We’re big fans of Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees – as his position in our end of year list shows. Creator Patrick Horvath currently has several future projects in the works, including a sequel to Beneath the Trees, Rite of Spring. But that’s what it’s for Free for everyone – a graphic novella from Oni Press that will be published in March.
In the 56-page one-shot, the world’s billionaires and trillionaires all enter a lottery. The one whose name is drawn must then make the choice to either donate half of their wealth to the greater good, or engage in ritual battles to try to keep it all for themselves. From the glimpses we’ve seen of the new comic, we’re guessing they won’t choose to share…
We’re really excited about this and are happy to exclusively share the variant covers for the upcoming comic. In addition to Horvath’s previously featured main cover, the book will be available with variants from some major artists, including Matt Kindt, Juni Ba, Matt Lesniewski, and Noah Bailey. You can check them all out in the gallery below.
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“I have always felt that this story had quite universal appeal, and I am pleased that Oni Press can bring this book to a wide audience,” Horvath said in a statement about Free For All. “I was dealing with a lot of frustrations related to income inequality when I created the comic, and it seems like things have only gotten worse. Now, perhaps more than ever, it feels like the right time for a satire that shows us how billionaires fight to the death to keep all their money.”
“Free For All is an incredibly prescient story for an increasingly tumultuous world, and our incredible cover artists—whose work you can see here!—have done a fantastic job of capturing the gory binge culture in full technicolor,” said editor Megan Brown . “Spectacle, excess and more await readers in the pages of Patrick Horvath’s wonderfully macabre – and timely – story.”
Free For All will be published by Oni Press in March 2025.
We spoke with Patrick Horvath about Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees earlier in the year.
