Oni Press has announced The Goddamn Tragedy is coming our way in May 2025 from Chris Condon and Shawn Kuruneru.
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?
“I had been reading about the tragic Donner Party of 1846 and an idea struck me: there’s a story here to tell, one that could capture the psychological tumult a family endures as they are faced with an impossible decision: kill…or be killed,” said writer Chris Condon in a press release from Oni Press. “We all know how the Donner Party played out, but we don’t know how things work out for the Janson family and that’s a story that the masterful Shawn Kuruneru and I are all too excited to tell. Thankfully, we’ve found a great home for this one-shot of survivalist terror at Oni Press who excels at telling gut-wrenching tales from beyond the pale.”
“The Goddamn Tragedy is a gritty thriller with an atmosphere akin to The Shining,” said artist Shawn Kuruneru. “For the past two years I’ve been drawing Westerns, starting with my own comics Cave Grave and Poor Moon, then Fishflies #6 for Jeff Lemire. As a fan of Chris’s writing on That Texas Blood, I am excited to bring this story to life with ominous color washes, rough line-work, and eerie shadows to slowly reveal the impending doom of the Janson family.”
The Goddamn Tragedy #1 arrives in stores in May 2025. This is a 48-page issue and will have a $6.99 cover price.
