Are you missing any Death Sentence books?
8 months ago
– Mon, Aug 28, 2023 at 06:58:07 AM
If so you're in luck, because the whole critically acclaimed series is collected in three awesome 156+ page books - Death Sentence, Death Sentence London, and Death Sentence Liberty - which you can get right here.
BUT THERE'S ONLY 2 DAYS LEFT TO ORDER! So if you're missing part of the story, in digital or print, now is the time to order as we're shipping these real soon.
Even better - my new artbook is also on sale containing the best of the last three years character, and pop art - all finished and ready to go. Check it out here or take in the images on the link.
"An atmospheric collection of dreamy paintings and delicate ink rendering from the brush of renowned artist and writer Monty Nero, three years in the making. Monty's art embraces special locations real and imagined, and visually stylish characters from his own imagination, TV, film and music. Half the pieces are rendered in ink, acrylic paint or watercolour, and half are painted digitally, portraying a strange reality more inspiring than our own."
You can order any extra Death Sentence books, or the artbook, in print and digital and get a free print on Zoop too.
Zoop is similar to KS, but a lot less clunky. For instance, you can simply order as many of each book or reward as you like in any combination without messing around with add ons. It's entirely focussed on comics and art too, and as all the books offered are now finished it seemed a good time to start using it. Go see what you think here
Thanks a lot
Monty
Death Sentence Liberty is now collected...
about 1 year ago
– Sun, Mar 19, 2023 at 01:45:40 AM
...and you can find it all here, in digital and print, with a choice of two covers including a new one by me.
It's the culmination of the whole story, with art by me and mighty Martin Simmonds, in book form. AND of course it's all finished, so we can start printing straight away.
Check it out today.
All the best
Monty
Last ever Death Sentence Liberty issue!
over 1 year ago
– Tue, Jul 19, 2022 at 05:15:18 PM
Yeas, the whole story is now complete. All six issues of Death Sentence Liberty are available in digital and print for three more days! So now is the time to get any issues you're missing and complete this epic tale.
Furthermore, this giant Verity poster , Death Sentence goodie bag, and one of one silver foil edition of the very first issue of Death Sentence have been added to our Daddy Warbucks level in our final supercharge!. Get it while you can! These rewards will not be repeated.
Check it our here!
Cheers
Monty
PS. Earlier single issues of the print comics are offered in the backerkit when you fill out your survey for Liberty issue 6
New issue & Creative Developments!
over 2 years ago
– Sun, Oct 17, 2021 at 10:17:36 PM
Hey there. With the next issue of Death Sentence launching soon I thought I’d reveal what’s been happening lately with Death Sentence in comics and TV/film.
The Death Sentence Liberty story ends with a satisfying finale that wraps up the third book in spectacular style. I wrote this storyline years ago and I’ve only made a few cosmetic tweaks in the execution. The scary thing is how much the world has come to resemble the vibrant dystopia I imagined all those years ago. It’s shaken me to realise that even my most satirical exaggerations didn’t go far enough in depicting the horror and incompetence of the world’s response to a global pandemic. It’s changed the next storyline quite considerably.
Liberty finishes a phase where we opened up the Death Sentence world and introduced new characters and wider situations. Despite the satisfying end there’ll be a few story threads left hanging, as there always should be in an ongoing comic. The next book picks those up by concentrating intently on one of two main characters, Verity and Weasel. There’ll be a change in emphasis, with stories which really get in the head of those characters and focus on their personal story intently.
Weasel’s story is a tragi-comic romp, a charismatic quest, and I’ve been saving a lot of his great scenes for his own book. It makes me laugh whenever I read the script, and hopefully it’ll be exactly the kind of entertaining fun the world needs right now.
Verity’s story is darker, more epic, more personal. Yes, there are laugh out loud moments but it really gets in her head to explore her character and personality. Threatening revelations emerge from a character in her past, culminating in a one-on-one struggle for her sanity and soul. It’s closest in tone to the first book, but darker and gnarlier. The idea is to make the book more extreme, more raw, as her condition worsens.
At the same time, I’m going to tweak the look of the book a little to fit that tone. It’s a new decade and while the visuals I designed at the start have served us well I think it needs a modest course correction to carry us safely through the next decade. Visually, Death Sentence nailed a style that you now see widely and across the DC Universe in particular, so we need to stay one step ahead. It’ll take a few issues to seep through to you, probably the next three, and once that’s done I’ll hopefully be able to hand over the art duties to someone else and get back to just writing.
Talking of writing, I’ve written the first episode of a Death Sentence TV show, and a series arc, and a series bible. There’s been lots of renewed interest in Death Sentence since the COVID epidemic hit. It’s a comic that deals with the pandemic threat, lockdown, government oppression, and the lives of ordinary people dealing with a fresh and terrifying new virus - so you can see why companies are interested.
This is nothing new, and I’ve rejected overtures from a few very big companies in the past because they were vacuous blowhards I didn’t want in my life. Unfortunately, there’s a breed of dick-swinging exec who surfs the comic world picking up comic book options like a whale sucking up krill, in the hope that one of the two hundred or so on their books will turn into a fat payday. That’s their business, and good luck to them.
For my own part I’m looking for a creative led approach, people with the talent and vision to translate the comic into a great TV show or film. It’s not too much to ask, really, but you’d be amazed how many of these companies operate on an engine of pure bullshit fed by ‘heat’ and loglines. So, firstly, they have to have actually read and understood the comic. Secondly they have to appreciate the strengths and weaknesses of what Death Sentence is and how that will work on screen. Thirdly, they have to bring their own demonstrable skillset for making cinematic or TV gold. And fourthly they have to not be an arsehole, and instead conduct themselves with the normal amounts of human integrity and empathy that the rest of us outside the Hollywood bubble manage day-to-day. Because my desire to not deal with arseholes massively outweighs my desire to make TV or films.
Happily, I’ve met a few people of late who meet these not very demanding criteria. Some are producers and directors of major streaming TV shows which you may have been enjoying lately. Some brilliant shows made by wonderful people. At the moment we’re getting a couple of these folks to meet and see if they can work with each other. If not, we’ll proceed with one or another. Either way, the pilot script is strong, taking all the best bits of the comic and adding new elements for a different medium and time. I’m also happy to have finally met some TV/film people who are on my wavelength creatively and personally. What happens next is entirely in the lap of the gods, but I can promise you that It’ll either be a fantastic show or it won’t happen at all. I can also promise you that the comic always comes first, as making comics is my first love and reason-to-be.
There’s lots more to say about the comic itself, but I’ll leave that for another day. Unti then check out the link so you don’t miss out when the next comic launches.
All the best
Monty
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over 2 years ago
– Wed, Sep 01, 2021 at 11:04:51 PM
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