EXCLUSIVE: Rick and Morty Are Running for President

Summary Rick and Morty run for president in a high-stakes election against President Curtis in the universe-shaking Finals Week event.

Doofus Rick and Jerry team up to challenge President Curtis, as Rick sets out to prove even the worst version of him could run the country.

It's all building to "the most important, unmissable event in Rick and Morty comics history."

The presidency is up for grabs as Rick and Morty run for high office this August! The upcoming chapter of the major Finals Week event will see Rick once again clash with President Andre Curtis, trying to get his alternate-reality doppelgänger Doofus Rick elected to America's highest office (with Jerry along for the ride as Vice-President.)

Oni Press' Rick and Morty Finals Week is a new event series taking place across a single week in Rick and Morty's life, building up to a major twist that's being billed as "the most important, unmissable event in Rick and Morty comics history." Each 'day' sees Rick and Morty on a standalone adventure, taking place as Morty attempts to simultaneously survive Rick's adventures and pass his finals.

Rick and Morty Finals Week: Contested Convention #1 Release Date: August 14, 2024 Writer: James Asmus and Jim Festante Artists: Suzi Blake Cover Artist: Suzi Blake As Morty’s poli-sci exam approaches, he persuades Rick to portal him to President Curtis for some much-needed extra credit. With Curtis on his way to secure his party’s presidential nomination, and Rick determined to prove even the dumbest version of him could beat Curtis, Doofus Rick’s hat is thrown in the ring! Competition heats up when Doofus announces Jerry as his VP, and Beth joins the race to become the first female president. It’s gonna be one contested convention!

Previous entries SheRick Holmes and Mortson #1 and Brawlher #1 saw Rick and Morty solving a murder mystery among the gods and the Smith family fighting to survive a side-scrolling beat 'em up game. Now, Rick is out to shame the president, as "the worst week of Morty’s young life" rumbles towards its conclusion in this fourth installment out of five.

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Taking place within the show's official continuity, it will be interesting to see the consequences of Rick challenging the President's power, especially given he had to fake being replaced by another Rick in order to escape their last feud.

Rick and Morty Finals Week Introduces Doofus Rick vs President Curtis

Oni Press Is Promising to End This Event with an Earth-Shaking Finale

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Coming August 14, Rick and Morty Finals Week: Contested Convention #1 is the latest 40-page issue in the event and includes cover art by Suzi Blake, Sam Grinberg and Marc Ellerby. Blake draws both the main cover and the connecting variant cover, which combines with similar variants for the other issues to create a panorama of typical Rick and Morty chaos.

Rick and Morty Finals Week Reading Order Issue Name Creative Team Release Date SheRick Holmes and Mortson #1 Daniel Kibblesmith & Priscilla Tramontano February 21 Brawlher #1 Christof Bogacs & Beck Kubrick April 16 Wrath of Beth #1 Jake Black & Marc Ellerby June 18 Contested Convention #1 James Asmus, Jim Festante & Suzi Blake August 14 Old Man Morty #1 Alex Firer & Fred Stresing October TBA More Rick and Morty Comics Coming in 2024 Rick and Morty Super Spring Break Special #1 James Asmus, Jim Festante, Dean Rankine, Angela Trizzino, and Marc Ellerby March 13 Rick and Morty: Kingdom Balls #1-4 Josh Trujillo, Ryan Little and Jarrett Williams March 27

With Oni Press pulling out all the stops for Rick and Morty Finals Week, it's genuinely possible Earth may be looking at a new president.

Introduced in season 1's 'Close Rick-counters of the Rick Kind,' Doofus Rick has the bad luck of being the least intelligent Rick in the multiverse, making him an object of mockery to his genius peers. Of course, as Rick's near-opposite, Doofus Rick immediately struck up a friendship with Jerry, which will apparently see the Smith family patriarch included in his campaign. Taking place within the show's official continuity, it will be interesting to see the consequences of Rick challenging the President's power, given he had to fake being replaced by another Rick the last time they truly came to blows.

So far, Rick and Morty Finals Week has delivered on the promise of great self-contained adventures building to a larger finale, effectively acting as a season of the show in comic-book form. Rick and Morty Finals Week: Contested Convention #1 embodies that idea even more closely, involving classic characters in the Smith Family's home reality. With Oni Press pulling out all the stops for Rick and Morty Finals Week, it's genuinely possible Earth may be looking at a new president.

Rick and Morty Finals Week: Contested Convention #1 is coming from Oni Press August 14.