The Wilds #3 Review

Words by Vita Ayala/Art by Emily Pearson/Colored by Stelladia / Lettered by: Jim Campbell Black Mask Studios As I’ve said before, I’ve always loved zombie and infection/outbreak stories as they can give us some of the best narratives of human survival and what happens to us with the breakdown of human civilization. Of course the infected, the dead, the undead, the zeds, the muertos or whatever you call them can pose a problem as they’re trying to devour you. Yet the interactions with fellow survivors, fellow human beings that aren’t infected are always good fodder in plots as they pose at times, a bigger threat: people who use you in order to survive. Folks that treat you like resources or an ends to a means for their plans. As seen in more recent popular zombie adaptions such as The Walking Dead television show where the Governor and Negan became terrible adversaries. It be your own people. It be your own surviving human race. Another facet that drew me to this comic was that it’s protagonist is a woman: Daisy. A Queer WOC. I know how dangerous it is to be a woman in the real world. I mean… my vagina is more regulated by the U.S. government than guns are. And I am always looking for more comics of female characters handled by more creative teams with more women (and more marginalized folks in general) than men. Why? The opening pages of this issue remind me why I feel like that and how minor details found in the pages below bring that back into focus.

The opening pages o…