Dear Creature

by Jonathan Case

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Deep beneath the waves, a creature named Grue defies his nature, no longer wanting to eat lusty beachgoers, no matter how their hormones call to him. Grue discovers love after finding Shakespeare's plays in cola bottles. When his first attempt at companionship in the world above ends . . . poorly, Grue searches for the person who cast the plays into the sea. What he finds is love in the arms of Giulietta-but with his wicked past catching up to him, Grue must decide if becoming a new man means ignoring the monster he was.


Rising from a brine of drive-in pulp and gentle poetry, award winner Jonathan Case's brand-new hardcover edition of his debut graphic novel Dear Creature is the love story you never imagined!

Praise for a previous edition of Dear Creature:
"Marvelously entertaining . . . A funny, bizarre, unexpected pleasure that gives a creature from the depths heart and soul."-Kirkus Reviews
"Exuberantly weird . . . Startlingly assured for a debut effort." -Publishers Weekly
"Dear Creature is sure to be one of the quirkiest and most surprising love stories you will ever read." -Gene Yang
  • ISBN10 1506700950
  • ISBN13 9781506700953
  • Publish Date 11 October 2016 (first published 11 October 2011)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Out of Print 12 March 2021
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Dark Horse Comics,U.S.