Ancient Evil Meets the Old West in An Extra-Sized, Prestige Limited Series from the Co-Creators of ARCHIE IN HELL and TALES OF HARROW COUNTY – Only From Oni Press
HERE ARE RICHES TO BE HAD . . . AND THEY’LL ONLY COST YOUR ETERNAL SOUL!
Oni Press – the multiple Eisner and Harvey Award-winning publisher of groundbreaking comics and graphic novels since 1997 – is proud to announce THE FATHER, THE SON, AND THE HOLY GHOST MINE #1 a tale of family, wealth, and the twisted damnation of the American Dream from Eisner Award–nominated creator Tyler Crook (Archie in Hell, Out of Alcatraz) and visionary artist Emily Schnall (Tales from Harrow County, Earthdivers). Get rich or die trying when THE FATHER, THE SON, AND THE HOLY GHOST MINE #1 pledges its eternal soul to comic shops everywhere in February 2027!
“THE FATHER, THE SON, AND THE HOLY GHOST MINE started with a simple question: What if, instead of selling your soul to the Devil, you found a way to sell other people’s souls?” said writer Tyler Crook. “From there the story evolved to become an exploration of friendship, family, and ambition. Everyone in this story is desperate to get their hands on something to make themselves feel complete. For some it’s wealth, for others it’s love, and some just want to find their way home. I’m excited for readers to enter this weird world which Emily Schnall is rendering with an expressive beauty that is going to knock everyone’s socks off.”
In the harsh Western frontier of the mid-1800s, runaway teens Buck and Toby dream of finding their own destiny and wealth beyond the oppressive walls of the orphanage where they became brothers. With a small work crew, they set out for the Holy Ghost Mine, a silver stake deep in the hills of the Nevada Territory under the direction of the eager but inexperienced Henry Gaines. According to Henry, his father, Harlan, has developed a mysterious new technique that produces the highest quality silver—but when they reach the mining camp in the center of a great salt flat, they find empty barracks, an inactive mine shaft, and a frantic Harlan determined to send them quickly away . . . before it’s too late.
“THE FATHER, THE SON, AND THE HOLY GHOST MINE shows us different faces of a harsh world, from the open desert and scant 19th century social safety nets to capitalist greed. But at its center is an incredibly tender dynamic, the kind you need to survive all that brutality,” said artist Emily Schnall. “Hopefully I did justice to the incredible emotionality and subtlety Tyler wrote into our two main characters. Their sweet dynamic exists so much in the unspoken and in getting the little gestures, expressions, and body language right. In the background I tried to capture the awe of all these vast, wild landscapes—there’s equal parts hopeful adventure and dread going into the Holy Ghost Mine.”
Ancient horrors and dark secrets await in this extra-sized, three-issue prestige limited series where the grim frontier of There Will Be Blood meets the demonic horror of The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus. In addition to 30 story pages, each issue of this prestige-format, limited series will include cardstock covers and backmatter featuring process art, character designs, historical reference details, and more.
“The Old West as a setting holds immense mythological weight in literature. It's full of violence, loss, doomed aspirations, and endless mysteries—the perfect foundation for a horror story,” said Oni Press Senior Editor Bess Pallares. “But what Tyler and Emily bring to THE FATHER, THE SON, AND THE HOLY GHOST MINE is a tenderness in the relationships and dreams of these characters that makes the whole story feel desperately more dangerous, like cradling a delicate glass orb in a rock slide.”
Grab hold of your destiny come hell or high water when THE FATHER, THE SON, AND THE HOLY GHOST MINE #1 lands in stores in February 2027—featuring sterling covers by Crook and Schnall as well as Anand RK (Resurrection Man: Quantum Karma, Grafity’s Wall) and Noah Bailey (The 99 Legs, High Strangeness)!
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