Image Comics Announces A New Personally Inspired Paranormal Thriller ‘A Haunted Girl’
by Olly MacNamee
Image Comics/Syzygy have announced another new collaborative comic book series with the announcement of paranormal thriller, A Haunted Girl, co-written by the father-daughter team of Ethan Sacks (Star Wars: Bounty Hunters) and Naomi Sacks, with art by Marco Lorenzana (Incredible Hulk). Here’s the cover and full synopsis:
“In A Haunted Girl, readers meet Cleo, a 16-year-old adopted Japanese-American whose anxiety and depression drives her to suicidal thoughts, is fresh out of the hospital and trying unsuccessfully to reintegrate back into her old life. What she doesn’t know is that her real struggles are just beginning as she finds herself encountering an increasingly terrifying succession of ghosts. Is she losing her grip on reality… or is the explanation much, much worse?”
And here’s what Ethan Sacks said of this new project, the inception of the story and collaborating with his daughter:
“Four years ago, while my daughter was hospitalized, I came up with the idea of a story about a girl who’s battling depression and finds out she’s the sole hope to save the worl. That she would find a way to endure and to save everyone she loves. It was meant to be uplifting and cathartic. Now four years later, my daughter is in a place where she could help write that story. To inspire others going through similar struggles. As a father, I’m proud. As a comic book writer, I’m inspired. As a human being, I’m moved.”
Naomi Sacks added:
“I’ve always loved writing. And with A Haunted Girl there was a chance for me to work on a story that is very personal. Cleo, the main character, goes through a lot of the same struggles that I did and feels hopeless at many times as I did. But that she perseveres is inspirational to me, too.”
Creator Joe Quesada and colorist Richard Isanove provide the main cover, with variants by Fico Ossio, Ryusei Yamada, and a virgin, B&W variant by Quesada, too. A Haunted Girl #1 hits stores Wednesday, October 11th from Image Comics.