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Listen to Gobbledygeek Episode 517 - "FCF: Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees (feat. Eric Sipple)"

Does a bear kill in the woods? That’s the question Patrick Horvath sets out to answer in his “Richard Scarry meets Dexter” opus Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees, the subject of this year’s very first Four-Color Flashback.

Arlo J. Wiley

• 2 min read
An anthropomorphic duck missing half of its skull, brain exposed. A sign with his picture on it declaring him missing is beside him on a pole.

Gobbledygeek Episode 517 "FCF: Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees (feat. Eric Sipple)" is available for listening or download right here, on Spotify, or on Apple Podcasts.

Does a bear kill in the woods? That’s the question Patrick Horvath sets out to answer in his “Richard Scarry meets Dexter” opus Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees, the subject of this year’s very first Four-Color Flashback. The 2024 IDW series takes place in an idyllic world of anthropomorphic animals where not all is as it seems–the local hardware store owner, Samantha Strong, has a nasty habit of heading out to the city and slaughtering random passersby. That is, until another serial killer comes to her small town of Woodbrook, threatening the life she has carefully maintained for decades. Paul, Arlo, and Special Guest™ Eric Sipple discuss Horvath’s deceptively simple cartooning, his brilliant use of panel layouts, the limits of the book’s suburban satire, Hassane Otsmane-Elhaou’s visionary lettering, and so much more. Plus, Arlo raves about Best Picture nominee Nickel Boys.

NEXT: we’ll be back, someway, somehow.

BREAKDOWN

00:00:28  -  Intro / Guest

00:02:48  -  Banter and generally wasting time

00:08:44  -  Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees

01:35:47  -  Outro / Next

MUSIC

  • “Teddy Bear’s Picnic” by Henry Hall, The Best Children’s Songs & Stories (2014)
  • “Where Did You Sleep Last Night” by Lead Belly, The Tradition Masters (2002)

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