Hobtown Thriller Tales is without doubt one of the most underrated graphic novel sequence of our time. However excellent news, you may get caught up proper now, due to the upcoming launch of the third quantity from Oni Press, The Secret of the Saucer.
Created by Kris Bertin and Alexander Forbes, alongside colorist Jason Fischer-Kouhi, the thriller tales are a mixture of Twin Peaks, Nancy Drew mysteries, and the kind of surreal weirdness you may solely do in comics. They’re all set within the small city of Hobtown, which, per PR, “has been plagued for hundreds of years by a litany of unexplained phenomena: lacking males, pagan secret societies, unusual rituals, conspiracies, curses, and crimes. On the coronary heart of all of it is a bunch of youngsters who come collectively to save lots of their city and uncover the truths their mother and father stored from them.”
“Think about if A24 re-made Stranger Issues and you start to grasp the ambition of the unusual and surreal story that Kris Bertin and artist Alexander Forbes have undertaken,” stated Oni Press Editor-in-Chief Sierra Hahn by way of press launch. “There’s a multi-generational thriller, a supernatural mini-man, and a ragtag group of minor detectives. I genuinely love this sequence. Hobtown Thriller Tales simply may be the best-kept secret in comics. These graphic novels are a private obsession for me and shortly they are going to be for you, too.”
In The Secret of the Saucer, an unexplained flying object is noticed throughout a “extremely contested mayoral election,” inflicting chaos within the city. Enter an “unhinged Ape Lord” and extra weirdness, and the Teen Detective Membership is on the case. Or they might be, besides they’re affected by a “disaster of management” that causes friction of their ranks.
“What’s pleasant about Hobtown Thriller Tales is the way in which every quantity reinforces and deepens the sequence’ bigger mythology, whereas additionally working as a standalone studying expertise that can burrow into your mind,” stated Oni Press Senior Editor Bess Pallares. “You have got a lacking individual’s case in quantity one, boarding college horror in quantity two, and a flying saucer in quantity three–the primary all-new Hobtown ebook printed by Oni Press. Kris and Alex have created an astonishingly wealthy world of quaint, small-town intrigue–precisely the books my younger, library-card toting self hoped I might learn as an grownup. You can begin the sequence with any quantity you want, as a result of I assure you’ll be again for the remainder.”
Hobtown Thriller Tales: The Secret of the Saucer hits shops on November 26, 2025, however you may take a look at a preview beneath. Click on the photographs for bigger variations.
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