Name: Dear Creature
ISBN: 9781506700953

Jonathan Case

"Finding Shakespeare's plays in adrift cola bottles, a sea creature named Grue decides that he wants to be like the humans on the shore. Inspired by the intense love sonnets, he seeks true love. When he finds it, Grue must decide if becoming a new man means ignoring the monster he was"--

Dear Creature

Deep beneath the waves, a creature named Grue broods. He no longer wants to eat lusty beachgoers, no matter how their hormones call to him. A chorus of crabs urges him to reconsider. After all, people are delicious! But this monster has changed. Grue found Shakespeare's plays in cola bottles and, through them, a new heart. Now he yearns to join the world above. When his first attempt ends... poorly, Grue searches for the person who cast the plays into the sea. What he finds is love in the arms of Giulietta--a woman trapped in her own world. When she and Grue meet, Giulietta believes her prayers are answered. But people have gone missing and Giulietta's nephew is the prime suspect. With his 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, Jonathan Case's debut graphic novel Dear Creature is the love story you never imagined!

This was a re-read and such a pleasure for the second time.