Tony Fleecs and Trish Forstner’s ongoing comic Feral will begin a new story arc in its upcoming issue #21. This issue is silent and features surprise cameos!
Published by Image Comics, Feral is one of the publisher’s most popular ongoing series. Created by Stray Dogs masterminds Tony Fleecs and Trish Forstner, the series takes place in a world where a rabies-like outbreak has devastated animal society. Told from the perspective of animals (mainly cats and dogs), the series tells a brutal story, exploring the animal kingdom in a post-apocalyptic landscape.
As a new story arc kicks off with issue #21, Fleecs and Forstner are ushering in a silent issue; told without dialogue, narration, or captions. The story follows Ghost, the fan-favourite hearing-impaired battle cat. In Feral #21, Moosh the Rottweiler has vanished… and only one cat has the claws, cunning, and nine-lived determination to track him down. As the enigmatic Ghost slinks through the shadows on the hunt for his missing friend, he uncovers a secret so big it’ll reshape the world of Feral fur-ever. Readers won’t want to miss this whisker-twitching thriller told entirely from the POV of everyone’s favorite hearing-impaired battle cat.
Expect surprise cameos. Notably, Image teases a last page shocker that will make Stray Dogs fans howl with delight.
“One of my favorite things about Feral is that, out of all the books I work on, this is the one that feels the most purely comics,” said Fleecs. “Even though it’s about cats in a rabies apocalypse and not musclebound heroes… Because this book is an ongoing… because the readers and retailers that continue to support us, we get to do really fun comic book stuff sometimes like this: A completely silent 21st issue (like God and Larry Hama intended) that sets the stage for a brand new arc and has a surprise last page that is guaranteed to have people freaking out… We’re doing big, exciting things this arc. You don’t want to miss it!”
Forstner added: “This book continues to amaze me, not only to make but to read. So much has happened over 20 issues and we are going to be doing more amazing things in this new arc! I am excited and thrilled as an artist and reader of this series to get to bring this story to life! We tested the waters on a mostly silent issue at #6 but now we will take it to a new level with Ghost, who actually can’t hear and see how he navigates this terrifying world. It will be a thing of beauty!”
Feral #21 debuts in comic stores on Wednesday, March 25, 2026. Will you be picking it up? Tell us in the comments down below!
