Hello! Today I wrote about one of my very favorite series, Kris Bertin and Alexander Forbes’ “Hobtown Mystery Stories,” a perfect soup of detective fiction, weird horror, and small-town social realism. The new one is out now.

"Detective fiction is about getting to the bottom of things; weird fiction is about the abyss in its bottomless depths. “Hobtown Mystery Stories,” in their layered and satisfying surrealism, are about both." – @nytimes.com 🛸HOBTOWN MYSTERY STORIES VOL. 3 IS OUT NOW🛸 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/b...

Oni + Archie announce a publishing partnership that'll kick off in the fall of 2026: smashpages.net/2025/12/18/o... @oni-press.bsky.social @archiecomics.bsky.social

Excl: In a first, Archie Comics has made a deal with another publisher to make stories featuring its characters, in this case Oni Press. Are you ready for Archie and Betty & Veronica comics from the creators of ICE CREAM MAN and BENEATH THE TREES? www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general...

Archie is getting a bold new era. Oni Press teams with Archie Comics for a radical relaunch starting Fall 2026, with new series by W. Maxwell Prince, @corinnabechko.bsky.social, @patrickhorvath.bsky.social, Fábio Moon, Kano, @nickcagnetti.bsky.social, and @mrtylercrook.bsky.social. Details:

Nick Cagnetti drawing Archie comics with Fabio Moon and Maxwell Prince is gonna be amazing!

After 85 years, the Archie franchise is getting its strangest and most exciting reboot ever. Find out what to expect as Archie Comics and Oni Press join forces in 2026: https://bit.ly/4pTabGA

CHIME, the terrifying but hard to find horror from PULSE director Kiyoshi Kurosawa, will finally screen in the U.S.

. @georgenorthy.bsky.social & Rachele Aragno's @oni-press.bsky.social title, Yuletide, concludes today. A great mix of humor, spookiness and heart ⬇️

BUBBA HO-TEP creator Joe R. Lansdale is joining the EC Comics family for the latest issue of their anthology CATACOMB OF TORMENT.

(DIE HARD not included.)

“Everything Was Going to Change” in Exclusive Preview of HIGH STRANGENESS BOOK THREE: 1983, Coming December 17th from SpectreVision and Oni Press @spectrevision.bsky.social @oni-press.bsky.social @beccasee.bsky.social @francescosegala.bsky.social @ifyoucantwell.bsky.social

Exclusive Preview: CARMEN RED CLAW – BELLY OF THE BEAST introduces a new shapeshifter to the Hellboy universe See an exclusive preview from Carmen Red Claw: Belly of the Beast #1, the newest series in the Hellboy universe.

The Beat’s Best Kids Comics of 2025 Welcome to The Beat's first official shot at a Year's Best list dedicated to the under-18 crowd: The Beat's Best Kids Comics of 2025. In any year there is a deluge of great comics and it can be bewildering to filter through them all, then narrow those titles…

Oni Press' new horror series Dead Teenager presents the never-ending prom night from hell. Check out our exclusive preview. https://bit.ly/4oXMnjn

Please pass the eggnog while the @spfanpodcast.bsky.social presents your new guide to holiday crime films. spfanpodcast.substack.com/p/die-hard-m...

The murdering and the droning continues! Get an exclusive first look at the covers for Murder Drones #2 from Oni Press.

@superfanpr.bsky.social The Lake Como Comic Art Festival Returns With A Spectacular Line-up of 2026 Guests And VIP Conan Portfolio By Liam Sharp @liamsharp.bsky.social tripwiremagazine.co.uk/headlines/th...

Get an exclusive preview of Freaks’ Squeele Volume 1 from Magnetic Press, which is on Kickstarter now.

Exclusive Preview: Florent Maudoux’s FREAKS’ SQUEELE hits Kickstarter Florent Maudoux’s seven-volume Freaks' Squeele makes its U.S. debut in a Kickstarter campaign from Magnetic Press.

The Genre-Smashing, Manga-Inspired FREAKS’ SQUEELE by Florent Maudoux is Now on Kickstarter With Magnetic Press @magneticpress.bsky.social

“The Cold Hand of Death Has Chosen One Man to Escape the Grave” in Exclusive Trailer Premiere and Q&A for Nick Cagnetti and Daniel Ziegler’s New Limited Series SPIRIT OF THE SHADOWS, Coming January 28th from Oni Press! @oni-press.bsky.social @nickcagnetti.bsky.social

Get an exclusive look at Ben H. Winters and Sam Kivelä's "Eight Vengeful Nights" from EC Comics and Oni Press Shiver Suspenstories 2 #1, out this week!

@fanbasepress.bsky.social 4ever.

Exclusive Preview: Get a little retribution in A THING CALLED TRUTH Oni Press will kick off 2026 with a complete edition of A Thing Called Truth. Get a sneak peek before its January release.

Check out our exclusive preview of Oni Press' Spirit of the Shadows, easily one of the most stylish horror comics to come along in years. https://bit.ly/4rxQsxf

Joann Sfar and Tony Sandoval are teaming up for The Dragons of Paris, a new graphic novel that's in stores right now.

GVN Exclusive: First Look At LySandra Vuong’s Covenant Vol. 4 Pages geekvibesnation.com/covenant-vol...

@keziahweir.bsky.social are you still at VANITY FAIR?

From Batman by @ssnyder1835.bsky.social and Greg Capullo to The Essential Peanuts by @evanier.bsky.social, @robsalk.bsky.social's Gift Guide For Geeks at @forbes.com has something for everyone. www.forbes.com/sites/robsal...

It's December. Time to panic! PANIC # 1 cover by Al Feldstein. (L) SHIVER SUSPSENSTORIES 1 homage by @jstephenscomics.bsky.social.

Feast your eyes on an exclusive preview of The Dragons of Paris, the surreal new graphic novel where dragons invade France during the artistic boom of the Beautiful Era.

Over at the Superfan Signal, we conclude our Noirvember series with an interview with cartoonist @marcofinnegan.bsky.social and crime novelist @jasonstarrbooks.bsky.social. spfanpodcast.substack.com/p/noir-vembe...

Looking for the perfect gift for the pop culture fan in your life? Check out the 2025 Gifts for Geeks list up now on @forbes.com www.forbes.com/sites/robsal...

This week at the Superfan Signal, we turn to two writers who understand that noir isn’t just about the crime; it’s about the choices that ruin us, the city that seduces us, and the language that makes it all sing: @alexsegura.bsky.social and Ivy Pochoda. substack.com/home/post/p-...

Happy Thanksgiving, friends.

What if A24 made Stranger Things? Find out in our exclusive preview of Oni Press' new graphic novel Hobtown Mystery Stories: The Secret of the Saucer. https://bit.ly/43Te3hI

Canada Post releases stamps to celebrate country’s Graphic Novelists Canada Post has just launched its second set of limited edition stamps celebrating the country's contribution to the world of graphic novels

GVN Talking Comics Exclusive First Look: The Secret of the Saucer (Hobtown Mystery Stories) geekvibesnation.com/gvn-exclusiv...

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MFKZ Volume 1 through 3 are available now from Magnetic Press, collecting the complete sci-fi series by Guillaume "Run" Renard.

"I like having a challenge. It’s difficult to radically alter what people expect you to do, and to give yourself a narrative goal like sequestering the cast in a new location or telling the story backwards is to dare yourself to see it through." www.vol1brooklyn.com/2025/11/24/w...

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.

Kevin J. Anderson discusses Dune: The Graphic Novel: The Complete 3-Book Boxed Set in this new interview with Comic Book Club.

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

Get an exclusive preview of Evan Dorkin and artist Lukas Ketner's story "Necronomicomicon" from EC Catacomb of Torment #5, from Oni Press.