Gorgeous and so many of the Lemire tropes (for one: the self-sacrificing, huge, aged, gruff hero) that I have come to love. Looking forward to the rest of the series. ( )

UPDATE, MARCH 31, 2024:

Apparently a new project I'm doing this year is going back to finish series I started years ago and set aside for various reasons (see also: Beastars and Gantz). I meant to see this one through to the end, but I only recently got around to asking my local library to get the last volume. I remember the first volume was a short and quick, so I'm just going to re-read it to refresh my memory.

It holds up as a fast-paced story about one family's sudden lurch into the supernatural.

ORIGINAL REVIEW - NOV. 5, 2020:

An intriguing start to a new horror series, but it all seems a little frenetic and far-fetched. I can live with people turning into trees, but I have a problem with a secret society suddenly appearing to capture the tree people and lots of gun battles with nary a sign of bystanders or police. As long as it keeps rolling along at a fast pace, I probably won't stop to think too critically about it and have a good time.

Mostly, I'm a fan of Phil Hester's stylized art, heavy with the ink and full of sharp points. ( )

This is interesting. I'm not so sure about the place inside the tree, though. ( )