Gallery: 5 Reasons to Read the Time-Traveling Graphic Novel Here
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Each image in *Here* uses windows to show what happened in that space throughout history, and what could happen in the future. (Expand gallery to fullscreen for the best experience.)
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*Here* takes place in one corner of one room.
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The far corner of the room falls in the book's gutter.
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The color schemes of various images help readers follow storylines and time periods.
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Furniture, clothing, hairstyles, and language all play a role in creating distinct time periods across a singular space.
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The "here" of *Here* could be anywhere, but McGuire used his childhood home in New Jersey as the basis for the book's historical research.
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After attending a lecture by Art Spiegelman in the late 1980s, McGuire wrote a comic strip named "Here" in 1989 that played with the idea of one space throughout time. Inspired by the then-new concept of computer "windows," McGuire developed the panels-within-panels concept that would become essential to his book.
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Most pages in *Here* aren't limited to one time period.
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Readers can flip through the book and look at the images in any order and come away with a new understanding of the story each time.
