BLEEDING HEARTS #3: To Eat or Not to Eat.

Poke has done what he can to save Rabbit and Mama from being eaten by a horde of blood thirsty zombies despite mama’s best efforts to the contrary. He returns to a zombie meeting feeling things he cannot explain or put words to. As the horde grows ever more hungry both Poke and Mama may have to do whatever it takes to survive.

Creative Team: Deniz Camp (WRITER), Stipan Morian (ART and COVER), Matt Hollingsworth (COLORS), and Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou (LETTERS).

SPOILERS AHEAD

The Story:

Deniz continues to put a crisis of humanity and doing the right thing despite the current situation at the forefront of this incredible story. He makes us question our own morales and way of life in subtle ways that I didn’t even realize it at first. Poke has an obvious language barrier as he speaks “zombie” and Mama and Rabbit don’t understand what he is trying to say. This translates to our lives and how language barriers can be an issue.

Rabbit does an excellent job at picking up on the non verbal ques but, Mama’s pre determined bias prevents her from seeing his intentions. Deniz takes this issue to an incredibly dark place as there is a point where Mama is about to do something out of desperation that had me holding my breath in pure horror. I cannot get enough of this run.

The Art and Letters:

Stipan and Hollingsworth continue to tell the story in visual and nonverbal ways. There are subtle details, such as with Poke, how, at times, they have us view him as innocent and curious. In other points of view, they grotesquely detail Poke and switch up these points of view in various panels so effortlessly. Hassan blends the language barriers in variations of words and screeches, adding to the frustrations felt on both sides. There is a one-shot page that is outlines of zombies but, tells so much story within it nonetheless. The art is marrying the story perfectly, making this run so visually gross and yet beautiful.

Final Thoughts:

Bleeding Hearts #3 continues to play out our morality and inner cultural biases. The team is bringing the heat and filling this with so much detail and real life metaphor’s. I hope that if you are not reading, you must fix that ASAP!

Overall Grade: 10/10

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