In which a reluctant comic-book reader discusses Jeff Lemire's Sweet Tooth.
As I've explained before, I don't get comic books. Jeff Lemire's Sweet Tooth—a smart comic representative of the medium's masochistic desire to transcend itself—crystallizes my confusion. Chronicling the adventures of a half-human, half-deer hybrid teenager in a post-Apocalyptic future, Issue #1 is quite dark—2/5ths of [...]