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FIRST LOOK: A Vicious and Vengeful Descent into Madness 'The Goddamn Tragedy' from Chris Condon & Shawn Kuruneru

In These Woods, Fear Everything – Even Each Other! In the Wake of Patrick Horvath’s FREE FOR ALL, Oni Press Presents Its Next Must-Read Graphic Novella 


DON’T LEAVE THE TRAIL! Oni Press – the multiple Eisner and Harvey Award-winning publisher of groundbreaking comics and graphic novels since 1997— is proud to unveil your first look inside THE GODDAMN TRAGEDY #1 –  a gripping and entirely self-contained 48-page, one-shot graphic novella coming to comic shops everywhere on May 28th, 2025! THE GODDAMN TRAGEDY #1 returns writer Chris Condon (Ultimate Wolverine, That Texas Blood) to his Western roots as realized through the lavishly destructive painted artwork of fast-rising star Shawn Kuruneru (Fishflies, Cave Grave) with a vicious and vengeful account of one of the Old West’s darkest episodes. . . . from those that lived to tell it!

Ellen Janson is here to set the record straight about the highly publicized, oft-sensationalized journey her family undertook in 1846. Ellen sets out with her mother, Irena, and her father, Leo, on the treacherous road west in search of a better life. But when her father chooses to split off from the party, taking an untested shortcut through the mountains, can their small family survive the elements, the wildlife—and each other? Or will their journey become nothing more than another goddamn tragedy?

"Goddamn! What else do I have to say other than that to describe this book?” said writer Chris Condon. “Shawn Kuruneru's work throughout the book is jaw-droppingly gorgeous and we're so fortunate to have a stellar lineup of artists on covers like Jenna Cha, Tula Lotay, Jacob Phillips, and Oliver Dominguez to help place the Janson Family's ordeal in the history books. This is a hard-hitting and spooky one-shot story unlike any other you're apt to read this year. Find out the truth of what happened on the path to California in 1846—don't miss THE GODDAMN TRAGEDY."

Featuring a star-studded selection of covers from co-creator Shawn Kuruneru, alongside illustrators Tula Lotay (Somna), Jacob Phillips (That Texas Blood), Jenna Cha (The Sickness) and Oliver Dominguez (Out of Alcatraz), discover a doomed and disorienting vision of one family’s twisted descent into madness – only in THE GODDAMN TRAGEDY #1, on sale May 28th! 

THE GODDAMN TRAGEDY #1 is the final installment in Oni Press’ genre-colliding slate of must-read titles for Spring 2025 that also includes MINE IS A LONG, LONESOME GRAVE #1 by Justin Jordan & Chris Shehan (February), FREE FOR ALL #1 by Patrick Horvath (March), OUT OF ALCATRAZ #1 by Christopher Cantwell & Tyler Crook (March), and PLAGUE HOUSE #1 by Michael W. Conrad & Dave Chisholm.

THE GODDAMN TRAGEDY #1

WRITTEN BY CHRIS CONDON

ART & COVER BY SHAWN KURUNERU

COVER A BY SHAWN KURUNERU

COVER B BY TULA LOTAY

COVER C BY JACOB PHILLIPS

COVER D BY JENNA CHA

COVER E BY OLIVER DOMINGUEZ

B&W VARIANT (1:10) BY JENNA CHA

ON SALE MAY 28th 2025 | $6.99 | 48 PGS | FC | ONE-SHOT 

IOD: 4/24/25

FOC: 5/5/25








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