Oni Press has announced their slate of middle-grade and YA graphic novels for fall 2027, featuring two spooky, supernatural, and mysterious books. Readers will meet twelve-year-old weirdologists solving paranormal mysteries in their small town in Tales of Lake Eerie: Jake in the Lake by Eisner and GLAAD nominee and coastal Lake Erie native David M. Booher and Sarah K. Turner and solve an IRL mystery with budding video game sleuths in Lights Out: Mystery at the Meridian by award-winning author Kristen Kiesling and amazing artist Lesley Vamos.

TALES OF LAKE EERIE: JAKE IN THE LAKE

WRITTEN BY DAVID M. BOOHER
ART & COVER BY SARAH K. TURNER

For fans of paranormal mysteries and monster mythos, from Eisner and GLAAD nominee and coastal Lake Erie native David M. Booher (Canto, Ghostbusters) and Sarah K. Turner (Besties, T.S. Hullabaloo) comes the first volume in a new middle-grade graphic novel mystery series, where Scooby Doo meets The Last Kids on Earth, perfect for readers who love adventures in their own backyard, puzzle solving, and monsters . . . maybe . . .
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Twelve-year-old best friends and founders of the Sperryville, Ohio Weirdologists, Jac, Maria, and Wayne believe scary things happen in their coastal town along Lake Erie, even if no one else believes them. Together, the three friends rely on their unique talents and knowledge of town history to investigate cryptids, track down ghosts, and search for monsters, all while trying to convince the townsfolk to see the strangeness all around them and believe in the unbelievable.
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When a local kid claims to see a monster in the lake, Jac, Maria, and Wayne are the only ones to take his sighting seriously. Launching an official investigation, our trio track down clues that all point to one place . . . the old Sperryville lighthouse. Is the reclusive and mysterious Lighthouse Keeper Bones Braddock keeping a monstrous secret about this elusive “Jake in the lake”? When the investigation hits a dead end and the Weirdologists face more and more teasing from the local kids, they must make a tough choice—should they stick to their monster-hunting mission or give up and blend in?
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$16.99 | 152 PGS | FC
On Sale: 9/14/2027

LIGHTS OUT: MYSTERY AT THE MERIDIAN

WRITTEN BY KRISTEN KIESLING
ART & COVER BY LESLEY VAMOS

When the power suddenly goes out in the Meridian apartment building on Halloween, can three budding sleuths sniff out a crime perpetrated in the dark? Spy School meets Only Murders in the Building in this marvelous middle-grade whodunit from Kristen Kiesling (The Harrowing) and Lesley Vamos (The Bizarre Bazaar), where friendship and puzzle solving crack the case!
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Maria, Felix, and Damon may live in the same building but they don’t know each other, or that they are all avid players of the popular online mystery game Enigma. For these twelve-year-old puzzle solvers, Enigma is everything—online, they have picture-perfect lives, can befriend anyone, and are the best detectives this side of the Hudson River. But all that changes when a storm wipes out their building’s power and Wi-Fi, and now Maria, Felix, and Damon must step out of their gaming bubbles and enter the real world. Venturing out into the halls to trick-or-treat in the dark, the unlikely trio stumble upon injured resident curmudgeon Mr. DeGrynch. The police think it was an accident, but our trio suspects foul play.

Joined by loyal doggo Sleuth and armed with a makeshift detective command center, Maria, Felix, and Damon track down clues and culprits that all point to one thing . . . a crime was committed at the Meridian on Halloween night, and it’s up to them to solve it. But is our trio ready to finally swap their online game with IRL adventure?
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$16.99 | 232 PGS | FC
On Sale: 11/9/2027