Ethan Sacks and his daughter Naomi tell a personal tale of mental health and healing in A Haunted Girl

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Writer Ethan Sacks and his daughter Naomi are creating their first story together for Syzygy Comics, titled A Haunted Girl. Along with artist Marco Lorenzana, they're telling the story of a young woman who undergoes a mental health crisis with stakes that go far, far beyond her own life.

And for Ethan and Naomi Sacks, A Haunted Girl is much more than a story - it's a bonding experience drawn from Naomi's own experience with depression and suicidal ideation. Now several years on from the Sacks family's crisis, they're addressing their healing and trauma through the power of storytelling.

Announced briefly at WonderCon, A Haunted Girl will publish in fall 2023 through Syzygy Comics, a new Image Comics imprint run by industry veteran Chris Ryall. 

Now, Ethan Sacks opens up to Newsarama about the story behind the story, what it's like working with your daughter on her first comic, and what he hopes readers will take away from the deeply personal tale of a family in crisis.

We've also got an early look at some preliminary art used to pitch the story, with the final art still in progress.

Newsarama: Ethan, you're co-writing A Haunted Girl with your daughter Naomi, and I know it's an incredibly personal story for both of you. How did the idea to do this comic together come about?

Ethan Sacks: The original idea for this story came to me in a hospital waiting room four years ago. At the time, my daughter had just been diagnosed with major depression, anxiety, and suicidal ideation. All of us had to suddenly learn how to navigate waters we previously didn’t know existed.

It was at this beginning of our mental health journey as a family, that I came up with a tale that could inspire her and other teens battling what really is a