Sweet Tooth (2009)

The Netflix show is a gentle fairy tale. Jeff Lemire's comic, published by Vertigo from 2009 to 2013, is not: it is a grim post-apocalyptic road story that tips into horror, and it is far less sweet than the title suggests. Lemire wrote and drew it himself, and his scratchy, unpolished line suits a world that is falling apart. The first season covers roughly the ground of the first 12-issue book, but the tone is so different that the comic will still surprise you. Come for the boy with antlers, stay for the bleakness.