Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees: Rite of Spring #5

The penultimate issue of Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees: Rite of Spring arrives in 2026 with a cover that's quietly unsettling in the best way — a bear in a plaid shirt and jeans stands with hands pressed together in a serene, almost meditative pose, bathed in soft woodland light, while a crowd of anxious anthropomorphic animals surrounds him, their expressions ranging from wariness to outright alarm. Patrick Horvath's watercolor-tinged linework gives the scene a storybook warmth that makes the underlying tension all the more effective. If you've been following this series, that uneasy contrast between pastoral charm and something darker lurking beneath it is exactly what keeps readers turning pages.