In 2017, childhood friends writer Kris Bertin and artist Alexander Forbes launched a graphic novel series that’s as captivating, eerie, and charming as it is addictive. The Hobtown Mystery Series is an ongoing thriller set in the peculiar, isolated East Coast village of Hobtown, where a group of teens has taken it upon themselves to investigate all the strange happenings in their town.
The third volume in this series will be available from Oni Press on November 25th, titled “The Secret of the Saucer.”
In Hobtown Mystery Stories: The Secret of the Saucer, the lines between conspiracy and reality become intertwined like never before during the town’s highly contested mayoral election. There’s the arrival of an unexplained, unidentified flying object, a chaotic and unhinged Ape Lord, and an outbreak of literal backward thinking. The high school Teen Detective Club should be at the forefront of the case but is rife with conflict and its own crisis of leadership as the sleuths become increasingly paranoid. Is there anyone they can trust?
Now, thanks to the generosity of Oni Press and the creative team of Bertin and Forbes, we are proud to reveal these exclusive pages in their ongoing series.
Oni Press’s “Hobtown Mystery Stories: The Secret of the Saucer” by Kris Bertin and Alexander Forbes will be released on November 25, 2025.
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