FAMILY TREE (2019)

"SERIES PREMIERE! 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 in a desperate search for a way to cure her horrifying transformation before it's too late. But the farther they get from home, the more 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 their own ends. A new genre-defying series written by New York Times bestselling author JEFF LEMIRE (GIDEON FALLS, ASCENDER) and illustrated by acclaimed artist PHIL HESTER (Shipwreck, Green Arrow), FAMILY TREE combines mystery, action, and horror into an epic story about the lengths a mother will go to in order to keep her children safe."

"Loretta and her family are surrounded by deadly cultists and running out of time when Grandpa Judd arrives toting his ornery attitude and his trusty shotgun. But what good is a gun against a mysterious ailment turning his granddaughter into a tree? "

"Even as Loretta and her family warily follow Grandpa Judd into the dark alleys of New York City's Chinatown in search of a cure, her daughter Meg is beginning to embrace her burgeoning transformation. "

"Grandpa Judd and Loretta are close to a reconciliation of sorts just as the crazed and deadly Arborist closes in on their Chinatown hideout. "

"NEW STORY ARC! Grandpa Judd refuses to give up the fight even as young Meg begins what could possibly be her final transformation or is it the world that will be transformed?"

"The story of Darcy's infection with the horrific sylvan disease is finally revealed as, in the present, Grandpa Judd struggles in the grasp of the deadly Arborists."

"As Josh struggles to survive in the verdant wasteland that the world has become, he recalls his sister Meg's death and 'planting' five years prior-an incident that may hold the key to what happened to the earth. "

"While Meg tries to explain her transformation, Grandpa Judd makes his last stand against the Arborists! "

"'FOREST,' Part One: NEW STORY ARC! Everything changes for the Hayes family as the Tree Plague envelops the world. Meanwhile, in the future, Josh fights for his life and uncovers an Arborist plot."

"'FOREST,' Part Two-As post-Tree Plague tensions rise, families are divided in both the past and the present. With humanity at a new crossroads, The Hayes discover which new friends and foes are left standing."

"FOREST," Part Three-In the present, the Hayes and their new ally make their getaway. In the future, Josh makes a perilous choice to protect his family as Loretta learns more about the Arborists and their felling plan.

SERIES FINALE! "FOREST," Conclusion In the final issue of JEFF LEMIRE and PHIL HESTER's transformative tale, the Arborists and the Hayes' battle of flames and flora comes to a close as mankind's fate is decided.