Though Chuck and Addie were offered the chance to stay with the Orphans in the previous issue, they decide to go it alone instead. Yet their supplies are dwindling, and there’s numerous dangers out there, in the devastated world; other survivors, of course, but the environment itself is hardly safe.

I dared to say that I was feeling optimistic about Chuck and Addie in my review of issue 2, but writer Lee A. Carlisle and his brother, artist Ross Carlisle have dashed my hopes once more, in this absolutely devastating third issue.

I continue to absolutely adore the wonderful visual flourishes that arise from Chuck’s way of coping with the ruined, post apocalyptic and frankly terrifying world he lives in.

Though it’s heartbreaking that a child and his dog are left alone to fend for themselves in this way, his hyper-colourful, retro futuristic, sci-fi imaginings are beautiful to see.

But still, this issue has such a gut punch, and it’s perhaps the biggest one yet.

Considering what we’ve seen Chuck go through already, and without spoiling anything, you know it must be pretty devastating.

Despite (perhaps even because of) this heartbreaking development, I remain fully invested in Chuck and Addie’s journey, and, given this issue’s events, I’m absolutely desperate to read the next one.

It’s been a remarkable journey from the beginning, despite the continued tragedy and heartbreak, and I’m pleased to say that the third issue of Orphans of the Impact Winter continues to be utterly compelling, as well as deeply involving and incredibly affecting.

Many thanks to Ross Carlisle for providing me with a review copy of Orphans of the Impact Winter #3.