For almost twenty five straight issues, Jeff Lemire has written and drawn every issue of Sweet Tooth. While one particular issue had a trio of artists do an issue, Lemire drew part of that issue too so his consistency has been very impressive. Speaking of that issue, one of the artists from before is going to be drawing this particular arc which is unique for this series. Matt Kindt is really an obvious choice for this arc because his style is so similar to Lemire. So I wasn’t expecting the change to be dramatic in any way. But then I open the book, and the comic does look different but in a good way.

It is a bit eerie how close Kindt is to Lemire. He has a simple, sketchy style on the surface but once you look closely at each panel you see enormous detail in them. You can see the individual markings in the wood of the boat, or (what I’m sure was a big pain in the ass) of seeing individual flakes of snow once the explorers hit land. Still even with the detail by Kindt the title does look incredible similar to previous issues, even if his style is slightly more tighter then before. Interestingly Kindt also likes to color his own work, unlike Lemire, so it’s a bit more impressive to see Kindt do practically everything in the art.

What’s impressive about Lemire’s script here is that it’s the most dense issue I’ve ever read for this series. I think Lemire put more narration and dialogue into this particular issue then the last three issues combined. Don’t get me wrong though, this is a well written issue with an almost unrelated backstory of Dr. James Thacker. I’m not stupid, I know this will have something to do with the overall story down the road. But this beginning of this rescue mission is entertaining enough without much connection to the previous plot.

It’s a really impressive issue all around by Lemire and Kindt. Kindt provides some really great pencils in here and Lemire gives us a shockingly dense story for an issue. I think this issue proves, in my opinion anyways, that Sweet Tooth is the best book Lemire has right now. It’s the perfect combination of art and story in one tightly packed issue. Which is better to say then what Lemire is offering lately in the New DCU…