Gibbons, Jeff – Teeth

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Teeth

Have you ever had a moment of terror while you were chomping down on a nut, or taffy, or a piece of popcorn, where you heard what sounds like an unusually loud cracking/crunching noise? Depending on where you were when this happened, you might have had to spend several minutes or even hours unable to completely check your teeth, wondering if you had done yourself any permanent damage, with plenty of time to imagine all sorts of horrible changes that would come to your life because of your shattered tooth/teeth. That particular feeling sums up this comic pretty well. It’s a brisk seven pages of comic, in which we see our hero anxiously checking his teeth in a mirror (using the trick of sneaking up on yourself, walking away and then turning back before quickly checking again), explaining to a friend why he’s acting so strangely, and listening to advice from another friend about his obvious need to live a little. It’s a claustrophobic and creepy little book, and it’s hard to imagine this subject matter being covered any better. No price, and from his website it looks like Jeff is reworking some of his comics, but I’d guess that $2-3 would get you a copy of this one.