Wow, Kirkman took a pretty ordinary premise from the first volume and did some REALLY cool stuff with it! The conflict between the Cole brothers was great (both had great perspectives, but flawed actions), the cliffhanger from the last volume payed off in really cool ways, and we got another fantastic tease for what's to come in the next volume.

Kirkman's taken his experiencing writing the characters in Walking Dead and using it make some really fleshed out characters working through and processing their trauma in interesting and some surprisingly healthy ways. If the first volume didn't do it for you, pick up the next. This has sold me on the series.