Astor the Immortal

WRITTEN BY: TREY BRIGGS | ART: MONTÉ MILLER

Your people agreed to be eaten, to be devoured, to be sacrificed. It's all for the greater good. But oh, aren't you tired of that? Don't you want to be the one to live?

Astor has a genetic condition called Devil Syndrome. It means she doesn’t get hungry, can’t feel certain kinds of pain, and most likely will never die. But it also means she can’t cry, and crying is something Astor needs more than anything right now. Her condition has killed or estranged everyone she’s ever loved and is now draining the life from one of her closest friends. It is a constant reminder of her crumbling life and her slow tick towards a vicious, ugly fate.

As Astor prepares for her dreaded 30th birthday, she is suddenly met with new challenges from her closest friends, her missing husband, and her growing children. And she has to decide whether she will face them or continue running.

This is a story of generational trauma, holding on to toxic love, and the sorrow of suffering for the greater good. It’s a story about the ocean, about the dark recesses of our mind and planet that seem swathed in a mystery that can’t be solved. Above all, it’s a story about giving up everything to save the people who came before you (whether they destroyed you or not). Try not to think about what you deserve.