Farmhand #16

Rob Guillory's unsettling rural horror series arrives at issue #16 with a cover that quietly crackles with dread — a white-bearded man in a wide-brimmed hat and vest stands with his back to us, studying a "Freetown" welcome sign adorned with a glowing green hand, while around his feet grotesque plant-limbs claw up through the pavement and a "Seed Leak" marker juts from the ground like a tombstone. Scattered newspapers, snarling flower creatures, and creeping red vines fill every corner of the scene, suggesting a town already deep in botanical chaos. Guillory's linework and Jean-Francois Beaulieu's earthy, slightly sickly palette make "Fallow Earth" feel like exactly the kind of chapter title that earns its name.