SWEETIE: CANDY VIGILANTE #6, from Dynamite Comics on 6/21/23, takes readers along for the grand opening of the Sweetie Candy Vigilante candy shop.
The Details
- Written by: Suzanne Cafiero
- Art by: Jeff Zornow
- Colors by: Antonio Fabela
- Letters by: D.C. Hopkins
- Cover art by: Jeff Zornow (cover A)
- Comic Rating: Mature
- Cover price: $3.99
- Release date: June 21, 2023
Is It Good?
SWEETIE: CANDY VIGILANTE #6 is a bizarre comic. Suzane Cafiero’s sugar-soaked fever dream continues after a multi-month hiatus, just in time for Sweetie to open her candy shop at the former site of the Ice Cream Bunny Bar. What follows is a surreal mix of opening-day excitement, half-baked police investigations, and truly terrible dialog.
When last we left Sweetie, she spent a long time “baptizing Pixie in the ways of her gang while Bart Volgare received word of Skurvy’s death and the dissolution of the Ice Cream Bunny Bar. Now, the Ice Cream Bunny Bar holds a grand opening as the new Sweetie Candy Vigilante candy shop to a cheering crowd, while the police pay a visit to the shop to investigate Skurvy’s murder.
What is happening in this comic? What is happening in this series? Does anyone know what’s going on or how any of this is supposed to work? Oy! Sugar-soaked fever dream is probably the most accurate description possible because very little about his issue makes sense.
Why would thousands of NYCers line up for a candy shop? Does nobody think it’s weird that a candy shop has the word ‘Vigilante’ on its sign? What does opening a candy shop have to do with eliminating bad guys? Why does everyone talk like they’re broken AI chatbots? What is the plot of this series? Does anyone know?
It’s practically impossible to give this comic a thoughtful critique because it reads like a Salvadore Dali fantasy in narrative form. There’s no coherent or obvious plot, the dialogue is terrible, and the scenes play out with a bizarre tone that doesn’t fit into any identifiable genre.
If nothing else, at least the art is colorful. Zornow’s character designs are memorable, and Antonio Fabela’s color pop like a bowl full of pop rocks. You may get a sugar high just by flipping through the pages, even if it is written as somebody hopped on a sugar high.
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What’s It About?
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Check out our SWEETIE: CANDY VIGILANTE #5 review to find out how Pixie was brought up to speed.
We begin with the grand opening of the Sweetie Candy Vigilante candy shop. Thousands wait outside to get a taste while Gummee Bear fans the flames of interest online with his expert social media marketing skills. When the doors open, business booms.
Elsewhere, Detective Jacks receives the coroner’s assessment of Skurvy’s death. The mysterious goo around the severed head is a strange type of cherry juice, leading Jacks to conclude he should pay the new candy shop a visit.
We conclude the issue with the world’s most confusing interrogation and a visit from an old acquaintance after closing.
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Final Thoughts
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SWEETIE: CANDY VIGILANTE #6 is a surreal, sloppy, bizarre daydream wrapped in a head-scratching plot. The story doesn’t make any sense, and the dialog is terrible, but at least the art is colorful.
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