In the Shadow of Stalin: The Story of Mr. Jones

by Andrea Chalupa

Genres: World War II

Synopsis

A gripping tale of true-life of the horror and heroism faced by journalist Gareth Jones who traveled to the Soviet Union in the height of the 1930s Soviet Holodomor Famine.

Gareth Jones is a young journalist with powerful connections after a groundbreaking interview with Adolf Hitler and his chief propagandist, Joseph Goebbels in the early 1930s. This notoriety gains him permission to travel to the Soviet Union for a potential interview with Joseph Stalin.

Jones hopes to learn more about the Soviets mass economic gains but finds himself stonewalled and trapped in Moscow. While looking for a way out, he meets new allies that alert him to the growing man-made famine, or Holodomor, happening in Ukraine under the government's guidance. Jones, seeking the truth in all its ugliness, embarks on a journey of discovery, strife, and a cover-up of the deaths of millions of people.

A gripping tale of true-life horror and heroism from journalist and screenwriter Andrea Chalupa (Orwell and the Refugees: The Untold Story of Animal Farm) and artist Ivan Rodrigues.

Release date: January 16, 2024

Publisher: Oni Press

Print pages: 144