Kris Bertin
@hobtown.bsky.social
Please read my HOBTOWN MYSTERY STORIES but also my regular stories krisbertin.com hobtown.com
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HOBTOWN MYSTERY STORIES III: THE SECRET OF THE SAUCER is here in a WEEK, so I'm offering a HOBTOWN REFRESHER COURSE for those who haven't been paying attention:
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Hey, thank you for another good volume! Loved opening it and thinking I bought a misprint haha.
November 27, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Hey, thank you for another good volume! Loved opening it and thinking I bought a misprint haha.
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Finished up the third volume of Hobtown Mystery Stories. Can't recommend a better series for anyone looking for a cozy, spooky read this holiday season.
November 27, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Finished up the third volume of Hobtown Mystery Stories. Can't recommend a better series for anyone looking for a cozy, spooky read this holiday season.
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True North Country Comics Podcast chats with @hobtown.bsky.social and Alex Forbes about 'The Secret Saucer' plus what's next for the Teen Detective Club in the future. Listen to the conversation here truenorthcountrycomics.com/2025/11/26/k...
Kris Bertin and Alex Forbes reveal 'The Secret of the Saucer'
True North Country Comics Podcast chats with Kris Bertin and Alex Forbes about 'The Secret Saucer' plus what's next for the Teen Detective Club in the future
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November 26, 2025 at 8:49 PM
True North Country Comics Podcast chats with @hobtown.bsky.social and Alex Forbes about 'The Secret Saucer' plus what's next for the Teen Detective Club in the future. Listen to the conversation here truenorthcountrycomics.com/2025/11/26/k...
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Just finished the latest Hobtown Mystery Stories and it continues to be a fantastic time. This one pushes the boundaries of storytelling even more
November 26, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Just finished the latest Hobtown Mystery Stories and it continues to be a fantastic time. This one pushes the boundaries of storytelling even more
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Hey @bsky.app @safety.bsky.app @support.bsky.team please unsuspend Goran immediately.
Goran is a great person, a great artist, and the whole anti-Palestine thing youre on is one of those "Ford funding Hitler" disasters you remember being shocked and dismayed by when you learned of in middle school.
Goran is a great person, a great artist, and the whole anti-Palestine thing youre on is one of those "Ford funding Hitler" disasters you remember being shocked and dismayed by when you learned of in middle school.
November 26, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Hey @bsky.app @safety.bsky.app @support.bsky.team please unsuspend Goran immediately.
Goran is a great person, a great artist, and the whole anti-Palestine thing youre on is one of those "Ford funding Hitler" disasters you remember being shocked and dismayed by when you learned of in middle school.
Goran is a great person, a great artist, and the whole anti-Palestine thing youre on is one of those "Ford funding Hitler" disasters you remember being shocked and dismayed by when you learned of in middle school.
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Paranoia Runs Rampant in Exclusive Preview of HOBTOWN MYSTERY STORIES: THE SECRET OF THE SAUCER, Now Available from Oni Press!
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Paranoia Runs Rampant in Exclusive Preview of HOBTOWN MYSTERY STORIES: THE SECRET OF THE SAUCER, Now Available from Oni Press! - Daily Dead
Imagine reading The Boxcar Children, Nancy Drew, or Encyclopedia Brown through a David Lynch lens and you'll begin to get an idea of what it's like to turn the pages of Hobotwn Mystery Stories. Set in...
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November 26, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Paranoia Runs Rampant in Exclusive Preview of HOBTOWN MYSTERY STORIES: THE SECRET OF THE SAUCER, Now Available from Oni Press!
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@hobtown.bsky.social @oni-press.bsky.social
This is NOW!
SEE YOU SOON!
SEE YOU SOON!
This is TODAY!
If you're in our little town of Halifax, Nova Scotia, come visit us at the new Bearly's.
If you're out there, in the world, consider buying Hobtown III: The Secret of the Saucer--it's out TODAY!
If you're in our little town of Halifax, Nova Scotia, come visit us at the new Bearly's.
If you're out there, in the world, consider buying Hobtown III: The Secret of the Saucer--it's out TODAY!
■■■BREAKING NEWS■■■
HOBTOWN 3 THE SECRET OF THE SAUCER is getting launched in HALIFAX, featuring:
•ALEX
•KRIS
•COPIES OF THE NEW HOBTOWN
All are encouraged to attend (unless barred from Bearly's).
MARK YOUR CALENDARS, NOV 25
HOBTOWN 3 THE SECRET OF THE SAUCER is getting launched in HALIFAX, featuring:
•ALEX
•KRIS
•COPIES OF THE NEW HOBTOWN
All are encouraged to attend (unless barred from Bearly's).
MARK YOUR CALENDARS, NOV 25
November 25, 2025 at 10:56 PM
This is NOW!
SEE YOU SOON!
SEE YOU SOON!
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So dang excited for this!! As a Hobtown Truther ™️ since 2017, I am beyond thrilled to finally have vol 3 in the series in my hands!! And I know my customers are excited too -- someone came in today asking eagerly if we had it in yet. Congrats x100000 to @hobtown.bsky.social and Alexander Forbes 🙌✨🛸💚
November 25, 2025 at 6:28 PM
So dang excited for this!! As a Hobtown Truther ™️ since 2017, I am beyond thrilled to finally have vol 3 in the series in my hands!! And I know my customers are excited too -- someone came in today asking eagerly if we had it in yet. Congrats x100000 to @hobtown.bsky.social and Alexander Forbes 🙌✨🛸💚
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The Hobtown Mysteries are *fantastic*. Gorgeous art, compelling stories that are weird, playful and *genuinely mysterious*. And they really mail the ~atmosphere~ of small town eastern Canada. IYKYK. Super excited to read the new book!
It's a big day for freaks who can read! Hobtown Mystery Stories: The Secret of the Saucer is available now at bookstores and tomorrow in comic shops. Don't miss the weirdest, most compelling graphic novel of the year from Kris Bertin and Alexander Forbes! @hobtown.bsky.social @oni-press.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 5:32 PM
The Hobtown Mysteries are *fantastic*. Gorgeous art, compelling stories that are weird, playful and *genuinely mysterious*. And they really mail the ~atmosphere~ of small town eastern Canada. IYKYK. Super excited to read the new book!
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It's a big day for freaks who can read! Hobtown Mystery Stories: The Secret of the Saucer is available now at bookstores and tomorrow in comic shops. Don't miss the weirdest, most compelling graphic novel of the year from Kris Bertin and Alexander Forbes! @hobtown.bsky.social @oni-press.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 5:25 PM
It's a big day for freaks who can read! Hobtown Mystery Stories: The Secret of the Saucer is available now at bookstores and tomorrow in comic shops. Don't miss the weirdest, most compelling graphic novel of the year from Kris Bertin and Alexander Forbes! @hobtown.bsky.social @oni-press.bsky.social
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Tomorrow!
CEMETERY KIDS RUN RABID #4 launches us into the endgame! It's the finale of arc 2 that comes with some incredibly dark implications. I'm thrilled that the team at @oni-press.bsky.social trusted us to end things this way.
From me & @danielirizarri.bsky.social, Brittany Peer and AndWorld.
CEMETERY KIDS RUN RABID #4 launches us into the endgame! It's the finale of arc 2 that comes with some incredibly dark implications. I'm thrilled that the team at @oni-press.bsky.social trusted us to end things this way.
From me & @danielirizarri.bsky.social, Brittany Peer and AndWorld.
November 25, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Tomorrow!
CEMETERY KIDS RUN RABID #4 launches us into the endgame! It's the finale of arc 2 that comes with some incredibly dark implications. I'm thrilled that the team at @oni-press.bsky.social trusted us to end things this way.
From me & @danielirizarri.bsky.social, Brittany Peer and AndWorld.
CEMETERY KIDS RUN RABID #4 launches us into the endgame! It's the finale of arc 2 that comes with some incredibly dark implications. I'm thrilled that the team at @oni-press.bsky.social trusted us to end things this way.
From me & @danielirizarri.bsky.social, Brittany Peer and AndWorld.
A great BOING BOING review of SECRET OF THE SAUCER!
Dear to my heart because I've been reading BOING BOING since I was a baby (15 or something at least)
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Dear to my heart because I've been reading BOING BOING since I was a baby (15 or something at least)
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Hobtown Mystery Stories returns with another perfectly unsettling slice of small-town high weirdness
If you’ve read the earlier books (The Case of the Missing Men and The Cursed Hermit) you already know Hobtown’s peculiarities.
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November 25, 2025 at 4:35 PM
A great BOING BOING review of SECRET OF THE SAUCER!
Dear to my heart because I've been reading BOING BOING since I was a baby (15 or something at least)
boingboing.net/2025/11/25/h...
Dear to my heart because I've been reading BOING BOING since I was a baby (15 or something at least)
boingboing.net/2025/11/25/h...
This is TODAY!
If you're in our little town of Halifax, Nova Scotia, come visit us at the new Bearly's.
If you're out there, in the world, consider buying Hobtown III: The Secret of the Saucer--it's out TODAY!
If you're in our little town of Halifax, Nova Scotia, come visit us at the new Bearly's.
If you're out there, in the world, consider buying Hobtown III: The Secret of the Saucer--it's out TODAY!
■■■BREAKING NEWS■■■
HOBTOWN 3 THE SECRET OF THE SAUCER is getting launched in HALIFAX, featuring:
•ALEX
•KRIS
•COPIES OF THE NEW HOBTOWN
All are encouraged to attend (unless barred from Bearly's).
MARK YOUR CALENDARS, NOV 25
HOBTOWN 3 THE SECRET OF THE SAUCER is getting launched in HALIFAX, featuring:
•ALEX
•KRIS
•COPIES OF THE NEW HOBTOWN
All are encouraged to attend (unless barred from Bearly's).
MARK YOUR CALENDARS, NOV 25
November 25, 2025 at 1:35 PM
This is TODAY!
If you're in our little town of Halifax, Nova Scotia, come visit us at the new Bearly's.
If you're out there, in the world, consider buying Hobtown III: The Secret of the Saucer--it's out TODAY!
If you're in our little town of Halifax, Nova Scotia, come visit us at the new Bearly's.
If you're out there, in the world, consider buying Hobtown III: The Secret of the Saucer--it's out TODAY!
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Got my copy of @simonroy.bsky.social's last comic, and my illustration is in excellent company in the pin-up gallery.
November 25, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Got my copy of @simonroy.bsky.social's last comic, and my illustration is in excellent company in the pin-up gallery.
I really genuinely loved these questions and had so much fun doing this!
Please read part two of mine and Adam Szym's Saucer-on-Saucer Interview series!
Please read part two of mine and Adam Szym's Saucer-on-Saucer Interview series!
When my book came out back in September Kris Bertin was kind enough to interview me about it.
Now I am interviewing HIM about the brand new third volume of his and Alexander Forbes’ wonderful Hobtown Mystery Stories. This was a lot of fun to do!
Read it here:
www.vol1brooklyn.com/2025/11/24/w...
Now I am interviewing HIM about the brand new third volume of his and Alexander Forbes’ wonderful Hobtown Mystery Stories. This was a lot of fun to do!
Read it here:
www.vol1brooklyn.com/2025/11/24/w...
“We Came to Aliens Through the Lens of Folklore”: Kris Bertin on “The Secret of the Saucer”
I’m Adam Szym, cartoonist of many years and of late a hobbyist screenwriter. Last September my graphic novel Little Visitor & Other Abductions, a collection of three sci-fi horror stories conne…
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November 24, 2025 at 11:44 PM
I really genuinely loved these questions and had so much fun doing this!
Please read part two of mine and Adam Szym's Saucer-on-Saucer Interview series!
Please read part two of mine and Adam Szym's Saucer-on-Saucer Interview series!
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When my book came out back in September Kris Bertin was kind enough to interview me about it.
Now I am interviewing HIM about the brand new third volume of his and Alexander Forbes’ wonderful Hobtown Mystery Stories. This was a lot of fun to do!
Read it here:
www.vol1brooklyn.com/2025/11/24/w...
Now I am interviewing HIM about the brand new third volume of his and Alexander Forbes’ wonderful Hobtown Mystery Stories. This was a lot of fun to do!
Read it here:
www.vol1brooklyn.com/2025/11/24/w...
“We Came to Aliens Through the Lens of Folklore”: Kris Bertin on “The Secret of the Saucer”
I’m Adam Szym, cartoonist of many years and of late a hobbyist screenwriter. Last September my graphic novel Little Visitor & Other Abductions, a collection of three sci-fi horror stories conne…
www.vol1brooklyn.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:37 PM
When my book came out back in September Kris Bertin was kind enough to interview me about it.
Now I am interviewing HIM about the brand new third volume of his and Alexander Forbes’ wonderful Hobtown Mystery Stories. This was a lot of fun to do!
Read it here:
www.vol1brooklyn.com/2025/11/24/w...
Now I am interviewing HIM about the brand new third volume of his and Alexander Forbes’ wonderful Hobtown Mystery Stories. This was a lot of fun to do!
Read it here:
www.vol1brooklyn.com/2025/11/24/w...
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If you want to read Kris’ interview with me you can find it here. He’s a good interviewer!
@oni-press.bsky.social @hobtown.bsky.social
www.vol1brooklyn.com/2025/09/22/i...
@oni-press.bsky.social @hobtown.bsky.social
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
November 24, 2025 at 9:42 PM
If you want to read Kris’ interview with me you can find it here. He’s a good interviewer!
@oni-press.bsky.social @hobtown.bsky.social
www.vol1brooklyn.com/2025/09/22/i...
@oni-press.bsky.social @hobtown.bsky.social
www.vol1brooklyn.com/2025/09/22/i...
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I’m looking forward to Hobtown Mysteries 3 and especially excited because it’s in colour.
I double damn dog dare you to get Hobtown III TOMORROW
You owe it to yourself
You owe it to me
You swore an oath
You owe it to yourself
You owe it to me
You swore an oath
November 24, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I’m looking forward to Hobtown Mysteries 3 and especially excited because it’s in colour.
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You have to do it now.
I double damn dog dare you to get Hobtown III TOMORROW
You owe it to yourself
You owe it to me
You swore an oath
You owe it to yourself
You owe it to me
You swore an oath
November 24, 2025 at 9:31 PM
You have to do it now.
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A very stressful read (this is a complement) and a delight to feel immediately compelled to reread the book! Thanks and well done!
November 24, 2025 at 9:19 PM
A very stressful read (this is a complement) and a delight to feel immediately compelled to reread the book! Thanks and well done!
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November 24, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I double damn dog dare you to get Hobtown III TOMORROW
You owe it to yourself
You owe it to me
You swore an oath
You owe it to yourself
You owe it to me
You swore an oath
November 24, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I double damn dog dare you to get Hobtown III TOMORROW
You owe it to yourself
You owe it to me
You swore an oath
You owe it to yourself
You owe it to me
You swore an oath
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Exclusive Preview: HOBTOWN MYSTERY STORIES returns with SECRET OF THE SAUCER
Hobtown Mystery Stories, Vol. 3: The Secret of the Saucer hits shelves on November 25. Get an exclusive sneak peek before it goes on sale.
Hobtown Mystery Stories, Vol. 3: The Secret of the Saucer hits shelves on November 25. Get an exclusive sneak peek before it goes on sale.
Exclusive Preview: HOBTOWN MYSTERY STORIES returns with SECRET OF THE SAUCER
Hobtown Mystery Stories, Vol. 3: The Secret of the Saucer hits shelves on November 25. Get an exclusive sneak peek before it goes on sale.
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November 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Exclusive Preview: HOBTOWN MYSTERY STORIES returns with SECRET OF THE SAUCER
Hobtown Mystery Stories, Vol. 3: The Secret of the Saucer hits shelves on November 25. Get an exclusive sneak peek before it goes on sale.
Hobtown Mystery Stories, Vol. 3: The Secret of the Saucer hits shelves on November 25. Get an exclusive sneak peek before it goes on sale.
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We have a TRIPLE SIZED OMAR OVERVIEW, Minties!
This one is of the Hobtown Mystery Stories Vols. 1-3 from @oni-press.bsky.social!
Check it out:
youtu.be/6LUpWIGmsUg
This one is of the Hobtown Mystery Stories Vols. 1-3 from @oni-press.bsky.social!
Check it out:
youtu.be/6LUpWIGmsUg
November 23, 2025 at 6:47 PM
We have a TRIPLE SIZED OMAR OVERVIEW, Minties!
This one is of the Hobtown Mystery Stories Vols. 1-3 from @oni-press.bsky.social!
Check it out:
youtu.be/6LUpWIGmsUg
This one is of the Hobtown Mystery Stories Vols. 1-3 from @oni-press.bsky.social!
Check it out:
youtu.be/6LUpWIGmsUg
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If you're a book or comics critic putting together your end of year write-ups and lists and would like to read my new collection shoot me a DM!
November 21, 2025 at 5:22 PM
If you're a book or comics critic putting together your end of year write-ups and lists and would like to read my new collection shoot me a DM!