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Babyteeth Volume 1 by Donny Cates
5.0

It's official. Donny Cates has entered my top 5 writers. Like seriously...I love almost everything I read by him!

So we got this story that sounds familiar. A 16 year old girl is having a baby. Nothing we haven't seen on MTV right? However, this baby is the son of the devil, or the devil himself, or a demon, or...well we don't know yet. However, it's not normal. Big ass black eyes when born, creates earthquakes, and eats blood. This is not the type of baby you want but Sadie, that's mom, will protect and take care of her son no matter what. Even if he does bite nipples hard enough to make blood.

Now the ones behind the scenes are seeing these earthquakes and go NO! We must KILL the baby. Scary huh? So they send a assassin and now it's on. The chase to kill the baby while Sadie and her family stops them.

Good: I love Sadie. I love The Captain (her father). I love her sister. I love the family dialog and dynamic because it feels so real. I enjoyed the storyline of protecting your child even if he might be the devil himself. The idea of a organization coming to kill him is really interesting and the events that occur are screwed up to say the least. The comic has perfect pacing, slowing down when it needs to but giving you fast paced action at the same time. Also the art is a perfect mix of gloomy yet not too dark.

Bad: Nothing.

I love love love this story. Like Redneck Donny Cates is able to really give us a good mix of humor and horror in one go. His dialog is top notch and his characters are all varied and interesting. Anything with Cates name on it needs to be checked out it seems. This is a 5 out of 5 for me.