::Sigh:: Every November I get a little a down. I mean, it’s another 11 months until the most magical time of the year: Halloween! And this year? I had a blast. (OMG it was horrifying!) I ate candy, I went to parties, I noted the glitter bats and pumpkins that my co-workers festively scattered in my cube, and I honored our Dark Lord with viewings of a couple of not-so-oldies, but goodies, like Cabin Fever, The Descent, and Jun-On. Yeah, it was another HORRIBLE year! But now? It’s time to get back to business. Besides, I’ve missed you guys.
In today’s episode, I’ll walk you through how I made my Halloween costume: Gus, from Jeff Lemire‘s 2010-2013 comic Sweet Tooth. This tutorial will be handy for anyone making a costume that involves horns or ears, which I’m pretty sure is everyone.
How to Make a Gus a.k.a “Sweet Tooth” Costume
This year, I went as Gus, from Sweet Tooth. Sweet Tooth chronicles the misadventures of Gus, a young deer-boy hybrid, meeting the — disease-ridden, violent, post-apocalyptic — world for the first time. (It’s kind of like the Wonder Years, if Winnie was part pig, Paul was a murdering drifter with a heart of gold, and everyone else was basically dead.) All of Sweet Tooth is available in six trade paperbacks, and I highly recommend it. I’ve also been enjoying Lemire’s Trillium, which has four monthly issues available.
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Interested in Sweet Tooth? Buy the Comic here!
