It can be hard to predict what's going to be big in comics. Sure, you can rely on the big name Marvel and DC titles to regularly sell well and there are certain creators who can shift thousands of copies based on their name alone, but given that there are more than 150 different comics, graphic novels, and trade paperbacks published this week alone, it can be hard to cut through the noise. Every now and again, though, something entirely unexpected will take off.
Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees is one such book. The blackly comic murder mystery series from IDW launched in October last year and, in its five issues so far, has become the company's best-selling original (ie. not based on a franchise like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) comic. What's even more remarkable, however, is that it's written and painted by a creator who is more-or-less a newcomer to the comics industry: Patrick Horvath.
