SICKO #4

The cause of Valentine's symptoms is revealed as she recounts the day that altered her life forever. Meanwhile, Valentine's standoff with OMELAS's thugs has gotten steamy. As the pressure rises, it's difficult to tell whose side anyone is on. In a final attempt to learn the truth about OMELAS, Valentine enters the forbidden room where Doctor Mackenroe keeps the sickest patients. Inside, she finds more than she could have possibly imagined as the five-issue limited series reaches its penultimate chapter. 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.