Here is Richard McGuire's unique graphic novel based on the legendary 1989 comic strip of the same name. Richard McGuire's groundbreaking comic strip Here was published under Art Spiegelman's editorship at Raw in 1989. Built in six pages of interlocking panels, dated by year, it collapsed time and space to tell the story of the corner of a room - and its inhabitants - between the years 500, 957, 406, 073 BC and 2033 AD. The strip remains one of the most influential and widely discussed contributions to the medium, and it has now been developed, expanded and reimagined by the artist into this full-length, full-colour graphic novel - a must for any fan of the genre. "Personally, I think he's a genius, transforming every medium he works within into his own peculiar personal language. What he gave every reader with 'Here' was an individual and unique way of looking at life ...it was life-changing". (Chris Ware).

From one of the great comic innovators, the long-awaited fulfillment of a pioneering comic vision. Richard McGuire’s Here is the story of a corner of a room and of the events that have occurred in that space over the course of hundreds of thousands of years.
(With full-color illustrations throughout.)

Here is Richard McGuire's unique graphic novel based on the legendary 1989 comic strip of the same name.
Richard McGuire's groundbreaking comic strip Here was published under Art Spiegelman's editorship at RAW in 1989.
Built in six pages of interlocking panels, dated by year, it collapsed time and space to tell the story of the corner of a room - and its inhabitants - between the years 500,957,406,073 BC and 2033 AD.
The strip remains one of the most influential and widely discussed contributions to the medium, and it has now been developed, expanded and reimagined by the artist into this full-length, full-colour graphic novel - a must for any fan of the genre.
'Personally, I think he's a genius, transforming every medium he works within into his own peculiar personal language. What he gave every reader with 'Here' was an individual and unique way of looking at life . . . it was life-changing' Chris Ware
Richard McGuire is a regular contributor to the New Yorker magazine. He has written and illustrated both children's books and experimental comics. His work has appeared in The New York Times, McSweeney's, Le Monde and Libération. He has written and directed two omnibus feature films, designed and manufactured his own line of toys, and is also the founder and bass player of the post-punk band Liquid Liquid.

In this innovative journey from night to day and back again, city evolves into country and rivers and streams evolve into oceans by the most subtle of associations and the most unpredictable of transformations. Richard McGuire's strikingly graphic and original illustrations give us a perspective on our world as we've never seen it before. "What seems deceptively simple often demands a second or third thought in this creative picture book...that will spark the imagination."-- Booklist, starred review. Richard McGuire won the Society of Illustrators Gold Medal for The Orange Book (Universe/ Puffin). His illustrations have appeared in The New York Times Book Review, The New Yorker, and other publications. He is also the author of What Goes Around Comes Around (Viking).

Richard McGuire has been an illustrator at the world-renowned
magazine for over a decade. In this time he has used his one-panel 'spots' as a unique canvas upon which to practice the art of the graphic miniseries. Here these series are collected for the first time, as a charming, joyful and witty 'short story' collection.