Aaron Williams continues the compilations of his PS238 comic series with "Not Another Learning Experience" (consisting of issues 16-21, but no small bonus comics in this volume). It's a somewhat idiosyncratic compilation - it finishes the storyline at the end of the last volume, juggles a number of short storylines and time-travel tie ins, and starts a new, several-issue storyline that forms the next volume.

In fact, he's juggling a little too much here - issue 18, for example, essentially introduces two new characters while handling parts of two storylines from other issues and adding capstones to another two. While Williams can handle a lot at once - it can even work better that way, as it did in "No Child Left Behind" - this volume does end up weaker than the last as a result.

Which isn't to say Williams has lost his touch - he hasn't; the comic remains funny and the character developments in the large cast keep moving, even if the plot crowds them both out once in a while. If you started the series, keep with it. ( )