Strange Adventures

by Selwyn Seyfu Hinds, Denys Cowan (Penciller), Paul Cornell

Don't miss this collection of science fiction short stories from some of Vertigo's all-time greats, as well as the hot new talents of tomorrow! From the far reaches of space to the not so distant future, this anthology is loaded with unsettling short stories that will hijack your imagination and take you to strange, mysterious places.

Collects Strange Adventures #1 and Mystery in Space #1.

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Science Fiction, Collections, Short Stories, Fantasy

160 pages, Paperback

First published February 11, 2014

Reviews

[Joni · Rating 3 out of 5]

Antología de ciencia ficción, terror, que reúne montones de artistas teniendo la chance de ver a los más conocidos con mayores libertades y a los menos con la posibilidad de mostrarse. Se aprecian duplas inéditas que otorgan frescura a relatos clásicos como la realidad virtual futurista, el mundo como una matrix, secuestros alienígenas y demás yerbas. Lo mejor viene de los menos conocidos. También como en toda antología en comics pasa que la historia es buena pero mal dibujada o mal escrita, repetitiva y con un arte que la rompe. En la variedad está el divertimento en esta colección que se lee rápido y entrega una revisión a tópicos clásicos.

[Valéria. · Rating 5 out of 5]

"Povídka v komikse nefunguje." Well, bullshit jak hovado. A táto kniha je toho dôkazom. Skvelých 18 kraťasov od skvelých, aj neznámejších autorov/ilustrátorov. Lemire+Villarubia opäť predviedli zase niečo super na pár stránkach. Poviedka o ženskej, ktorá si musí dať do poriadku život/bordel v byte, aby mohla dostať k sebe decko, čo sa zvrtne v celkom skvelú nechuťárnu. Ďalšia o páre a Schrödingerovej kočke, ktorá fakt pobavila. Príbeh dvoch lesbičiek a vesmíru. Nával fakt dobrého sci-fi, fantasy a hororu.

[Terence · Rating 2 out of 5]

Meh...A few good stories. The anthology starts out strong and dark with "Case 21" but doesn't live up to that promise.

OK to skip.

[Doctor Moss · Rating 3 out of 5]

I’m not a big graphic novel or comic book fan, but this one sounded interesting, and I thought I’d could use a break from more traditional reading.

It was that. It’s a collection of eighteen very short, almost vignette-like stories. Many make one point, or present one question. They provoke, and they use “strangeness” to provoke us to think about the ordinary in new ways. Some hit the mark square on, and others don’t — I suspect that’s as much a matter of who the reader is and what their sweet spots might be.

There’s work involved in reading these stories. You are switching between writing and art styles every few pages. I almost felt like I needed a short break between finishing one and starting the next — actually not a bad idea at all.

The question is, do I now want more. Probably not. These did their job, but I think I’m done.

[Anthony · Rating 3 out of 5]

A set of short stories with themes ranging from love, dystopian futures, and free will. A number of the stories loop on themselves, finishing quite nicely while others are little more awkward and seem to need a bit more time for their story to play out.

The art varies for each story, each having its own style, some more abstract than others but all offer vivid visuals.

Overall, a decent read to pass the time and allows a quick dip into the stories' themes.

[Ryan Sheeran · Rating 4 out of 5]

A solid collection of a few short stories. I enjoyed most of them, though a few weren't really my thing. Few interesting concepts were explored, though quite a few seemed to lean towards space travel science fiction.

[Erik · Rating 2 out of 5]

Milligan’s story about imaginary friends is pretty good. The rest is average.

[Dylan · Rating 2 out of 5]

As with many anthologies, Strange Adventures is somewhat of a mixed bag. While there are a few great stories herein, sadly I found that the great was far outweighed by the poor.

[Dane Divine · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is truly full of strange adventures. Some didn't make sense to me. Others were great.

[StrictlySequential · Rating 3 out of 5]

All are short. Most are intentionally confusing but too many seem to make no sense.

AMAZING art: Juan Bobillo
BRILLIANT and very funny: McCarthy & Baker

[Jamahl Bennier · Rating 4 out of 5]

So weird. Horror + sci-fi stories that are the right type of bizarre. I wish there were more of these.

[Mohammad Aboomar · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a mixed bag of graphic short stories. Some are really good, others are meh.

[Joshua Sloan · Rating 2 out of 5]

Some good ideas (I picked this up because of Lemire and he never truly disappoints), but a lot of these feel underdeveloped, like they didn't know they were only going to be short stories.

[Alex Sarll]

Every so often, Vertigo have another go at the anthology format. Being science fiction themed, the two attempts collected here tend to feel a lot like selections of 2000AD Future Shocks - and generally not the great ones. Plus, a couple of them are trailers or tie-ins for other Vertigo books, which would generally have been much more satisfactory deployed as back-ups in the titles concerned. Still, they're also not the terrible Future Shocks; it's mostly diverting enough. And anyone who's always wanted to see Jeff Lemire's take on Ultra the Multi-Alien is going to be in clover.

[Scotto Moore · Rating 4 out of 5]

I dug this collection quite a bit. I'm used to Vertigo's quarterly anthology series and this shares similar aesthetics: experimental writing, a wide variety of art and lettering styles, brief punchy tales with minimal setup and tear down. The good news here is the sci fi / horror umbrella of this collection ties things together nicely. Definitely worth a look.

[Thurston · Rating 1 out of 5]

Authors spent more time on figuring where to place the f word in the 'stories' rather than the story.
I hated the art in each story.

Was hoping for great got blindsided by bad