When Spice and Horror Go Hand in Hand (with Cute Drawings) 🌶️🖤
If you thought Beneath the Trees Where No One Sees couldn't be more disturbing, IDW and Jade City Foods prove you wrong. They've just launched a line of hot sauces inspired by the comic, because nothing pairs better with adorable murders than a good stomach burn. �
Five Flavors, Five Crimes (and Probably Five Degrees of Suffering)
The sauces, illustrated by Patrick Horvath, maintain the comic's aesthetic: cute animals in situations... not so cute. The set includes:
- Birds Eye Pepper Sauce - For quick and spicy crimes.
- Ultra Spicy Chili Extract - Ideal when the villain needs to suffer.
- Mango, Orange, and Pineapple with Habanero - Sweet revenge with a fiery finish.
- Ghost Pepper - Like the ghosts left by murders.
- Mango Habanero - For when the pain is slow but sure.
"We haven't revealed the Scoville units," say the creators. Translation: some will make you cry more than the last plot twist in the comic. �
Why Buy Them? (Besides Obsessive Collectivism)
These sauces aren't just any merchandising. They are:
- A complete sensory experience: first the sweetness, then the spice... like the plot twists.
- A cult object for fans of the comic and extreme spice.
- The perfect excuse to say "this burns me like my curiosity for the next issue." 🔥
And at 18€ per bottle (or 75€ the set), they're probably more expensive than the comic itself. But hey, art (and suffering) have no price. �
Where to Get This Combo of Pleasure and Pain
The sauces are available at the Jade City Foods online store, while the comic Rite of Spring #1 arrives at specialty stores. That said, they warn: the illustrations on the bottles are "graphic," so they might not be the best decoration for your kitchen... unless you want to scare off visitors. �
Pro tip: read the comic BEFORE trying the Ghost Pepper. That way you'll know if your tears are from the story or the spice. 😂