ROOTS OF MADNESS

When traditional remedies meet a new frontier of science &mdash, can long kept family secrets help the world, or doom us all to cosmic oblivion? In a terrifying body horror reimagining of Madam CJ Walker&rsquo,s life, Etta Knight must break a generational curse or succumb to the maw of madness!At the turn of the 20th century, a young Black woman named Etta Knight picks up the tradition of her late mother for creating special medicines using natural ingredients and&nbsp,secrets passed down from generation to generation. Her mother has passed on a book of recipes and formulas, but&nbsp,it&rsquo,s&nbsp,also full of strange symbols and dark musings that she&nbsp,doesn&rsquo,t&nbsp,quite understand.&nbsp,&nbsp,Within her community, one of the problems she hopes to fix is counteracting the poisonous and abrasive solutions women of color are sold for straightening her hair.&nbsp, &nbsp,So, when the Meridian Fellowship reaches out and offers her a spot at their institute in Savannah, GA, to use their facilities to do her research, Etta jumps at the chance. She packs up her mother&rsquo,s book and heads to the school, but what she finds there is a secret society and a campus surrounded by natural wonders that may point the way to understanding the more mysterious parts of her mother&rsquo,s work&hellip,if dark forces don&rsquo,t claim her first.&nbsp, &nbsp,Inspired by the life of Madame CJ Walker, this alternate history combines tradition with the supernatural for something truly modern and unique.&nbsp,This volume collects issues 1-6 of Roots of Madness.