Feeding Ground #3

In "The Quickened Pulse," the third issue of Feeding Ground, the Busqueda family presses on toward the U.S. border, their journey shadowed by danger as Flaca falls ill. The story deepens its mystery with revelations that Blackwell Industries is behind the werewolf-like mutations and that the U.S. Border Patrol is complicit—working for the company. Written by Swifty Lang, Chris Mangun, and Nathalia Ruiz Murray, and illustrated by Michael Lapinski in every capacity, this issue blends tense atmosphere with escalating stakes, all rendered in Lapinski’s distinctive, immersive style. The cover by Michael Lapinski captures the series’ eerie, grounded tone.