Here

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Here by Richard McGuire is a graphic novel that charts what happens in once particular spot over the whole course of history, and also far into the future. Most panels show the main living room of the same house over time, though the scenes are not chronological. It jumps around different eras, even within the same page, with smaller sections overlaid on the main picture. The story also takes us back to pre-historic times and so far ahead that people have vanished again. But, for the most part, it shows moments in the life of the house (both big and small). The way the individual stories gradually build up over the course of the book, and also the way parallels are drawn between vastly different time periods, is masterful. This is a wonderful piece of art that is very definitely "an exercise in consciously experiencing human dignity in others and ourselves", to steal from a recent Vlogbrothers video.