Whoa! So many little nuanced moments to keep you guessing here. Quite a bit of time has passed since the war with Neegan, and there have been some serious changes made. Many of those changes, seem to be for the good, but as we all know, or should know by now where TWD is concerned, the good never seems to last very long. While nothing extremely traumatic happens in this volume, there is a prime setup for what is most likely to come, as we see where the few years since the war has spread our beloved primary cast. Carl and Sophia are now burgeoning teens, Maggie Greene has her own community at the Hilltop, they all have found ways to bring modernity into this post-apocalyptic land, and the Rick Grimes family has seen some monumental changes. A chilling, if not disgusting, revelation in the end, is sure to leave you clamoring for the next volume, as Kirkman is FINALLY dealing with the issue of time progression and real "life" (if you can call it that), after the death. With All Out War, Kirkman showed us that a civilized world in the world of The Walking Dead wasn't out of the question. He showed us that it wasn't easy, but he showed us that not everything had to be death, betrayal, and secrecy. It might have been a good place to end the series, but Kirkman either has more ideas, or he's not quite tired of the money he makes off of the series.Given that the Governor and Negan have been essentially the same antagonist, with different resolutions, it makes me wonder if Kirkman does have enough ideas to carry the series forward. Considering that this collection takes us up through issue 132, one might think that the series would be winding up. Instead, Kirkman showed us in greater detail what that civilized world might be. Agriculture, animal husbandry, bartering, and even leisure time are highlighted in this new vision, and it's reassuring. A lot has happened to Rick and his team along the way, and they deserve moments like this, when they can be a community instead of a band of survivors.Of course, this series being what it is, the world can't stay that way. And when I questioned whether or not Kirkman had enough ideas left to carry on with the series, I was wrong. He managed to throw some genuinely creepy moments into the story (which are fewer and farther between, compared to how many gruesome scenes he puts into the series), and managed to end this collection on a point where I regret not reading it from issue to issue. I'd much rather have one cliffhanger ending every few months instead of one every month.So, the world of The Walking Dead marches on, and I'm still along for the ride. I'm not sure what Kirkman would have to do to make me quit the series, but he hasn't done it yet.
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UNEXPECTED TIME JUMP! The next Volume should be pretty great.
—dyelsin
