How Netflix’s 'Sweet Tooth' Characters Compare to the DC Comic

Netflix's latest big swing at genre fare is Sweet Tooth, which is part post-apocalyptic fairy tale, part road story, part action, and part adventure. Which is to say: there's a little bit of everything going on here, but it really does work. Based on a 40-issue comic series from DC/Vertigo Comics from acclaimed writer Jeff Lemire, and produced by Robert Downey Jr. and Susan Downey, Sweet Tooth has the source material and clout behind it to be a big hit. But what really pulls everything together might be the degree to which the Netflix series pulls of its depictions of some of the characters first made famous in Lemire's comic.

Some of these characters—like titular hero Sweet Tooth/Gus and main villain Abbot—almost feel like they've been adapted directly from the page onto your screen. Others, like the hard-exterior and brutal hero Tommy Jepperd, have been tweaked for the adaptation. Others have seen more dramatic changes.

But that's not to say both versions of a character aren't good. The story being told is being told on a different medium; something that works in a comic may not work as well on TV, and that's totally fine. Choices are made for a reason. Below, we look at how many of the characters in Netflix's version of Sweet Tooth compare to their DC/Vertigo comic counterparts, and how their stories may reflect any changes that are clear.