We Live #1 Review

Writers: Inaki and Roy Miranda

Artist: Inaki Miranda

Rating: 7 of 8

We Live #1

What would you do if it was the end of the world? If everything you ever loved and fought for was to be wiped away - forever? Would you just accept your fate - or would you fight to survive? 

In We Live, about half the population knows they're going to die and accepts that. They know the children, quite literally, are our future and if humanity's gonna survive, it's through them. But half of any story's the journey. If they're to make it where they need to go, they have to survive it... if they can.

 

Throughout, the Miranda brothers fill the issue's darkness with glimmers of light. It's just what Tala has to do for Hototo, her little brother, to fulfill a promise to her mother and to protect him from an increasingly terrifying world. His unending optimism is in stark contrast to his sister, who doesn't think anyone can protect her, as 'it's the end'.

It's interesting that, even now, she's able to keep these feelings hidden from her brother and put on a brave face, if only for his sake. Though it's in the face of a coming apocalypse, it's something that anyone could relate to.

It's a tale of contrasts, really, as though Inaki's art is often light and playful, it also gives us moments of high fear and tension and a few images far bloodier than anything that came before. It's shortly after we get such a bloody scene that we get one unflinching in it's portrayal of sadly necessary cruelty.

Ultimately, though, it's a tale of finding hope amidst the darkness, anchored by the love of one little brother and his older sister. If I had any criticism of the issue, I wish it showed how two characters get where they do, but otherwise, I have no complaints. This is one journey I highly recommend taking.