Rick and Morty: Finals Week

It’s finals week! And each day brings a new school final for which Morty is woefully unprepared: English lit, gender studies, world religion, government, and science. But instead of helping Morty hit the books, Rick drags him on unexpected and unenlightening adventures, including but not limited to: “doing a Sherlock Holmes,” getting trapped in a beat-‘em-up video game, starting a cargo cult religion, contesting a political convention, and meeting Morty’s future self! Will these hands-on experiences aid in Morty’s education, or is he DOOMED to fail his finals?!

Featuring a cavalcade of past and future Rick and Morty comic superstars, including Daniel Kibblesmith (Loki, Harley Quinn), Christof Bogacs (Under Kingdom), Jake Black (Smallville), James Asmus (Quantum & Woody, The Delinquents) and Jim Festante (The End Times of Bram & Ben, Fieldtripping), Alex Firer (Rick and Morty: Rick’s New Hat), Priscilla Tramontano (Transformers, Godzilla), Beck Kubrick (Don’t Worry, I Die at the End), Marc Ellerby (Rick and Morty ongoing, Chloe Noonan: Monster Hunter), Suzi Blake (Batman: Wayne Family Adventures, Aggretsuko), and Fred C. Stresing (Rick and Morty: Meeseeks, P.I., Rick and Morty: Rick’s New Hat), Rick and Morty: Finals Weeks collects five standalone-but-connected adventures guaranteed to make you laugh out loud, jump with excitement, and feel just a little bit dumber!

Collects all five hilarious issues of Rick and Morty: Finals Week―SheRick Holmes & Mortson #1, BrawlHer #1, Wrath of Beth #1, Contested Convention #1, and Old Man Morty #1!

Christof Bogacs is a comic book and video game writer based in Sydney, Australia. He is the writer behind Under Kingdom (Dark Horse) and Rick and Morty: Finals Week: BrawlHer (Oni). He’s also the writer/co-creator of the cult favorite comic Meat4Burgers, a self-published ongoing series.

Jake Black is a writer with nearly 25 years experience writing for some of the biggest brands in the world. Beginning his career on the TV series Smallville, Jake has written several television episodes, books, and, of course, comics. Among his notable comics work is a Supergirl story co-written with Helen Slater, who played the role in the 1984 movie, as well as TMNT, Toy Story, Ben 10, and many more. In addition, he has written for brands like WWE, Star Trek, Batman, Cartoon Network, Marvel, and DC Comics. A 15-year cancer survivor, Jake lives in a quiet Connecticut town with his wife and their three children.

James Asmus is a writer for comics, comedy, games and other stuff for Marvel, DC, Disney+, History Channel and more. Rick and Morty™ fans might particularly dig his work on Quantum & Woody or The Delinquents (Valiant), The End Times of Bram & Ben (Image), Field Tripping (comiXology Originals) or his upcoming Rick and Morty: the Official Cook Book (Insight Editions). (For real).

Jim Festante has written for various networks, including NBC, Comedy Central, MTV, and SyFy, as well as media outlets like the Washington Post, NBC Today, Discovery Networks, and Slate magazine (having authored their most-read article in 20 years). His recent episodic series Anti-Social, which he wrote and produced, was selected as a Sundance Lab finalist. Other comics include The End Times of Bram & Ben (Image) and Field Tripping, a new miniseries with Amazon's ComiXology Originals.

Alex Firer is an LA–based, Soviet–born writer whose credits include The Onion News Network, The Official Handbook of the Bowieverse, and a bunch of Rick and Morty comics: Birdperson, Nimbus, Rick's New Hat, you know, all those. Buy them if you want. Are all these bios just resumes? He used to work at an opera house in Boston if that helps. Yup. Salary: $1,000,000.

Priscilla Tramontano is an illustrator, concept artist, and comic creator based in São Paulo, Brazil. She’s a fan of cartoons, collectables, horror media, and cats. She has worked on comics titles such as Transformers, Godzilla, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, for TV shows such as Scooby Doo Mystery, Inc., and games including League of Legends.

Beck Kubrick is a writer, cartoonist from Manchester, UK. Their work has been described as “Sylvia Plath meets Peanuts” (Bond, 2023) and are known for their “dark humor and knowing wit” (Oliver, 2023). Their most recent short, Don’t Worry, I Die at the End, was voted Best One Shot in Broken Frontier’s 2023 awards. Beck’s self published debut, Coby, Alone was just shy of 1,000 percent funded via Kickstarter and received nominations for the MICE shorts award and Broken Pencil’s comic awards. They have worked with Mad Cave Studios, Cartoon Network, and Oni Press. Their upcoming work includes two unannounced graphic novels. In their free time, they like thinking about the apocalypse.

Marc Ellerby is a comic book illustrator from the UK. He is probably most known for his work on the Rick and Morty comics from Oni Press and [adult swim]. He has worked with companies such as Disney, Warner Bros., BBC, Hasbro and Cartoon Network. However, he is never as happy when he is drawing his own comics such as Chloe Noonan: Monster Hunter or the autobiographical diary comic Ellerbisms.

Suzi Blake is a comic artist and colorist based in St. Louis, Missouri, spending the apocalypse in the corn fields. When she's not playing games or eating pho, she loves drawing the characters from her childhood. So far she's also enjoyed working on Batman: Wayne Family Adventures, Skullgirls, Aggretsuko, and a new series with Jacksepticeye! Don't tell my editors how far behind I am on stuff, plz . . .

Fred C. Stresing is a comic book writer, artist, and colorist who has been working professionally for ten-plus years in the industry. His comics include such titles as Invader ZIM, Rick and Morty, Adventure Time, and many, many more. He loves sci-fi, comedy, old movies, and relaxing at home with his wife and their two cats in upstate New York. He one day hopes to have a home with a library in it, one with a fireplace and those, y’know, those ladders with wheels? One of those. Yeah.