![]() OK, there's heavy spoilers for the comic from here on in. What happened to the world in Sweet Tooth? Over the course of the comic the two must work together to survive attacks from vicious humans and to protect the other hybrids they encounter on the way. It's Jeppard who gives Gus the nickname "Sweet Tooth" after he greedily discovers candy bars for the first time. ![]() That turns out to be a lie, but the two do eventually strike up a bond. He rescues Gus and promises to take him to the Preserve - a place where it's said that hybrid children can live safe and happy lives. Luckily, help is on hand from Tommy Jeppard - a rough, tough, brute of a man who, in his life before the apocalypse, was a pro-sportsman. It quickly turns out that pops was actually onto something - hunters immediately try to kill Gus. When he gets sick and dies, however, Gus is left with no choice but to venture out into the big wide world. Dad is devout religious man, and he drills it into Gus that he should never leave the forest. ![]() Gus is nine years old when we first meet him, he lives in a cabin in the woods near Nebraska (later identified as the Long Pines State Wilderness Park), with just his aging father for company. ![]() ![]() Sweet Tooth is really the story of two very different people: Gus the hybrid, and Tommy Jeppard. ![]()
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