A review by rouver
Dear Creature by Jonathan Case

4.0

A sea monster feeds on lustful young teenagers who wander too close to the water; but he's more than a scary face. He searches for the person, his true love, who has been throwing tales from the bard into the ocean, message-in-a-bottle style. He speaks in iambic pentameter and is always accompanied by his wise-cracking side-kick crabs (since they, too, enjoy snacking on dead flesh, of course). It's a quirky fun read & I'd definitely recommend it to anyone who already enjoys graphic novels. My *only* complaint is that it wasn't done in color...but likely this was due to monetary reasons since this is the author's debut novel. Hopefully he is successful enough with this delightful tale that his publisher will go ahead & splurge on color next time.