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"When an eight-year-old girl literally begins to transform into a tree, her single Mom, troubled brother and possibly insane Grandfather embark on a bizarre, and heart-wrenching odyssey across the back roads of America desperately searching for a way to cure her horrifying transformation before it's too late. But the further they get from home, and the closer the girl gets to completely losing her humanity, the more external forces threaten to tear the family apart as fanatical cults, mercenaries and tabloid Paparazzi close in, determined to destroy the girl or use her for themselves."--Provided by publisher.
About the author
Jeff Lemire is a New York Times bestselling and award winning author, and creator of the acclaimed graphic novels Sweet Tooth, Essex County, The Underwater Welder, Trillium, Plutona, Black Hammer, Descender, Royal City, and Gideon Falls. His upcoming projects include a host of series and original graphic novels, including the fantasy series Ascender with Dustin Nguyen.
Summary
Bestselling, award-winning JEFF LEMIRE
(ROYAL CITY, DESCENDER, Sweet Tooth) and PHIL HESTER (Shipwreck,
Green Arrow) come together for FAMILY TREE.
When an eight-year-old girl literally begins to
transform into a tree, her single Mom, troubled brother and possibly insane
Grandfather embark on a bizarre, and heart-wrenching odyssey across the back
roads of America desperately searching for a way to cure her horrifying
transformation before it's too late.
But the further they get from home, and the closer the
girl gets to completely losing her humanity, the more external forces threaten
to tear the family apart as fanatical cults, mercenaries and tabloid Paparazzi
close in. determined to destroy the girl or use her for
themselves.
A new genre-defying ongoing series FAMILY TREE
will combine mystery, action and Cronenbergian body horror into an epic
story about the lengths a mother will go to keep her children safe in the face
of an increasingly unstable world and unspeakable horrors.
The first collection of the hit new series by
superstar creators JEFF LEMIRE and PHIL HESTER begins
here!
Collects issues 1 through
4
