This collection is great for any lover of creepy alien stories. It utilizes space and time and uses them as ways to move the stories along. While I do think a couple of the stories could use their pace picked up a bit, I do really enjoy the tension building and impactful use of limited violence.

I definitely misunderstood the assignment when requesting this book! I usually read light graphic novels that I can share with my class and wider school community but this was definitely not that!
Anyway, besides my massive error, I was captivated by this book, along with being quite terrified. The stories were unlike anything I've read before and were utterly unnerving. I'm not sure if I completely understood everything that happened but the parts I did were incredibly unique and full of such intelligent ideas. The illustrations were astounding, too.
I enjoyed it considering I really don't like horror but I know that those that do enjoy the genre, will love it.

Have you ever watched the X Files or Signs and thought hmm, I wish this came in the format of a book? Look no further. Little Visitor and Other Abductions consists of three short stories that are tied together based on the same theme, alien abduction. First, a science-fiction movie’s cast and crew are reunited years later to film a documentary and discuss a young actor’s strange disappearance. Then, a little girl frantically searches for her father, who goes missing after their car breaks down. Finally, visitors to a town make an alienated young man feel at home.

These stories each packed a spooky, eerie punch and the art that accompanied each of the stories helped move the plot along. The first story immediately hooked me – the idea of a camera crew filming a documentary looking back on the unknown fate of a young actor was genius, and I believe that the story being told via graphic novel allowed for quick “cuts” between characters with little confusion about who was telling their version of events. The second story also captured the creepiness I look for in horror comics, though I felt the plot was more predictable, and I felt like the ending left me feeling a little underwhelmed. However, I was pleasantly surprised when reading the final story. Based on other reviews, I expected this story to be my least favourite, but it was a contender for my favourite of the three. I believe that the mixture of the theme of alienation with the connecting theme of alien abduction offered a fresh perspective. I felt much more connected to the main character, as I had a better understanding of who he was and why he felt so isolated and lonely in the town he grew up in – and also why he may seek friendship in outsiders. I feel like this was the strongest of the three in terms of having adequate character development and captured the similar tense, strange vibes that I often feel while watching documentaries about cults. It’s a different kind of scary, but it definitely kept me intrigued.

Given the mixture of stories, I gave this book four stars, as some were more enjoyable to me than others, which I feel is a common experience with a collection of stories.

I thoroughly enjoyed my time reading these abduction stories and would definitely recommend that fans of Scully and Mulder give this book a chance.

Thank you to Netgalley and Oni Press for the ARC.

This graphic novel is has perfectly creepy artwork - and that's my favorite part about it. Otherwise, this didn't really hit for me and I ending up dropping off within the 3rd story. It felt really slow and that they didn't fully go anywhere to me. I am giving it 3 stars still as it seems like the overall concept is cool and the art was great but it may have just not been for me.

This comic was entertaining and the art was cute, but the vingettes lacked substance for me. I would have liked to seen more development within them.

This was a great short story collection! I have my favorite, but I did enjoy all 3 stories. I love the illustration style and the choice to use black, white, and grayscale added to the eerie close encounters-type vibe.

The first and last stories are dialogue heavy, but worth it. It really adds to the development of characters and story- especially in these cases. All three stories are fresh ideas- to me- I have to admit I don't consume a lot of alien specific horror. However, I do read a lot of suspense/thriller type horror and I think this is a good recommendation for anyone wanting to move from those genre in novels to try a graphic novel format.

This graphic novel contains 3 weird comics about alien abductions. I really enjoyed the artwork and the stories were definitely creepy. You will like this if you enjoy an odd, dark vibe and if you are ok with never really getting an answer to your questions. To me, the best story was about the film production but all of them were satisfyingly unsettling.

Thank you to Oni Press, NetGalley and the author for the opportunity to read this eARC!

I knew very little going into this book and was very surprised once I reached the end. The little visitors were equal parts scary, but also very interesting. While the author himself was puzzling things out, I felt very immersed and curious as to how the story would unfold. The atmosphere was also very creepy and will keep you up at night. I would highly recommend this read for the oncoming spooky season.

My actual rating is about 2.5.

There are a few things I really liked about this: The art is amazing. There are some pretty cool horror happenings, especially in the second story. I think this was an ambitious project, and it's rare to see a sci fi horror anthology, especially in graphic novel form. I think the author had very cool ideas, but the execution unfortunately didn't work for me very well.

Story 1: 2.75 stars - This story was the easiest to follow. It has a cool ending that I didn't expect. It was told through a series of interviews, which I loved. However, the dialogue of the characters felt awkward to me. The author often ended sentences with "you know... you understand..." all the characters were written like this, so they all bled together. As such, I struggled to remember who was who. Also, there were a few times where different interviews said the same things in different ways, which made this feel repetitive to me, and as such this dragged. It took me a while to push through to the end.

Story 2: 3 stars - I quite liked this one at first. Things aren't explained fully, but we are reading from the POV of a young girl who doesn't understand what's happening, so it made sense. There were some great horror imagery and happenings in this one, and there was a great build up at the start. However, halfway through, things took a confusing turn. It took a while for me to understand what was going on. Once I finally understood, the dialogue became totally convoluted - a deliberate choice to express the personality of the beings in the story - but it made for an awkward and honestly quite frustrating reading experience. I don't mind a bit of confusion, but in the second half I could barely follow any of the dialogue, so much so that I started to skip it. If there was at least some dialogue I could follow in the second half this could have been a 4 star read.

Story 3: ???? - I don't feel comfortable rating this one because I honestly skimmed a lot of it. This was SO hard to follow. The dialogue doesn't string together cohesively. Every dialogue box feels totally disconnected from the last, and there's SO MUCH dialogue in the second half of the story. I just couldn't understand what was going on. Unfortunately, this one really didn't work for me at all. I think the author needs to work on making the plot feel at least a little bit clearer so that readers could follow along easier.

This graphic novel begins with a gripping alien abduction story that delivers true horror and suspense. The visuals are eerie and atmospheric, setting the tone perfectly. However, the following stories become increasingly confusing, with plots that are hard to follow and lack the chilling impact of the first. While the art remains consistently striking, the narrative doesn't hold up throughout. A mixed experience overall—great if you're here for haunting illustrations, but the horror fades after the opening story.

I honestly really enjoyed the first two stories in this graphic novel of short horror stories. I found the last story to be much, much harder to follow and, as a result, very challenging to get through. There is much more dialogue and much less illustrative exposition. I would definitely try this author again, tho, because the first 2 stories were very intriguing.

My thanks to NetGalley and Oni Press for an advance copy of this graphic novel that looks at the things we lose when we find ourselves messing with the unknowable, our sense of self, our sense of what the meaning of things are, and even maybe loss of all we care for.

I have loved science fiction for almost all my life. I am a believer in a lot of things, mainly because I have been sure about things before, and found myself wrong more often than right. Cryptids, why not, we are constantly finding new things in nature, to balance out that that is being wiped out. Aliens, sure why not. Ghosts, same thing. I am happy to be proved wrong or right, just give me proof. I have not had anything either creature, UFO, UFP, or even friendly ghosts. Though I have met a few people who say they have. Some one can tell are just selling something, some kind of believe, but not enough to do anything about it. The last bunch, two people particularly, have seen things that changed them. Their life was once normal, than became abnormal, and nothing can ever be the same. They weren't abducted, but something in them is missing now. This graphic novel reminded me a lot about them. Little Visitor & Other Abductions is a graphic novel written and illustrated by Adam Szym about aliens, strange encounters, strange rituals, and how this events can change lives, and maybe even end them.

The graphic novel features three stories. The first is Little Visitor, and is a visual documentary of the making of a film, that ended badly. The time is the past and E.T. is breaking box offices. In a country behind the Iron Curtain, the decision is made to copy the film. Lacking money, and film technology, they create a small alien suit and begin casting. A young boy is chosen, by the security forces possibly, who reacts quite strongly to the alien suit. The second story is A Cordial Invitation. A young woman and her father are looking for work in the Depression. Their truck blows four tires, and they find themselves stranded in the desert. Soon they separate to find help, and as the daughter begins to look for her father, she finds she is a part of a masked ball to ring in the New Year, a masked ball that might not be from her time. Frolicker is the final story a tale about men, angry young men and a festival that happens yearly, and might lead to bad things.

A creepy collection of stories. The stories are very European in flavor, sort of like Heavy Metal magazine from the 80's. Each is different, and even told in different ways. The first two are quite good, I like the feeling of dread and the knowledge that something bad is going to happen, but there is no stopping it. The last story was good, but I wish it might have been longer, just to clear some stuff up. Again that is just me. The art is very good. The black and white is perfect for this collection stories that would be familiar on Twilight Zone or Outer Limits. Szym is very good at setting scenes, captureing the weirdness and letting the art fill in the blanks.

A nice spooky collection, which is really well illustrated, that left me wanting more. I was unfamiliar with the work of Szym, now I am looking forward to reading more.

The stories felt really samey. By the majority of the way through the 3rd, I felt like I kind of knew what was coming and that predictability kind of ruined the enjoyment for me.

I felt like the stories I enjoyed more from this (such as the second one, A Cordial Invitation) led me to believe there would be a pay-off to some particular plot points which weren’t delivered on, making it fall a little flat.

I did have points I enjoyed (such as the premise of the first story, Little Visitor, being told through interviews with a horror film crew) but overall it just didn’t work for me as an anthology.

Little Visitor is well drawn and very creative. I enjoyed these stories and the art included, but I did feel a little confused while reading. While these stories are expertly drawn and interesting, they were difficult for me to follow at points.

3.5 stars. This is a collection of 3 stories and I'm really not sure if they are connected or not (other than the overall theme of the unknown and space. The stories: Little Visitor (5 stars), A Cordial Invitation (3.5 stars), and Frolicker (1 star). The art work is great but Little Visitor is the clear star of this collection--an excellent and unsettling story. Thank you to NetGalley for an ARC

A delightfully creepy collection of three short stories about alien abduction in this graphic novel.

The blurb refers to “the negligence and malice that allows it to happen”, and in all three stories, the abductions are somehow invited or allowed rather than being entirely imposed and “other”. This adds to an excellent sense of dread and conspiracy.

The plot in each story unfolds at a satisfying pace, with just the right amount of foreshadowing. My only niggle was that I got a bit muddled with the storytelling in the third story, and a few times had to revisit some earlier panels when I realised there had been a change of scene or perspective, but this is a minor gripe. The meticulous black and white artwork is a perfect match for the stories, which are dark in feel as well as visually shadowy and ominous. Thoroughly enjoyable.

Thank you #NetGalley and Oni Press for the free review copy of #LittleVisitorOtherAbductions without obligation. All opinions are my own.

Little Visitor and Other Abductions doesn’t hold your hand. It drags you straight into the weird, the cold, and the quietly horrifying, then leaves you there to squint at what’s lurking in the shadows. And honestly? I loved it.

The three stories: Little Visitor, A Cordial Invitation, and Frolicker each scratch a different kind of itch. Alien abductions, yes, but more than that. There’s a creeping emotional rot threaded through every page. It’s not about the aliens. It’s about what we ignore, what we allow, and how easy it is to look away when something wrong is dressed up in tradition or charm or ceremony.

I couldn’t help but notice a strong undercurrent of Slavic or Russian cultural layers throughout. Names like Kostya, Lluda, and Anatoly felt deliberate, grounding Little Visitor in what seemed to be a warped foreign Twilight Zone episode.

In A Cordial Invitation, the dialogue, especially at that eerie little party, echoes the strange civility and thinly veiled menace you find in The Master and Margarita or Anna Karenina.

It’s not obvious.. but if you've studied Slavic history or live in the culture, then some things will probably stand out to you when you read it.

Frolicker is the wildest of the three, and the one that left me the most unsettled. The narrator’s bitterness, the cultlike vibe of his community, and the grotesque reveal at the end, all of it lands with the kind of bleak clarity that only works when the writing is this restrained. The corn-husk skin? Very interesting.

The artwork is scratchy, textured, expressive in that perfect, simple way. It complements the tone without overpowering it. I enjoy comics that use these textures, but I do think there was a little room for expansion of the color palette.

This is one of those rare books that makes you feel like you've stumbled onto something secret. I wasn't expecting the Slavic lean, but it did add another layer to dig into and consider.

I’d like to read more from Adam Szym. There's something here.

Something weird, quiet and worth exploring again.

I really enjoyed the first story in this collection. It was so ominous and creepy with a slightly ambiguous ending that left me with a little bit of chills. On the other hand, the other two stories were very mid for me and lacked a lot of interest and cohesive story telling.

Three sci-fi horror graphic novellas in one volume, with one working very well for me, and the other two not so much.
I wasn't sure about the black and white illustrations at first, but ended up finding them to be effective, especially in the second story which was my favourite. I really enjoyed the chilling and creepy tale of a girl looking for her father.
With the other stories I got a little confused with the story-telling unfortunately.

Thank you to NetGalley for providing me with an early copy of this book.

The book contains three stories with the central theme being abduction. The first story "Little Visitor" was my favorite with its documentary style of storytelling. The second story "A Cordial Invitation" felt like it dragged on and I was waiting for it to end. The third story "Frolicker" left me confused and I think it should it have been as long as "A Cordial Invitation" in order for things to be made a little clearer.

I'm a fan of the illustration style and I think the book overall would work better in hard copy over an ebook format.

The book concludes with a behind-the-scenes section written by the author that I really enjoyed.