For many readers, finding the series in a "Complete 1-17" format is the ideal way to experience the story.
Lessons 9-11 form a triptych of silent terror. The Farmer stops leaving notes. The water pump fails. The Panel (the giant sow) digs a massive trench overnight, revealing old bones. By Lesson 12 (“The Accounting”), Jab has to decide whether to eat the seed corn or plant it for an uncertain future. Jab Comics Farm Lessons 1-17 Complete