured, Tick has a crisis of sanity and decides the best thing to do is destroy Ninja World, which he does. Conflict ensues over the Thorn of Destiny and Tick comes close to losing it until Arthur shows up to make sense of a few things. Paul the Samurai trails his enemy Sagin from Japan and prepares to take him down with a loaf of deadly French bread.
Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).