Sweet Tooth (Issues 1 and 2) (DC/Vertigo)

Sweet Tooth (Issues 1 and 2)

DC/Vertigo

Written and drawn by Jeff Lemire

Sep 03, 2009 Web Exclusive By Jeremy Nisen

It's a wide-eyed innocence just waiting to be lost. Really wide eyes.

Jeff Lemire's Sweet Tooth, a new ongoing series from Vertigo, focuses on Gus. He's a sweet-natured young boy who's grown up in isolation, living off the land in a small cabin, with only his father for company.

Gus happens to be a human-animal hybrid. He's part deer. And, yeah, it's a little creepy in a way. But Lemire's art treats him with tenderness, and it's hard to imagine a character more endearing after only two issues of story. When Gus' father succumbs to disease, he's forced to choose between remaining on his own-living the lonely existence his father left him with-or following a rough but seemingly well-meaning stranger into a harsher world.

Lemire sets a mood and builds a world that begs for more exploration. His art is expressive and sometimes shocking and often beautiful.

The first issue of Sweet Tooth is offered at only a dollar. Do yourself a favor-get in on the ground floor of what may be the next memorable epic from Vertigo, an imprint with a sterling track record. (www.dccomics.com/vertigo/)

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