I was looking for a completely different "Sweet Tooth", when I saw this and thought: huh. Looks interesting. Plus, it got some great reviews, so I'll give it a try.Well, I liked it, but I won't be rushing out to get the next one. Gus, or Sweet Tooth, is a boy who grows up in the forest with his d...
I went in to this book knowing nothing about it and because of it's minimal dialogue i think that's the way to go. That being said this book was about a boy named Gus who lives in this post apocalyptic world where a disease been killing off the population and children born during the outbreak are...
Jeff Lemire ist mit THE NOBODY und ESSEX COUNTY einer meiner Lieblingsautoren und -zeichner kanadischer Comics. Eigenständig, innovativ, unabhängig und emotional sind Adjektive, die mir als erstes einfallen, wenn ich an diese Comics denke.SWEET TOOTH will sich mir nicht in den Reigen der vorgenan...
While the central mystery slowly begins to unravel, it’s a bit too slow to remain compelling. The first volume was the bait, tempting you with the interesting premise, while this volume is more of the hook, expanding the world-building so that you’ll stay interested. So far, I’m nibbling the worm...
This series is grim dystopian stuff, with a sweet hybrid boy-deer as a main character who may hold the key to why the plague has happened, or how they can survive it, because he, at 9, like all the other hybrid kids, seems to be immune.... The first book is intriguing, suspenseful, grim, somethin...
In the second volume of this series, we learn about Jeppard's past, giving us much-needed back-story to the events in volume one. Gus ("Sweet Tooth") remains imprisoned and studied, forced to revisit memories of his religious-zealot father through hypnosis, in the doctor's hopes of gaining knowle...
Jeff Lemire's 2011 re-imagining of Animal Man is okay, but feels more like an event tie-in than something that stands on its own.Don't expect Grant Morrison's combination of humor and surrealism here (though the preachiness is fortunately absent too). Animal Man is now an action-packed horror co...
Another great page turner!I've recently finished volume 1 of the new 52 Swamp Thing reboot, which is building to a crossover with Animal Man. And this goes along with it perfectly. Both of these titles are creepy as hell and I loved every moment of them. These titles brought a story arc unlike an...
In 2011, DC Comics cancelled all of their existing titles and re-launched their entire series branding them The New 52. Animal Man was the surprising breakout hit of the new series. I frankly didn't know about Animal Man until I read this version of his story and I am kicking myself. Animal Ma...
Not so happy with this relaunch of the title, both the art and the writing held little surprise or excitement for me. The writing felt one dimensional where it should have been three dimensional, the plot felt slow and unsurprising, and the art didn't really catch me at all. Bill Sienkiewicz had ...
My first Animal Man comic was in August 1994 with issue #74, which may have also been my first Vertigo comic. The first of MANY. And I was hooked on Animal Man from that moment on. Unfortunately, the book was cancelled 15 issues later. But in September 2011, when I saw the first batch of DC’s...
Jeff Lemire's work is always so haunting and often heartbreaking. This collected volume of Essex County focuses on several interwoven families and their complicated relationships across several generations. The rural setting and culture of isolation create a barren environment as well as painful...
Essex County has been on my radar since it was one of the Canada Reads selections in 2011. I picked it up a few times, but was put off by the artwork. I'm glad I finally picked it up now! The artwork grew on me; it's amazing the kinds of emotions and stories someone can tell with only the barest ...
"Essex County" is flat-out perfect! Weaving together stories about family, farming, and hockey, Lemire has created not only a fantastic comic but a textured and deep piece of literature. It's a remarkable feat, completely deserving of all the hype and awards it has garnered.Lemire has a wonderful...
I am utterly unsurprised that this has an above 4-star rating as of me writing this. While I wouldn't give it that myself, I'd assert that for many habitual readers of graphic novels, it will be a solid five-star read. It's original, interesting, well-written, insightful, and thought-provoking. T...
Again, shocked by how amazing this series is. I had low expectations going in based on the subject matter, but trusted Jeff Lemire to pull through for me, and he has in a big way so far. Volume 3 is quite a bit more action-packed than previous volumes. You also get a better feel for the grandeur ...
This series is turning out to be even better than the few things that I had heard about it.I wasn't a fan of Lemire's art at the start of the story (back in vol. 1) really. I thought it was appropriate for the story but I felt that it could've been better. In this story line there are moments whe...
Now that the year is winding to a close and my 2013 Reading Challenge as well, I find myself reviewing the books I read this year. I can't believe I forgot to log this, since this was one of the better presents I got last Christmas. My brother sure knows to pick the comics that I would enjoy.Alth...
Background,,,, OMGS! So moving, so intense, so thrilling! I cannot give the cycle enough praise.
I love the dream sequence panels in #24 and #25. David Lynch, please make this into a TV show! Please!
My favourite current comic series.By far. Another stellar effort from Jeff Lemire. This series just gets better as it goes on.
This volume started out in a way that made me groan. An old story told as background featuring none of the current characters. THEN I actually started to care about the characters in this small story.Then we got back to the craziness that is Sweet Tooth. It continues to be heartfelt and suspensef...
The story highlights the dark and cruel speculations that pass around in small towns. A girl who looks forward to escaping to the city befriends a guy known as the creep among town, who doesn't really belong anywhere yet has been everywhere. Both discover the true definition of friendship and bea...
If there is something that Lemire is excellent at it is artistically portraying lonliness in black, white and blue. The Essex County trilogy by far is his best and most complete work - lonliness but also longing and struggles to communiicate and connect.Many of his other works are similar takes o...
Sweet Tooth finally comes to an end here, and with it comes a whole pot of mixed feelings. I'd put off the final volume for a good long time, just because the series is a real downer, and I didn't want to be bummed out by the far too likely deaths of half of the cast. So here I am, and sure enoug...
Fantastic book, but the writing on the last issue got a tad heavy-handed with the repetition. The series as a whole is more than good enough to make up for this tiny, tiny issue, though. The action got a little clunky in parts, but the unraveling of the plot was done reasonably enough to keep it ...
In doing some catchup on DC Comics events (somehow they seem less mundane than Marvel's) I find myself enjoying a D list character such as Animal Man for the first time since Grant Morrison's arguably classic run. Wile not as meta fiction as Morrison's Lemire honors much of the work done by thos...
Oh my dayum, this is a great comic book! Buddy Baker's nightmare continues as further details of the Rot's war against life come to light and the real nature of both his own superhero career and his daughter's future as Avatar of the Red are fleshed out. Same great art, same great story. One of t...
I think I get it now. The New 52 is not for brand-new DC readers after all - in fact, only people who have read every single issue of every DC series ever are really the only intended audience. Apparently many of these characters who seem all new aren't actually new. Shade, Dr. Mist, Black Orc...
Trillium uses a simple concept with a complex structure showing a great divide in time between a man and a woman destined to be together, despite the 2000 years separating them. When the time splits and she's thrown into his past and him into her future, it becomes really fascinating. There's one...
I think the best compliment that I can pay Jeff Lemire for his work on this title is the following.The best, and maybe as good, a run on this title since Grant Morrison wrote the character. I haven't cared about Buddy Baker and his family since the Morrison days regardless of who was writing the...
Great read stuffed with action and a butt load of fun!So I'm a big fan of Jeff Lemire, he's doing great work in Justice League Dark and his run on Animal Man was magical. Though this title doesn't have the depth and emotion that the others have, it makes up for it with all out fun. What we have h...
The story and storytelling here are not entirely fantastic; it's definitely clear that Lemire was just starting out (indeed, this was his first published graphic novel). The artwork, though, is kind of amazing. It's much rougher than his later work, but there's this incredible *life* to it -- it ...
This is Lemire's first published work, and it shows. Very rough art, but as always, it works for him. He still shows glimpses of his cinematic eye. However, the story is too bleak for my tastes, and unlike his later work, the ending leaves nothing much to show for itself. On its own, it's a fairl...
3.5 Stars.This having been my first foray (sort of) into the comic world of John Constantine (never read Hellblazer, but have read some JLD), I'm impressed so far. Another great outing from Jeff Lemire... really liking all his New 52 work.Art style fits very well with the story and Constantine hi...
Not quite as good as the previous volume, this is still one of the better New 52 titles. Even though the skeleton of the plot for the first half of the volume isn't very strong (magic versus science in an alternate world), it does allow for most of the characters to shine (John Constantine being...
I Finally got around to reading this yesterday... it was a pretty decent alternate take on the Wolfman-Perez Titans (where they are actual teens), but it really wasn't enough story for a self-contained one shot GN that may or may not ever have a future volume.Also, I hated Raven as a Native Ameri...