Comments on: Sweet Tooth 2: gripping post-apocalyptic comic continues, minus the whimsy http://boingboing.net/2011/01/19/sweet-tooth-2-grippi.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 21 May 2013 18:02:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/01/19/sweet-tooth-2-grippi.html#comment-998913 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-998913 Yeah, Sweet Tooth is almost certainly one of the best 2 or 3 comic books going right now. Jeff Lemire is the goods. Yeah, Sweet Tooth is almost certainly one of the best 2 or 3 comic books going right now. Jeff Lemire is the goods.

]]> By: TakeThatSubspace! http://boingboing.net/2011/01/19/sweet-tooth-2-grippi.html#comment-998925 TakeThatSubspace! Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-998925 I'm sure this is great in its own right, but his antlers and Cory's description made me wish I had my comics at hand so I could get me some Black Hole goodness... http://www.amazon.com/Black-Hole-Charles-Burns/dp/037542380X . ++++++++++++++ Anyone else gonna explode waiting for the Charles Burns, Jeff Lemire 12 issue collaboration "Lazar, Akiva & Yagoubzadeh and Academic Advantage Are A Scam"? Man I hope it's as good as their classic "Lazar, Akiva & Yagoubzadeh and Academic Advantage Haven't Denied Responsibility For The Hindenburg" I’m sure this is great in its own right, but his antlers and Cory’s description made me wish I had my comics at hand so I could get me some Black Hole goodness… http://www.amazon.com/Black-Hole-Charles-Burns/dp/037542380X .

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Anyone else gonna explode waiting for the Charles Burns, Jeff Lemire 12 issue collaboration “Lazar, Akiva & Yagoubzadeh and Academic Advantage Are A Scam”?

Man I hope it’s as good as their classic “Lazar, Akiva & Yagoubzadeh and Academic Advantage Haven’t Denied Responsibility For The Hindenburg”

]]> By: gewurztraminer http://boingboing.net/2011/01/19/sweet-tooth-2-grippi.html#comment-998929 gewurztraminer Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-998929 I am forever indebted to the folks manning the DC/Vertigo booth at C2E2 in Chicago last year. One of them handed me Sweet Tooth #1 while I was gawking at Fable's Bill Willingham. I read it on the train ride home to Indiana, then put it on my comic book subscription list as soon as I got near a computer. Great stuff Lemire has going on with this one. I am forever indebted to the folks manning the DC/Vertigo booth at C2E2 in Chicago last year. One of them handed me Sweet Tooth #1 while I was gawking at Fable’s Bill Willingham. I read it on the train ride home to Indiana, then put it on my comic book subscription list as soon as I got near a computer.

Great stuff Lemire has going on with this one.

]]> By: Chang http://boingboing.net/2011/01/19/sweet-tooth-2-grippi.html#comment-1004564 Chang Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1004564 I got #1 on Cory' rec and jsut picked up then promptly inhaled #2. Amazing stuff. I got #1 on Cory’ rec and jsut picked up then promptly inhaled #2. Amazing stuff.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/01/19/sweet-tooth-2-grippi.html#comment-998937 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-998937 Sweet Tooth belongs in the Twisted Metal series only! Sweet Tooth belongs in the Twisted Metal series only!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/01/19/sweet-tooth-2-grippi.html#comment-1000499 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1000499 I Just pick this up last night as well as Vol. 1 I read them in one sitting. Is that good. It's amazing storytelling, great character development ( especially Gus, the protagonist), and the art fits the tone of the story perfectly. I would disagree with Cory on the whimsical aspect of Vol. One. If you consider the plot as a whole, the first book has a perfect tone setup for the devastating feeling of anxiety and despair that engulfs the characters in the fallowing tome. Also I think Jeff Lemire can write circles around Charles Burns, although I'll concede that Burns' Art is of a more interesting tone. The infusion of surrealism into his work is sublime. While Lemire's Work resonates more with Neorealism. I Just pick this up last night as well as Vol. 1
I read them in one sitting.
Is that good.

It’s amazing storytelling, great character development ( especially Gus, the protagonist), and the art fits the tone of the story perfectly. I would disagree with Cory on the whimsical aspect of Vol. One.
If you consider the plot as a whole, the first book has a perfect tone setup for the devastating feeling of anxiety and despair that engulfs the characters in the fallowing tome.

Also I think Jeff Lemire can write circles around Charles Burns, although I’ll concede that Burns’ Art is of a more interesting tone. The infusion of surrealism into his work is sublime. While Lemire’s Work resonates more with Neorealism.

]]> By: gmarsden http://boingboing.net/2011/01/19/sweet-tooth-2-grippi.html#comment-999093 gmarsden Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-999093 It's also worth mentioning that Lemire's "Essex County" is one of the CBC's top 5 "Essential Canadian *Novels* of the Past Decade" (emphasis mine). See <a href="http://cbc.ca/canadareads/nominees.html">Canada Reads</a>. It’s also worth mentioning that Lemire’s “Essex County” is one of the CBC’s top 5 “Essential Canadian *Novels* of the Past Decade” (emphasis mine). See Canada Reads.

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