'Rick and Morty' Season 8 Feels Like a Whole New Beginning

'Rick and Morty' Season 8 Feels Like a Whole New Beginning

The show returns to Adult Swim May 25, and the voices behind the main characters sound more confident than ever.

Funko factory juggernaut Rick and Morty faces a 'Ship of Theseus' problem in season 8

Since 2013, the biggest animation juggernaut since The Simpsons has bulldozed its way into the upper echelons of pop culture. But also the lower echelons and the middle echelons. Really, it’s got its echelon game on lock. Murals of Rick and Morty’s main protagonists decorate murals in a few spots across the metro, and even single one-off episodes like “Pickle Rick” are familiar concepts to even the most strident non-fan. Either by nature of its …

‘Rick & Morty’ Season 8 is as Egregiously Entertaining as Ever

In a pop culture landscape where HBO became HBO NOW became HBO MAX became MAX has become HBO MAX again and the vast majority of animated series we associate with Cartoon Network and Adult Swim seem to be a dwindling cohort, perhaps fittingly the only universal constant is that Rick & Morty has managed to persist. Now entering its eighth season (and an anime gaiden which was fine), the unapologetic and nihilistic series manages to continue its st…