Jeff Lemire: Sweet Tooth. [3] : Animal armies

 

Alkuteos: Sweet Tooth: Animal Armies (2011)

Ilmestymisaika: 2011 (ko.painos)

Sivumäärä: 144

Kustantaja: DC Comics

ISBN: 9781401231705

Muoto: Nid.

Sarjamerkintä: Sweet Tooth #3

Peukku: ^^b

Huom: julkaistu alun perin Sweet Tooth -sarjakuvalehden numeroissa 12-17

*The Dogs of war

The end of the world was just the beginning for the boy called Gus. Born into a plague-ravaged wilderness, he’s one of the human/animal hybrids who hold the promise of a cure in their veins. Sold into captivity by a man he thought was his friend, Gus is now at the mercy of a ruthless militia who believe his past is the key to their future. And when they leave their fortified compound to hunt down Gus’s history, an unlikely alliance may be his only chance to get out.

Meanwhile, all that the man called Jepperd wants is to get back in. Years ago Gus’s captors took Jepperd’s wife and baby from him, then forced him to betray Gus. Now he’s out for bloody revenge, and he’ll do anything to get it – including joining forces with the crazed animal-worshipping cult that roams the wastelands.

The question is, once Jepperd unleashes these wild men, can he ever put them back in their kennel? And when the secret of Gus’s origin is uncovered, will he still be alive to learn it?

With Sweet Tooth: Animal Armies, Eisner-nominated cartoonist Jeff Lemire (The Nobody, Essex County) delivers the most sweeping and shocking chapter yet in his groundbreaking post-apocalyptic epic.*

Jeppard on lähtenyt parin kaverin kanssa epätoivoiselle pelastusretkelle. Hän on päättänyt saada Gusin pois armeijan käsistä. Samaan aikaan Gus ja pari muuta hypridilasta koettavat karata. Nämä kaksi kohtaavat viimein taistelussa, jossa veri roiskuu ja salaisuudet paljastuvat. Osa tarinasta kerrotaan myös intialaisen lääkärin kautta, joten vähän historiasta valottuu myös.

Tarina etenee ja muuttuu aina vain salaperäisemmäksi. Kuvitus toimii, mutta sen paikoittaisen väkivaltaisuuden takia en suosittele herkille.