Five ginormously interconnected, 40-page epics kick off the most ambitious Rick and Morty comic book saga ever attempted, starting with RICK AND MORTY: FINALS WEEK - SHERICK HOLMES AND MORTSON #1.
The press release follows:
Media Release -- You're not ready! We're not ready! The Rick and Morty omniverse better get ready for RICK AND MORTY: FINALS WEEK. The double-sized, 40-page opening salvo, RICK AND MORTY: FINALS WEEK – SHERICK HOLMES AND MORTSON #1, from multiple Emmy Award-nominated writer nominee Daniel Kibblesmith (Loki) and artist Priscilla Tramontano (Transformers) – is the first shot in a universe-colliding escapade spanning (almost) all of 2024 Get ready for the first of FIVE interconnected and oversized one-shots released bi-monthly from a rotating lineup of cosmic superstars including fan-favorite Rick and Morty alums, brand-new talents, and enough curveballs to keep linear space-time from ever returning to the same fixed point. (Because: science!)
Featuring dynamically dynamite covers by Priscilla Tamontano, Phil Murphy – plus the first of five, magnificently interlocking incentive variants by Marc Ellerby, RICK AND MORTY: FINALS WEEK – SHERICK HOLMES AND MORTSON #1 is going to start Monday off the wrong way as the whole of the Rick and Morty omniverse builds towards an inescapable event horizon . . .
The worst week of Morty's life starts right . . . NOW! It's Monday, and Finals Week is off to a terrible start. Morty needs a little time off from adventuring in order to study . . . until Rick announces it's time for them to team up like that other great literary duo: Sherlock Holmes and Watson. Transported to a locked-room murder mystery in space, Morty suspects Rick isn't looking to spend time with his Watson, but rather find his own Moriarty . . .
And that's only Monday… Across 2024, watch in glee as Morty – and his test scores – suffer during FINALS WEEK! Each day adds to the chaos, building toward an inevitable turning point for this dimension's greatest uncle-nephew science-fiction action duo that no one will see coming – especially them! Prepare for a new (and satisfyingly hefty!) 40-page installment of FINALS WEEK to arrive in stores every other month from Oni Press in collaboration with Warner Bros. Discovery Global Consumer Products and Adult Swim. It lays the groundwork for a cosmic debacle that will forever shake up the lives of Rick, Morty, and a literal cast of gazillions:
MONDAY
RICK AND MORTY: FINALS WEEK – SHERICK HOLMES AND MORTSON #1
Written by Daniel Kibblesmith
Art by Priscilla Tramontano
Coming in February
TUESDAY
RICK AND MORTY: FINALS WEEK – BRAWLHER #1
Written by Christof Bogacs
Art by Beck Kubrick
Coming in April
WEDNESDAY
RICK AND MORTY: FINALS WEEK – WRATH OF BETH #1
Written by Jake Black
Art by Marc Ellerby
Coming in June
THURSDAY
RICK AND MORTY: FINALS WEEK – CONTESTED CONVENTION #1
Written by James Asmus & Jim Festante
Art by Suzi Blake
Coming in August
FRIDAY
RICK AND MORTY: FINALS WEEK – OLD MAN MORTY #1
Written by Alex Firer
Art by Fred Stresing
Coming in October
The road to the biggest omniversal Rick and Morty event ever attempted begins on February 21st in RICK AND MORTY: FINALS WEEK – SHERICK HOLMES AND MORTSON #1! On your mark, get schwifty, go!
Who could want anything more?! You, that's who! Steel your psyche because Oni Press has two more mind-bending Rick and Morty jumping-on points coming your way 30 days later in March 2024! –
First, on March 13th: Slap on a Speedo and slather on that suntan lotion and get ready to catch an unhealthy dose of extra-solar radiation in the RICK AND MORTY SUPER SPRING BREAK SPECIAL #1 – an absolutely gargantuan, absurdly overstuffed 64-PAGE GIANT, packed with self-contained tales from all-star creators James Asmus (Amazing Spider-Man), Jim Festante (Survival Street), Dean Rankine (Simpsons Comics), Angela Trizzino (Rick and Morty: The Space Shake Saga), and Marc Ellerby (Doctor Who)!
Then, on March 27th: Rick Sanchez is…in love?! When Rick receives a distress signal from his college sweetheart, who was kidnapped by interdimensional villains obsessed with collecting the fabled Dream Ball, Rick, Morty, and Jerry set out to recover the mysterious MacGuffins and harness their power to save his former paramore in RICK AND MORTY: KINGDOM BALLS #1 (of 4) – the first issue of all-new dimension-hopping joyride from co-writers Josh Trujillo (Blue Beetle) & Ryan Little (Disney+'s What If?) and artist Jarrett Williams (Super Pro K.O.)!
Miss 'em at your own peril!
RICK AND MORTY: FINALS WEEK – SHERICK HOLMES AND MORTSON #1
WRITTEN BY DANIEL KIBBLESMITH
ART BY PRISCILLA TRAMONTANO
COVER A BY PRISCILLA TRAMONTANO
COVER B BY PHIL MURPHY
INTERLOCKING COVER (1:10) BY MARC ELLERBY
IN STORES FEBRUARY 21ST, 2024 | $5.99 | 40 pgs. | FC
For more updates on Oni Press, visit them on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.
About Rick and Morty:
Rick and Morty is the half-hour animated hit comedy series on Adult Swim that follows a sociopathic genius scientist who drags his inherently timid grandson on insanely dangerous adventures across the universe.
Rick and Morty was the #1 comedy across all of cable during seasons three, four, five and six, and has become a multi-platform sensation not just on television, but across digital, gaming, livestreaming, retail, and fan experiences. The series reached over 19M viewers on linear broadcast in 2022 and remains a top series on Max. Rick and Morty has garnered two Emmys for "Outstanding Animated Program" and is currently nominated for a third.
Season seven of "Rick and Morty" can be seen around the world and across the multiverse on Adult Swim.
About Oni Press
Founded in 1997, Oni Press has a 25-year history as one of the industry's most respected and acclaimed publishers of award-winning comic books and graphic novels with titles including Bryan Lee O'Malley's Scott Pilgrim, K. O'Neill's Tea Dragon Society, Cullen Bunn & Brian Hurtt's The Sixth Gun, Maia Kobabe's Gender Queer, Ezra Clayton Daniels' Upgrade Soul, Brenna Thummler's Sheets trilogy, and many hundreds more. In 2019, Oni Press merged with Lion Forge Comics – the Eisner Award-winning independent comic book publisher founded by Academy Award-winning producer and entrepreneur David Steward II – to create one of the largest, independent libraries of comics content anywhere in media. The Oni-Lion Forge Publishing Group now exists as a publishing subsidiary of Steward's diversified global media company, Polarity.
The Oni-Lion Forge Publishing Group publishes more than 60 original and licensed graphic novels annually, in addition to an extensive list of periodical comics.
