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Johnathan Fahey @johnathanfahey.bsky.social · 3d

🚨🎃HALLOWEEN DEAL ALERT🎃🚨

This ghost story is available for FREE online but for a ONE TIME ONLY $2 fee I can send you the original UNCENSORED bootleg Word doc. w/ editor notes!!! DMs are OPEN!!!!

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Kris Bertin @hobtown.bsky.social · 3d

Reminder to artists:

The creature who comes to you asking for a partnership with nothing on offer except "connections" is a parasite. They want something very precious, and they want it for nothing.

Never, ever let them in.

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Chris Conroy @conroyforreal.bsky.social · 19d

The Vertigo book that quite literally made me into the person I am today is coming back into print in January in one colossal volume. 1500 pages for $60. Our current moment is sadly lacking in high-quality THE INVISIBLES discourse and I would love it if that would change. icv2.com/articles/new...

DC to Publish 'The Invisibles' Compendium

Entire Grant Morrison Vertigo Series in One Paperback Volume

icv2.com

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Adam Szym @ NYCC booth A-35 @adamszym.bsky.social · 19d

Alien abduction -> horror -> comic book is a niche in a niche in a niche…which usually spells NYTIMES BESTSELLER LIST.

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Kris Bertin @hobtown.bsky.social · 19d

Hell yeah, this is great!

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Misha Zahradník @mishazgreen.bsky.social · 19d

This ain't my genre, but someone right now is having an "Fuck yeah, two cakes!" moment of their life.

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Kris Bertin @hobtown.bsky.social · 19d

www.vol1brooklyn.com/2025/09/22/i...

“I Really Love When Fiction Throws Me Into the Deep End” Adam Szym on Making “Little Visitor”

I’m Kris Bertin, author of a few books of short stories, screenplays that never got made, and Hobtown Mystery Stories, a collection of surrealist small-town folk-horror stories published with ONI P…

www.vol1brooklyn.com

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Kris Bertin @hobtown.bsky.social · 19d

Instead of HATING AND KILLING the author of the other totally sick ONI Press surrealist graphic novel about flying saucers coming out this year, the two of us chose friendship and solidarity.

Here's my interview with ADAM SZYM about his phenomenal book Little Visitor & Other Abductions!

Adam Szym @ NYCC booth A-35 @adamszym.bsky.social · 19d

I did a long in depth interview with Kris Bertin, writer of the great Hobtown series, about my new book, what compels me about aliens, working with the unknown, and of course: day jobs.

Give it a read,
@hobtown.bsky.social asks some great questions!

Vol. 1 Brooklyn @vol1brooklyn.bsky.social · 19d

"I happened upon one of those documentary shows about UFOs and abductions that seemed ubiquitous on cable television in the 90s, and it was one of the only times I can remember watching something that genuinely scared me enough to give me nightmares." www.vol1brooklyn.com/2025/09/22/i...

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Adam Szym @ NYCC booth A-35 @adamszym.bsky.social · 19d

I did a long in depth interview with Kris Bertin, writer of the great Hobtown series, about my new book, what compels me about aliens, working with the unknown, and of course: day jobs.

Give it a read,
@hobtown.bsky.social asks some great questions!

Vol. 1 Brooklyn @vol1brooklyn.bsky.social · 19d

"I happened upon one of those documentary shows about UFOs and abductions that seemed ubiquitous on cable television in the 90s, and it was one of the only times I can remember watching something that genuinely scared me enough to give me nightmares." www.vol1brooklyn.com/2025/09/22/i...

“I Really Love When Fiction Throws Me Into the Deep End” Adam Szym on Making “Little Visitor”

I’m Kris Bertin, author of a few books of short stories, screenplays that never got made, and Hobtown Mystery Stories, a collection of surrealist small-town folk-horror stories published with ONI P…

www.vol1brooklyn.com

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Kris Bertin @hobtown.bsky.social · Sep 8

Callman (with Heely wheels in his spats for maximum inexplicable sliding about)

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Adam Szym @ NYCC booth A-35 @adamszym.bsky.social · Sep 7

In 2019 when I first thought of doing a collection of abduction stories I knew I wanted a cover inspired by the Time Life books that intrigued me so much as a kid.

Little Visitor & Other Abductions releases on September 23rd.

#comics #horror #scifi #UFOs #graphicnovels @oni-press.bsky.social

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Erik Missio @erikmissio.bsky.social · Sep 7

I fully appreciate that “sick” could be (a) ‘really cool’ like the kids say, (b) disgusting and demented, or (c) makes one feel disturbed upon reading… but is probably (d) all of the above.

@hobtown.bsky.social rules. Can’t wait for November.

Adam Szym @ NYCC booth A-35 @adamszym.bsky.social · Sep 7

I read the new Hobtown book early and it’s sick.

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Adam Szym @ NYCC booth A-35 @adamszym.bsky.social · Sep 7

I read the new Hobtown book early and it’s sick.

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Ian MacEwan SPX table I-4 @ianmacewan.bsky.social · Sep 5

An old Aeon Flux

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Adam @chalicotherex.bsky.social · Sep 1

The Alberta book ban stuff is really depressing. It feels like it caught a lot of people off guard, and no one is doing a good job of defending against Danielle Smith’s censorious agenda. Margaret Atwood’s little jibes are amusing to her fans, but they don’t help.

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Kris Bertin @hobtown.bsky.social · Aug 31

To be fair, the prices ARE up again

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Andrew F. Sullivan @afsulli.bsky.social · Aug 31

logging on to see what the writers are up to now

The crying towel with many complaints on it.

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flower @moonflowersdies.bsky.social · Aug 31

watching a random movie on netflix: unpleasant, disappointing

watching a random movie on tubi: extraordinary, a blessing

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Kris Bertin @hobtown.bsky.social · Aug 30

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Star Trek Minus Context @nocontexttrek1.bsky.social · Aug 30

TNG scene. Data, on ship, is standing in uniform with his head slightly cocked, like that thing a dog does if you say ball or walk or treat. Closed caption reads, "You mentioned your impending death, Grandpa."

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Kris Bertin @hobtown.bsky.social · Aug 29

This rules ass

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Kris Bertin @hobtown.bsky.social · Aug 29

This rules ass

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Zac Thompson @zacthompson.bsky.social · Aug 28

coming up in CEMETERY KIDS RUN RABID #2

A horrible toad-man from @danielirizarri.bsky.social

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Adam Szym @ NYCC booth A-35 @adamszym.bsky.social · Aug 22

LITTLE VISITOR & OTHER ABDUCTIONS releases in just ONE MONTH from
@oni-press.bsky.social
just in time for the start of the
🎃Halloween🎃 season!

Three original stories of alien abduction. Preorder it here:
www.simonandschuster.com/books/Little...

#comics #horror #scifi #comicbooks #graphicnovels

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Kris Bertin @hobtown.bsky.social · Aug 27

Ordering it into your local comic shop is the most helpful, because it brings the book to the people who love comics and carefully curate collections for their customers. A local shop that recommends us to the discerning reader means more to us than just about anything else!

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