The Goddamn Tragedy #1

Illustrated by Shawn Kuruneru
Published by Oni Press
Distributed by Simon & Schuster
LIST PRICE $5.99

About The Book

IN THESE WOODS, FEAR EVERYTHING—EVEN EACH OTHER! From breakout writer Chris Condon (Ultimate Wolverine, That Texas Blood) and rising star Shawn Kuruneru (Fishflies) comes a vicious and vengeful account of one of the Old West’s darkest episodes from those that lived to tell it in a lavishly painted, entirely self-contained 48-page graphic novella! 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?

About The Author

Chris Condon is the low-down dirty scoundrel behind the ongoing Image Comic series That Texas Blood and its acclaimed Wild West spinoff, The Enfield Gang Massacre, both with artist Jacob Phillips. He waded deep into bayou waters to adapt Barry Gifford's Night People for Oni Press and has not been the same since.

About The Illustrator

Shawn Kuruneru is a Canadian comic artist and writer. He is the artist of The Goddamn Tragedy written by Chris Condon, Fishflies Chapter Six written by Jeff Lemire, and Colonel Weird and Little Andromeda written by Tate Brombal. Shawn’s self published comic Burn Man is part of a yearlong exhibition at the Montreal Contemporary Art Museum alongside cartoonists Julie Doucet, Walter Scott, and Connor Willumsen.

Product Details

  • Publisher: Oni Press (May 28, 2025)
  • Length: 48 pages
  • ISBN13: 9781637159651

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