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Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees
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If a Richard Scarry book featured a furry serial killer.
Sam (Samantha) is not Dexter. She doesn't just kill killers and therefore makes herself somewhat palatable.
No.
She has a dark passenger but it just grabs randomly strangers off the street in the big city, drugs them, bleeds them out, and then buries chunks of them into neat little holes inside of paint cans.
Oh yeah.
This fuzzy bear bitch is your worst nightmare.
But her unbreakable rule is that she doesn't shit where she eats.
So she keeps up the facade of a friendly, small-town hardware store owner and just pops off to the closest urban hellscape every now and then to get her rocks off.
She has a method to her madness and she likes to see everything neat and tidy.
So when someone starts killing the inhabitants of her small town in ever more gruesome ways and riling up her neighbors, Samantha starts to freak out just a bit.
Now she's in the unnerving and unique position of being forced to suss out someone just like she, is and bring her own brand of justice to the situation.
You know, before the sheriff digs too deep and discovers own little hobby.
The whole thing is so disquieting because it looks like every children's story ever written for the 5-9 crowd, and reads like some kind of A24 nightmare fuel.
It's good.
I think this would make a nice Christmas gift for any horror comic aficionado.
Highly Recommended.
Sam (Samantha) is not Dexter. She doesn't just kill killers and therefore makes herself somewhat palatable.
No.
She has a dark passenger but it just grabs randomly strangers off the street in the big city, drugs them, bleeds them out, and then buries chunks of them into neat little holes inside of paint cans.
Oh yeah.
This fuzzy bear bitch is your worst nightmare.
But her unbreakable rule is that she doesn't shit where she eats.
So she keeps up the facade of a friendly, small-town hardware store owner and just pops off to the closest urban hellscape every now and then to get her rocks off.
She has a method to her madness and she likes to see everything neat and tidy.
So when someone starts killing the inhabitants of her small town in ever more gruesome ways and riling up her neighbors, Samantha starts to freak out just a bit.
Now she's in the unnerving and unique position of being forced to suss out someone just like she, is and bring her own brand of justice to the situation.
You know, before the sheriff digs too deep and discovers own little hobby.
The whole thing is so disquieting because it looks like every children's story ever written for the 5-9 crowd, and reads like some kind of A24 nightmare fuel.
It's good.
I think this would make a nice Christmas gift for any horror comic aficionado.
Highly Recommended.
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Nov 16, 2024 07:57PM
It’s great. I wish there were more self-contained short comics like this. I get tired of continuity.
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Peter wrote: "It’s great. I wish there were more self-contained short comics like this. I get tired of continuity."Preach it. The only way it's really fun anymore is if I somehow find the series after the whole thing is out. Otherwise, I forget what happened.
Misa wrote: "You liked it!"I did! Thank you for pushing me to check this one out sooner!
Yay!
I didn’t think you would like this one. Anthropomorphism doesn’t seem to be your thing.
I honestly thought this was the best of the bunch.
The art style isn’t necessarily original (as wonderful as it is…those pastels!!!). The story isn’t necessarily original.
But those two things put together? Wow!
Exactly as you wrote in your review. Very disquieting. Very disturbing.
Look at that cover!
(No Donnybombs…swearsies again.)
(view spoiler)
Then the horror. As much in the quiet “thought boxes”…the nonchalant, matter-of-fact narrative…as in the gruesome images.
(view spoiler)
Did you guess who the hometown killer was before the reveal? I didn’t.
But then you already know that I couldn’t even figure out Dior. 🙂
I gotta be honest, I wasn't even trying to solve this one, so no. I didn't guess who it was. I don't think I could have, though. That ending. LOL! What?!
Ugh. I'm taking a star off because Spurrier liked it. <--kidding! Kidding!
No, I agree that this was the best of the bunch. Though, I'm really enjoying W0rldtr33! But since that one isn't done yet...
Anne wrote: "I wasn't even trying to solve this one, so no. I didn't guess who it was.�
I was trying to solve it using the Scooby-Doo technique. Who’s extra? I still missed it. My deductive skills suck. I am like Sherlock Holmes� anti-matter being.
(view spoiler)
Which part of the ending? The casserole offer? The sheriff? Or hibernating?
You didn’t like it?
After your experience with Cry Havoc, a one star deduction is more than fair. You and Spurrier couldn’t possibly admire the same story. 🙂
Worldtr33 is great. I like Tynion. A lot.
I think my first Tynion read was Batman/TMNT. I read it primarily because I am a Batman fanboi and because of Freddie Williams doing the pencils. It was surprisingly good. Because of Tynion.
Enjoy!
Dave wrote: "Which part of the ending? The casserole offer? The sheriff? Or hibernating?"(view spoiler)
I’ve been wanting to write an updated Richard Scary, the one about vocations. Updated with crypto bro scammers, insurance brokers, data engineers, marketing execs, and other bullshit jobs� This one sounds equally horrifying.
Mark wrote: "I’ve been wanting to write an updated Richard Scary, the one about vocations. Updated with crypto bro scammers, insurance brokers, data engineers, marketing execs, and other bullshit jobs� This one..."YES! Do it. It's what the world needs.
Oh…the climactic ending vs the denouement ending.
(view spoiler)
Oh well.
Beautifully brutal. The nonchalance is devastating.
And the perfect example of the comic medium for storytelling. Look at the marriage between the pencils, the colours and the words. The art team did incredibly well with the expressions in every panel. You “see� and feel the story without even reading the words. And then the words hammer those emotions…horror?…into your head.
Very well done, in my opinion.
It's a one off, Rob. I mean, I guess there could be more but I don't see it.
Hell yeeaaaaahhhh this was SO good.
Whitney wrote: "I can’t wait to get to this."Yeah, let me know when you do. It's good!
Chantaal wrote: "Hell yeeaaaaahhhh this was SO good."Right? Wasn't expecting it to be such a creepy bit of fun.
So good, right? I love that this book keeps snowballing more fandom.
Ok this review has me hooked but I was drawn to the title because that’s a line from an old kids song called Teddy Bear Picnic. (Great song and kids book) so wild. Gotta get my hands on this
Brent wrote: "So good, right? I love that this book keeps snowballing more fandom."I agree!
kristen witkowski wrote: "Ok this review has me hooked but I was drawn to the title because that’s a line from an old kids song called Teddy Bear Picnic. (Great song and kids book) so wild. Gotta get my hands on this"I didn't know that! Even better! Yeah, you should definitely grab this one.
