My shop has reopened! There's now signed copies of Meeseeks P.I. #2 and Memory Rick and Puppy Morty stickers . :)

Each order comes with a random postcard!

Mr Meeseeks: I'm Mr Meeseeks! Look at me!! Morty: Fix Rick's mental health Mr Meeseeks: Summer: They're not like,, miracle workers you know

et tu, meeseeks?

I was with a couple friends on a Labor Day weekend. As we were trying to settle down after a night of eating mushrooms we began introducing each other to our favorite comedy programs that each other had never seen. I made them watch Anthony Jeselnik's Thoughts and Prayers.

Another friend introduced us to Rick and Morty with this episode. I'm very skeptical about animated comedy because what isn't great is effectively unwatchable and the vast majority of it is absolute shite.

It made me nervous to commit to the unknown due to previous experiences because nothing is worse than watching something unfunny when eating mushrooms.

It took a few mintues to warm up to it but by the end of this episode I was sold. We were fucking dying laughing in the twilight of our mushroom trip watching this. It was fucking fantastic.

There's been a lot of coverage of this episode online unpacking the underlying meaning and philosophical themes explored and no doubt there's a lot of value tucked in between the hilarity.

Although personally, I find existentialism to be rather mundane and less interesting than the similarities that immediately jumped out to me between Mr. Meeseeks and concepts such as Tulpas, Servitors, and Egrigores.

I just assumed that that was intentionally baked into part of the inspiration for the character echoing the famous scene from Fantasia with Mickey Mouse as the Scorcer's Apprentice. But after a cursory glance online, I was surprised to find that this had not been touched upon, so here I am.

An art meme I did back in March

Is that I think it is? That's right! It's a Rick and Morty OC!!! No she's not a Mr Meeseeks, she just happens to look like one! Her name is Marble :)

Existence is pain.

The last of the four covers I did this year was for the series Meeseeks P.I. in which Meeseeks and Jerry go on manga style adventures! Most freelance work (of all kinds, not just rick and morty) had dried up for now, but hopefully there will be more in the future.

RICK AND MORTY: MEESEEKS, P.I. #2 (of 4) WRITTEN BY FRED C. STRESING COVER A BY FRED C. STRESING MANGA VARIANT BY GINA ALLNATT HOMAGE VARIANT (1:10) BY MARCO FINNEGAN & FRED C. STRESING The plot thickens as Mr. Meeseeks plays detective in this thrilling interdimensional noir! Detective Meeseeks and Jerry's search for the interdimensional cable remote turned up more than they bargained for when hired goons almost beat them to a pulp. But a random note addressed to the unlikely duo assures they are rattling the right cages. Who is this mysterious "Deep Throat"? And where in the heck is that remote?! ON SALE DECEMBER 20TH, 2023

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"I see there's a new episode of that singing show tonight." Jerry announced. He was the father of Morty and Summer who was to damn dumb for his own good. Echo found themself often annoyed by him but they knew he wasn't much of an actual problem. "Who do you guys think is gonna be the best singer?" As soon as he finish Morty's head fell into his food making him instantly fall asleep passed out.

"Oh, my god. His head is in his foo. I'm going to puke." Summer said almost nonchalantly not even really caring. Rick continued eating when Morty's mother voiced "Morty, are you getting sick? I told you not to practice kiss the living room pillow, the dog sleeps on it." Morty brought his face up from the plate rubbing his eyes "I wasn't kissing a pillow, mom. I just-- I didn't get a lot of sleep last night. Maybe my dreams were just to loud or something."

"Or maybe you were out all night with grandpa Rick and Cypher" "What?!"

"Dad! Echo!" Everyone looked at Rick and Echo now "What, so everyones supposed to sleep every single night now? you realize that nighttime makes up half of all time?" "To waste your time like that is just simply a waste especially for you humans who are likely just to live up to 63 than the pronounced 104 years." Echo added picking at a couple of eggs. 

"Damn it!"

"Jerry!" 

"Beth!"

"Oh my god. My parents are so loud. I want to die" Summer piped crossing her arms. "Mm mm, there is no go summer. You got to rip that band-aid off now. You'll thank me later" Rick said not looking up, sit eating his food. "Okay, with all due respect Rick-- what am I talking about? What respect is due? How is my son supposed to pass his classes if you keep dragging him off for a high concept sci-fi rigamarole?!" Jerry grilled.

"Listen Jerry, I-I don't won't to overstep my bounds or anything. It's your house, It's your world. You're a real Julius Caesar, but I'll tell you some-- tell you how-- how I feel about school, Jerry. It's a waste of time. A bunch of people running around, bumping into each other. A g-guy up front says 'Two plus two.' The people in the back say 'four'. Then the bell rings, and they give you a carton of milk and a piece of paper that says you can go take a dump or something. I mean, it's-- it's not a place for smart people Jerry. And I know that's not a popular opinion, but it's my two cents on the issue." He stood up wiping his mouth then placed a hand on his daughters shoulder looking at her.

"This was a good breakfast Beth. You really made the crap out of those eggs. Wish your mother was here to eat them." Following after Rick Echo sat up to "Thank you Ms. Sanchez for the wonderful breakfast and again thank you for letting me stay here. If you need me I'll be in the garage."

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TIME SKIP

It was another boring ass day at Morty's school. It was too regular, to slow for anyone who had even a spec on knowledge. Why would anyone go to school? All they do is fill up valuable space with random shit that is beaten into you until you couldn't think for yourself. Byjust doing random things you could learn more.

Echo and rick were looking around the school for Morty's 4th period math class. They found him back against the wall with someone threatening him with a switchblade. Before he could do serious damage he froze him is place with some sort of freeze taser Rick made a while back. He put the device back into his coat pocket and closed back his coat. "Morty! Listen to me, we have an errand to run in a whole different dimension and I need an extra pair of hands." Rick announced. "O-Oh jeez rick! W-What did you do too Frank?" Morty jittered "It's pretty obvious Morty. Your grandfather froze him" Echo stated."And again listen- We need your help, Morty! I mean, we got-- we got to get--get the hell out of here and go take care of business. It's important Morty!" "I-I don't know Rick. I can't leave school again. And--and don't you have Echo?" Morty fumbled. "Do you have any concept of how high the stakes get out there Morty? What do you thing-- we can do it all on our own? Come on!" Echo added "Aw, geez. Okay. I guess I could skip history. But what about Frank? I mean, shouldn't you unfreeze him?" "I'll do it later, Morty. He'll be fine. Let's go!"

The ran through the hall, out the school and into a nearby ally way. Rick pulled out his portal gun and shot out a portal that glowed green and stepped into it. On the other side it looked like some sort of Dr. Seuss magic funland on steroids. "What is this place?" Morty asked out loud. "It's dimension 35c, and it's got the perfect climate conditions for a special tree, Morty." Echo announced. "Called a mega tree, and there's fruit intros trees, and there's seeds in those fruits. I'm talking about mega seeds. They're-- they're incredible powerful, and I need them to help with my research, Morty." Rick finished. "Oh man, guys. I'm looking around this place, and I'm starting to work up some anxiety about this whole thing." Morty worried. "All right, All right. Calm down and listen to me Morty. I know new situations can be intimidating. You're looking around and its all scary and different, but, you know meeting them head on, charging right into them like a bull, that's how we grow as people." Rick explained and Morty still looked nervous but a little better. "Me and Echo are no stranger to scary situations. We deal with them all the time. Now if you just stick with me, Morty were gunna be-- holy crap Morty, run!" He yelled finally noticing a monstrous alien behind Morty. The creature screeched behind them the the team yelled and they took off sprinting

"I never seen that thing in my life before! I don't even know what the hell it is! We gotta get the hell out of here! It's gonna kill us, we're gonna die!"

Why I love Mr. Meeseeks

Number one:

Mr. Meeseeks by Ricardo Chucky

Naked Rick holds up a bank with a very creative weapon

Step 1: Meeseeks.

Step 2: ???

Step 3: Profit.