High Strangeness 5/30
Pages: 202
Author: Daniel Noah, Chris Condon, Zac Thompson, Christopher Cantwell, Cecil Castellucci, Christian Ward
Publication Date: 7/14/26
Review site: NetGalley

I find HIGH STRANGENESS to be extremely fascinating. Each author/illustrator took individual accounts of personal encounters with ufos - monsters - other phenomena, interpreted them into their own shortened ‘comic’, visualized them, laid that vision to paper, and brought those encounters to vivid, sometimes frightening, life.

Then you get to the essays.

All of the stories and essays in HIGH STRANGENESS are purported to be true . . . my only wish is, if they are true, they are at least exaggerated—because they are not only strange, but they are also pretty frightening.

Regardless, it’s all very good stuff.

*** Recommended ***

Thank you, NetGalley, Spectrevision Oni Press, Daniel Noah, Chris Condon, Zac Thompson, Christopher Cantwell, Cecil Castellucci, Christian Ward, Dave Chisholm, Noah Bailey, Valeria Burzo, and Chloé Stawski for the ARC.

First off, thanks to the ARC for an early viewing of this book! As soon as I saw the cover I thought "I have to read this" This book is about aliens and figuring out about life itself. This book style and the graphics are AMAZING! The last chapter of the book is so bright and colorful! What a beautiful way they put this together! Only reason it didn't get more stars is because I would have loved to see more to the story!

My thanks to NetGalley and Oni Press for an advance copy of this graphic novel that is a little bit UFO, a little bit Big Foot, a lot of conspiracy thinking, and features well developed characters dealing with a world that suddenly doesn't make sense, and in actuality maybe never did.

For a small town my library was a place of wonders to me as a young reader. Especially the nonfiction section. Yes there were some science books, some history, but for some reason it had at least 4 shelves of books dealing with the paranormal. Books on creatures of legends. Strange things in the sky. Haunted house and ghostly appearances. I have no idea why the paranormal had such a showing in my small town, but it did, and these books in a way shaped me. All my future loves, science fiction, manga, comics, fantasy, odd literature, movies, I think were fed from the well that was these shelves. I don't know if I am the better person for it, but these are stories I never get tired of, even as my belief in them fades further and further back. Though if a Big Foot asked, I would say in all honestly I want to believe. And stories like this graphic novel, only make me want more. High Strangeness Deluxe Edition are a collection of interlinked stories written by Daniel Noah, Chris Condon, Zac Thompson, Christopher Cantwell, Cecil Castellucci, Christian Ward and illustrated by Noah Bailey, Valeria Burzo, Chloe Stawski, about the world we take for granted, the darkness that is closer than we think, and all the weird things we want to believe are true, and secretly fear that they are.

The book features comic stories and essays about the subjects covered, linked together with a common theme and characters, but can be read and enjoyed on their own. The time span is about 50 years from the height of the golden era of UFO's to the weird world that we find ourselves dealing with today. A reporter, an almost-award-winning one takes up a story about UFO's in middle America and finds much more than expected. Big Foots and escaped prisoners meet and clash in the woods of the Pacific Northwest. A computer technician creating the greatest of programs is derailed by a car accident, her father's health, and a vast conspiracy. Along with other tales that tie-in and form a broader, bigger story. Included are sketches, ideas and essays written by researchers about subjects covered in the book, to further illuminate and in some cases scare the reader.

A good collection of stories, that really work well when telling of the bigger plot. I love the idea of different creative teams adding their own spin, making the stories fresh and different instead of just being like episodes of the X-Files. What I really enjoyed and what made for a richer reading experience was the time spent on the characters. These characters had real arcs. The divorced journalist trying to write a story to save his marriage. The exhaustion of living on the run, while also dealing with Big Foot. Watching a father break down, lost in the mental storm that is his everyday existence, remembering the past better than he remembers his family. These added to the tales, making them hit a bit harder than on would think. The art was excellent too. The artists really fit the tales they told, especially the one about Big Foot. This kind of care is rare in collections like this, and I appreciate the time the writers and artists took.

A nice collection of tales of the weird, the odd and the crazy. With very good art, and characters that one cares about. I look forward to more in this line.

Thank you NetGalley for this ARC.
Good artwork. Five stories. All connecting to real stories. Some are more weirder than others. Horror. Scary. Mysteries. Lore. Sci-Fi. The last two is a fascinating circle. The bonus is at the end of this deluxe edition, all the newspaper article of these stories are shared. They are indeed strange.

First of all, many thanks to NetGalley for letting me read this graphic novel as an eARC! I greatly appreciate it!

As the title suggests, this one is indeed very strange! I really enjoyed it, though! I went into it kind of expecting an anthology, but everything comes together in the end and recontextualizes the whole story in a mind-blowing way! Though the overall story peaks in the first chapter, I enjoyed all of them, and I highly recommend this to anyone who enjoys "time isn't real" type stories!

Five out of five stars for High Strangeness!

High Strangeness Deluxe Edition lives up to the name. The stories are high in strangeness. Each story is creepy that makes you want to keep reading to see what happens next. The articles at the end add to the stories. Horror fans will enjoy this graphic novel.

Thank you Netgalley for a review copy for an honest review.

How have I never read this before now. This comic feels like it was written specifically for me ! I adored this work. High Strangeness is a quirky weird trip through multiple time periods in the 20th century following a very lovecraftian meets existential mystery, that was equal parts darkly funny and just brutal. I also wanna say the art work is immaculate, some of the best I've seen in comics in recent years. Its deeply stylised but captivating. I really need to read more from these creators. I also wanna say the essays at the end were also excellent, I usually don't read essays but these were all fascinating and cool !
An overall fantastic story that I will definitely read in the future

***ARC from NetGalley***

A series of stories dealing with UFOs, cryptids, and other phenomena. At first the reader thinks the stories are separate, but they come together in the final story quite nicely. After the graphic stories are told, there are narratives that correspond to the various stories, explaining or suggesting, how those stories came about.

Stunning illustrations and easy to follow narratives. Recommend if you like the unexplained, the scary, or the esoteric.

a spooky mix of mystery and intrigue. The characters were so interesting and I was on the edge of my seat the entire time.