New revelations about Walter Fish and Project Evergreen push Jepperd over the edge. When his violent actions finally ostracize him from the rest of the group, he's forced to leave The Dam. But Jepperd won't go quietly – and he won't go without Gus.
SWEET TOOTH #25 by Jeff Lemire is in stores today.
THE UNWRITTEN tops MTV Geek’s list of the 25 Best Ongoing Comic Book Series (So Far) at #1.
AMERICAN VAMPIRE and SWEET TOOTH also hit the list at #16 and #18 respectively.
In other news, Scott Snyder was featured in an article in USA TODAY for his work on Batman and IGN raved about SWEET TOOTH #24 rating it at 9.0 AMAZING.
As Gus lies dying, he has a new and terrible vision that will test the group's faith. Below is a peek inside Gus’ experience, gorgeously drawn and watercolored by Jeff Lemire. Endangered Species concludes in SWEET TOOTH #24 on sale Wednesday.
San Diego Comic-Con is a great place to see some of your favorite writers, artists, pencillers, and colorists. For those of you who couldn’t make it to the convention or missed these moments, here are a few photographs from my time there.
Pictured below: Eisner Award winning writer Scott Snyder and artist Rafael Albuquerque on the AMERICAN VAMPIRE panel. Notice Jeff Lemire hiding in the background?
Pictured below: SWEET TOOTH writer and artist Jeff Lemire and colorist Jose Villarubia signing in the DC Entertainment booth.
Pictured below: Eisner Award winning twin brothers Gabriel Ba and Fabio Moon signing in the DC Entertainment booth.
Had to look up the word eschatology? Don't worry, so did I. According to Webster's Dictionary it's defined as "any system of doctrines concerning last, or final matters, as death or the afterlife." And it's the perfect word to describe Jeff Lemire's outstanding comic book SWEET TOOTH.
Cory Doctorow continues to rave about Jeff Lemire's SWEET TOOTH v3: Animal Armies on BOING BOING saying it, "is a most excellent continuation of one of the best apocalyptic comics currently underway."
If you haven't read SWEET TOOTH yet, this just may be the time to start!
Jeff Lemire’s epic story about an orphaned young boy with antlers and a love of chocolate wows readers on a monthly basis. In SWEET TOOTH Vol. 3: Animal Armies, collecting issues #12-17, Gus and the other hybrid kids meet a new ally in the militia camp, but will he help them find a way out? And Jepperd begins to assemble an army of his own to take down the militia camp. But can he control the forces he's set in motion?
“SWEET TOOTH is like Mad Max with antlers. . . . spellbinding and offbeat.” –USA TODAY.com
"Like a Coen brothers road-trip drama, "SWEET TOOTH," by indie comics fave Jeff Lemire, is a fantastic post-apocolyptic comic.” —AM NEW YORK
“Excellent.” –USA TODAY/POP CANDY
“Jeff Lemire’s amazing postapocalyptic comic SWEET TOOTH: bloody and gentle all at once.” –New York Magazine (Approval Matrix Lowbrow/Brilliant)
“Sweet Tooth is a grabber from the get-go . . . Lemire retains his gift for imbuing ordinary moments with a sense of wonder.” –THE A.V. CLUB
“One of comics’ finest current books.” –ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
“Sweet Tooth is a quirky and intelligent story; thoughtful but unflinching, a coming-of-age fable punctuated with hardcore violence. There are poetic moments, as when Gus suddenly comes face-to-face with a full-grown buck in the woods. There are also disturbing and shocking scenes worthy of, say, The Road Warrior. . . . Lemire’s text is densely crafted, with nary a word wasted, and a perfect complement to his spare, sketchy artwork.” –SCIFI DIMENSIONS
No matter how many times we might have seen the post-apocalyptic tale in comics, Lemire makes it seem fresh again. . . . It's the fusion of Lemire's art and writing that make this series function so smoothly and elegantly. . . . Captivating, elegantly sparse world of SWEET TOOTH.” –IGN
Find out what the critics are raving about. Pick up SWEET TOOTH Vol. 3 on sale now.
The sci-fi collection STRANGE ADVENTURES went on sale this week with exclusive previews appearing at:
The LA TIMES/Hero Complex previewed of ULTRA THE MULTI ALIEN, written and illustrated by Jeff Lemire.
GAWKER/I09 previewed A “TRUE TALE” FROM SAUCER COUNTRY, written by Paul Cornell and with art by Goran Sudzuka.
WIRED/Underwire previewed POST-MODERN PROMETHEUS, written and illustrated by Kevin Colden.
AOL/Comics Alliance previewed PARTNERS, written by Peter Milligan and with art by Sylvain Savoia.
MTV GEEK previewed CASE 21, written by Selwyn Hinds and with art by Denys Cowan.
And COMIC BOOK RESOURCES previewed of this fall’s new limited series SPACEMAN, by Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso.
Editor Mark Doyle shares how Jeff Lemire’s ULTRA THE MULTI ALIEN story in STRANGE ADVENTURES (on sale now) came about.
Take it away Mark.
“You should call Jeff Lemire,” former Vertigo Editor, turned-Hollywood Mogul, Pornsak Pichetshote said to me. “He’s crazy about all that old stuff.”
That’s how “Ultra The Multi-Alien” started. It was all PP’s idea. The man is an idea machine (that must be why they plucked him from the dark halls of Vertigo to go work for the West Coast brain trust).
So I called Jeff. Told him we were doing a Vertigo Anthology with a sci-fi theme. Told him we were thinking of using one of those wacky old Mystery-in-Space-type characters. Told him about Ultra.
“Oh, I love that guy.” Of course you do, Jeff. Of course you do.
Here’s the thing about Ultra The Multi-Alien—he’s a joke. He’s been a running joke in the DC halls for years. I mean, look at the guy! What a mess! Everybody always jokes about Ultra (even Conan O’Brian took some jabs at Ultra. The VERY day I talked to Jeff about Ultra, ol’ “gravy leg” was on Conan that night. True story. Google it.) Everybody joked about doing an Ultra story for years. But nobody was ever serious.
Except Jeff. Deadly serious. See, he has a love and a reverence for all of the old DC characters. Cool and not-so-cool alike. Especially the not-so-cool. He likes to look deep into the characters, find out what makes them tick, show us why they are sympathetic. Why we should maybe take a closer look. As Jeff and I were talking about Ultra I was flipping through the DC Encyclopedia. Told Jeff that his girlfriend’s name was Bonnie. That was it. Jeff was off and running. He had his story.
I’m very proud of “Ultra The Multi-Alien.” I think it’s a beautiful, heartbreaking story. It’s like Bowie’s “Space Oddity.” Trippy, but, totally heartfelt too. That’s because Jeff loves all that old stuff. And now, thanks to you, Jeff, we do too.
And if you haven't seen it, check out the LOS ANGELES TIMES/Hero Complex preview here.
This May, Vertigo will publish STRANGE ADVENTURES #1, a collection of science fiction short stories as only Vertigo can do them.
Written and drawn by some of the comic industries most sought after talents, STRANGE ADVENTURES also features some exciting new talents making their Vertigo debut!
This volume also includes, the first chapter of SPACEMAN, a new series by the Eisner award-winning team of 100 BULLETS, Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso debuting this Fall.
Check out the issue’s Table of Contents below and here’s a first look at the cover by Paul Pope:
Table of Contents:
“All The Pretty Ponies”
Writer Lauren Beukes
Artist Inaki Miranda
“The White Room”
Writer Talia Hershewe
Artist Juan Bobillo
“Case 21”
Writer Selwyn Hinds
Artist Denys Cowan
“Postmodern Prometheus”
Writer and Artist Kevin Colden
“Ultra The Multi-Alien”
Writer and Artist Jeff Lemire
“Refuse”
Writer and Artist Ross Campbell
“Partners”
Writer Peter Milligan
Artist Sylvain Savoia
“A ‘True Tale’ From Saucer Country”
Writer Paul Cornell
Artist Goran Sudzuka
“Spaceman”
Writer Brian Azzarello
Artist Eduardo Risso
Jeff Lemire, fashion designer?
Out in the snow and freezing cold, the characters of SWEET TOOTH need some warm clothes to bundle up in. So leave it to the amazing Jeff Lemire to dress them in cozy coats and scarves. Jeff shares some of his “winter gear” design sketches with us as the Endangered Species storyline begins in issue #20 on sale now.
Gus and Jepperd
Lucy and Becky
Singh and Johnny
Wendy and Bobby
Walter
