Dead Men Walking

Dead Men Walking was a futuristic prison story with a female protagonist by David Bishop and Boo Cook. It was published in 2000 AD progs 1362 to 1370. Pictured is Cook's cover for 2000 AD prog 1368.

Bishop, a little harshly, describes the story as "both over-wrought and under-written. I was determined to surprise readers by holding back the revelation about Jude's purpose in the prison until halfway through the story. As a result she spent the first five episodes being passive and put upon. When the big twist did finally arrive, most readers couldn't have cared less. The whole thing was terribly mechanical. Boo did an outstanding job despite the problems in my scripts, but even his heart obviously wasn't in it by the final episodes." (Thrill-Power Overload by Bishop.)