Over the Garden Wall Vol. 4 (Over the Garden Wall, #4)

by Kiernan Sjursen-Lien, George Mager, and Danielle Burgos

[nannah]

I love the Over the Garden Wall universe and its characters so much. It's like coming home, and it's like sipping hot tea on a chilly autumn night. These characters and this humor has become so familiar, despite this series and the show not being like seven seasons long. It's just that good.

The search for the Hero Frog ends in this volume. As in the last volume, this story makes up the bulk of the graphic novel (I'm silently cheering), and at the end there's another story from Miss Langtree's schoolhouse.

Unlike the earlier volumes, though, the schoolhouse story isn't illustrated by the same artist (thank god!). I don't mean to be unnecessarily cruel, but I think that art style is why I couldn't enjoy the schoolhouse stories as much as I might have, because this story? Adorable! I loved it!

The Hero Frog's story resolves in a satisfying way--and with some precious moments between Sara and Wirt I've been waiting for this entire series! There were only a few jumps between parts that made me confused--as if maybe there were a couple panels skipped or something, but I was able to put things together simply enough.

My only concern is now that the Hero Frog is over, what will volume 5 consist of?