Finally I am all caught up on this book. After getting the fourth hardcover last week I was able to tear through 18 issues in just a few days. I love how the focus has shifted back to Rick in recent issues. For some reason I rarely find myself concerned with a story’s main character, but this book is an exception. As well-rounded and enjoyable the cast of characters is Rick remains my favorite. So, it is almost bitter-sweet to see the spotlight on him as he falls further down the path to insanity. Thus far when Kirkman has introduced a new character it has worked perfectly, but it is still too early for me to have an opinion on the three new folks introduced an issue or two back. One thing that I fear now that this new group has shown up is that the book will begin to dwell on the cause of the zombie outbreak. Personally I feel like the book will be much better off if we as readers just never find out the true cause behind it all.