Family tree, Vol. 1, Sapling

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The Resource Family tree, Vol. 1, Sapling

Statement of responsibility: written by Jeff Lemire ; art by Phil Hester, Eric Gapstur, Ryan Cody ; lettering by Steve Wands

Summary: 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!