Grimlock ♥ Ultra Magnus

I don't.  I really, really don't.   Nope, instead Kirkman decides to mindfuck me by doing exactly what I didn't expect.   So I guess I have to stop expecting things.   

This is a perfect zombie graphic novel - with a realistic reaction by the groups surviving, fantastic art, and the zombies don't seem to stand in for anything.   I like some zombie metaphors, but it would be too much: with a cast as large as the one is getting in this graphic novel, it's nice to have something simple.   That is, the zombies are just mindless, brain eaters, and not a stand in for our consumerism.   

It also allows the focus to be on the character interaction, and having read a bunch of Kirkman's graphic novels, I think this is where he really shines.   In Super Dinosaur, in Invincible, and in The Walking Dead.   The surprise twists are nice, the tight plotting is nice, but in all three series, these are centered on the focal points of the characters. 

Brilliant, brilliant stuff.   Can't wait to finish up volume four, which I'm about a fourth of the way into right now.