Preview: Death Sentence by Montynero and Mike Dowling

[Rich Johnston]

Mark Millar calls it "the best idea I've seen for a comic in years. Genuinely original."

Death Sentence is a self-published five issue comics series by Montynero and Mike Dowling (Clint, 2000AD), about an Sexually Transmitted Disease that enhances your abilities but kills you in six months. Basically Strikeforce Morituri of the AIDS generation.

The comic tells the chaotic final months of an artist, a musician, and a comedian who find themselves with unwanted super-abilities.

3 twentysomethings. Verity's a sexually adventurous graphic designer. Weasel's an addict and a noted singer songwriter. Monty's a movie star and comedian. They all react to the virus in radically different ways...

Death Sentence come out next year, though has seen advance copies selling at comic conventions. Here's a look of what we have to expect

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[sleeve]

looks alright to me! art reminds me of lark and the fellow that did alias (gados, gaydos, ...), which is good company to be listed with.

[jackolantern]

Strikeforce: Morituri crossed with Suicide Girls. No wonder Millar thinks it's "original."

[Lance Boone]

It could be a great story, but I'd debate the merits of it being "Genuinely Original".

[Fatboy]

HIV giving you superpowers? Not even close to original. Enter the O-Men
By Robert Walker, it's been around for at least 6 years or more and was the first comic I ever worked on(colored)