Cartoonist Patrick Horvath joins the Capes and Tights Podcast for Episode 202 on December 18, 2024. To prepare for the conversation, we have compiled five comics by Horvath you should read.
Horvath is a filmmaker and comic book creator best known for IDW Publishing’s Eisner-nominated comic book series Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees as well as the 2025 followup Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees: Rite of Spring. Horvath is also the mind behind the Zoop funded and Oni Press soon-to-be released Free for All.
The collected edition of Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees has sold out at the distribution level and headed back for a second printing.
Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees
Don’t. Murder. The locals. This is small-town serial killer, upstanding citizen, and adorable brown bear Samantha Strong’s cardinal rule. After all, there’s a sea of perfectly ripe potential victims in the big city just beyond the forest, and when you’ve worked as hard as Sam to build a cozy life and a thriving business in a community surrounded by friendly fellow animal folk, warm decor, and the aroma of cedar trees and freshly baked apple pie… the last thing you want is to disturb the peace.
So you can imagine her indignation when one of Woodbrook’s own meets a grisly, mysterious demise-and you wouldn’t blame her for doing anything it takes to hunt down her rival before the town self-destructs and Sheriff Patterson starts (literally) barking up the wrong tree.
Free for All
In the future, the World Finance League exists to benefit all, randomly choosing those from among the billionaires and trillionaires of the world and presenting them with a choice: either donate half of their assets to the common good — or defend them in ritual combat.
Reigning champion and real estate magnate Ted Brooks has 22 victories under his belt — defending the wealth he schemed and stabbed to get — when he is forced to face his ex-wife, Luella Dominguez, in a fight to the death. Luella has been training, waiting for this moment. But will she have what it takes to defeat the man who would do anything — absolutely anything — to keep his fortune?
Coming March 2025 from Oni Press
Creepshow in Love #1
Romance + Creepshow? This three-course special is for all the lonely hearts out there! First, murderous Mirka Andolfo (Sweet Paprika) spins a horrifying yarn about the Valentine’s Day Killer in “Madness of Two“! Then, petrifying Patrick Horvath (Beneath The Trees Where Nobody Sees) concocts a love potion for a “Cursed Casanova“! Finally, yelpin’ Yul-Pyeong Oh and paranormal Puré invite you to the zoo for the worst first date ever in “Penguin Avenger“!
Coming February 12, 2025 from Image Comics
HAHA #4
“Gustav in the World of Floating Bbjects” – A wise clown once said that everything floats… and he was right. The comic book with a literally laughable title drifts into the big, blue sky with an issue hand-painted by watercolorist Patrick Horvath.
DC Horror Presents #3
In this very special (and spooky) artist-writer issue, horror comics legends Francesco Francavilla and Patrick Horvath write and illustrate two frightful stories set in the DCU. Come see Adam Strange’s adventures become a lot stranger as he brings parasitic dirt to Earth from the planet Rann. And what else lies in store? You’ll just have to see…if you dare!
Coming December 26, 2024 from DC Comics
