“Goodreads has the phrase “What did you think?” above this box every time you type in a review.
The thing with Walking Dead? I didn’t think much. I mean, it was fine, it moved the story forward about the normal amount. But the second I closed the book, that was it. I haven’t thought about it since I did that and started typing this.
More and more it definitely feels like Walking Dead needs to be read at the pace of 3 trades at a time. I can’t imagine reading it month-to-month as even the slim trades seem to not offer quite enough meat.
It’s not really a criticism of the story, I suppose. Really, I wish that the publishing world were more flexible. I feel pretty strongly that Walking Dead, as a series, has seen enough success to write its own ticket, and I’d like to see it published in whatever format it’s meant to be read. Maybe that means compendiums, omnibi, individual issues of varying lengths, whatever. I just can’t help but notice they have more and more formats for the same stories, but I’m not really sure about the best way to read.
Content should dictate format when it comes to books. That’s the summary here.”