SICKO #1

What doesn't kill you makes you stronger...at least, that’s what healthy people say. Valentine Virago has always struggled with her health. Her rare autoimmune disorder has defied all treatment, and as she grew older, it defied even classification. You see, Valentine can take her immune system and weaponize it. What would just be a normal sneeze to the rest of us, she can turn into a projectile of bloody miasma. Just as a start. Fed up with being a test subject, poked and prodded by pushy doctors, Valentine has gone on the lam in search of the freedom to be herself. Unfortunately, interested parties want her back in their care, and they are sending goons in hazmat suits. Led by Jono, her one-time nurse and potential love interest, they’re offering her a spot in a private medical facility run by Jono's parents. Val isn’t one for institutions, however, and what some may see as a safe haven, she sees as a prison— and who wants to be trapped in a prison, when you're already trapped in your own body? Writer Tini Howard (Marian Heretic, X-Men) teams up with artist Amilcar Pinna (X-Men: First Class, Galactic) and colorist Amanda Grazini (Creepshow, The Cryos) for their new series Sicko, a surreal story perfect for fans of Doom Patrol and mutant adventures of all kinds. Tini Howard is best known as the creator of Marian Heretic and the author of several books for DC Comics, including the recent hit Sirens: Love Hurts. Previously she was an original architect of the 2019 Krakoan Age of X-Men, for which she received a GLAAD Award nomination. She lives and writes with her husband Blake in Los Angeles, where they enjoy feeding stray cats. Amilcar Pinna began his career as a comic artist in 2008, drawing X-Men: First Class with Roger Cruz. Since then, he also worked on Generation X, All New Ultimates, The Cryos, Eternal Blue: A Spiritbox Graphic Novel, and Galactic, among other publications. Amanda Grazini is an illustrator, colorist and comic artist from Brazil. She has worked with children and editorial illustration since 2006, and in 2013 she worked on Pink Daiquiri, a graphic novel for the French publisher Le Lombard. More recently, working in the US comics industry with Amilcar Pinna, she drew and colored covers on The Cryos, a Kickstarter-funded comic, and also colored Amilcar's art for a short story on Creepshow Vol.4 #3 from Skybound.