29 now and it shows no signs of slowing down or stopping. Regardless, I feel like it has never looked better. I'm not sure if the artwork changed slightly but it looks cleaner and clearer, or something.

I'm excited to see what happens next because there was a little bit of a cliffhanger of sorts.

For a little while there I felt like the new characters weren't really making any impact on me but this volume focused on a few of the newer characters and it even introduced us to a completely new character, who I already love. Characters who are struggling internally and characters who are struggling in regards to relationships with other characters. What drives this comic is the characters. Every time I feel like the story might be slowing down or too many characters are dying or that this comic can't surprise me anymore, it proves me wrong. This volume packed in so much of the good stuff, I loved it. I feel like a great volume of TWD needs action, character & story development, drama, conflict, suspenseful moments and great artwork. Negan and Maggie’s showdown at the end was interesting and I look forward to seeing how Michonne and co.’s mission plays out but, crikey, Volume 29: Lines We Cross was otherwise SUCH a boring and tedious read! ?! That’s just so absurdly emo that it tickled me. And Rick’s now taken to sleeping in the graveyard. There were a couple of unintentionally funny moments as Jesus and his beau dealt with the remnants of the Whisperers and that weirdo, Beta, pops up from the dead to yell something retarded. I guess she’s kinda different but hasn’t really had a chance to do much of anything yet. Nothing happens there except they meet a new character, Princess (the girl on the cover), a chatty spear-chucking Latina, conveniently introduced after the loss of a major older character in the last volume to shore up the numbers. Here’s the wafer-thin story we do get: Rick sends out a group led by Michonne to track down Eugene’s ham radio bud, the mysterious Stephanie, who is supposedly part of a larger community like Rick and co.’s. Characters rebuild their homes, some grouse at others, they sob, they stick a few zombies, and that’s it for a good 75-80% of the book.

Ah, the reliable roller-coaster of quality that is The Walking Dead! After the spectacular rush of Volume 28 comes the expected long, tedious build-up to the next bit of excitement with table-setting being the order of the day in Volume 29: Lines We Cross.

The walking dead volume 29