Sweet Tooth (Vertigo)

Sweet Tooth
Cover of Sweet Tooth 1 (November 2009), art by Jeff Lemire and Jose Villarrubia
Publication information
Publisher	Vertigo/DC Black Label
Schedule	Monthly
Format	Ongoing series
Genre	Post-apocalyptic
Publication date	September 2009 – August 2021
No. of issues	46
Main character(s)	Gus Jepperd
Creative team
Created by	Jeff Lemire
Written by	Jeff Lemire
Artist(s)	Jeff Lemire
Letterer(s)	Pat Brosseau
Colorist(s)	Jose Villarrubia
Editor(s)	Brandon Montclare Bob Schreck
Collected editions
Out of the Woods	ISBN 1-4012-2696-5
In Captivity	ISBN 1-4012-2854-2
Animal Armies	ISBN 1-4012-3170-5
Endangered Species	ISBN 1-4012-3361-9
Unnatural Habitats	ISBN 1-4012-3723-1
Wild Game	ISBN 1-4012-4029-1
The Return	ISBN 1-7795-1032-2

Sweet Tooth is an American comic book limited series written and drawn by Canadian cartoonist Jeff Lemire and published by DC Comics' Vertigo imprint. Dubbed by some as "Mad Max meets Bambi",^[1] it takes place in a mostly rural post-apocalyptic setting where some creatures are human/animal hybrids. The original 40-issue series of six sub-titled segments, ran from November 2009 to January 2013 (cover dates). A six-issue sequel, sub-titled The Return, ran from November 2020 to November 2021. A television series adaptation was released on Netflix in June 2021, with a second season released in April 2023. The third and final season was released in June 2024.