I love “Stranger Things” – it’s a great show. Sadly, I did not love this comic. I wanted to – badly. But “Stranger Things: Volume I” is pretty much the definition of a “cash-in” – a tie-in comic that exists solely to siphon a little extra dough off of the property’s current red-hot status in the marketplace. Reading these four issues is a little like reading a teaser for a big comic book event – there’s little to no real plot, the art is functional at best, and everything feels slightly obligato...

Actual rating: 2.75 stars

What a waste of a comic. Jody Houser has the whole Stranger Things mythology to play with, and she spends her effort telling Will's side of Season 1. It's mostly just running around and sending the messages we saw him send. Bleh. There's absolutely nothing new or revelatory here and it leaves me pretty uninterested in more of this series by Houser.

This comic expands the universe "Stranger Things". As a fan of the TV series, it was interesting for me to read the story of Will Byers who turned out to be on the "Other Side"!

Meh. This brought nothing new to the Stranger Things mythos. Kind of a waste of time. At least the art was gorgeous, which is the only reason it gets 3 stars instead of 2.

***5 stars***I honestly don't know why this graphic novel has such an average rating, because I think it was great!I've probably said this before, when I read the Stranger Things books, but I am a huge fan of the series. It is by far one of my all time favorite TV shows, if not my absolute favorite. So I knew I'd be reading on anything I can get my hands on related to it. This first issue delivered exactly what it promised: it's basically season 1 from Will's Upside Down point of view, only

Your imagination will probably do a better job of filling in with satisfaction the story of the Byers boy's adventures in the Upside Down than this graphic novel. No budget restrictions, and they still delivered what I disappointingly found to be a pretty obvious and bland take on an otherdimensional game of cat and mouse.

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I had a passing interest in what happened to Will Byers while he was in the Upside Down during season one of the show, but then it turned out to be sort of dull with lots of running and overdone narration. But now I know.

That was seriously so good. It was great to see season 1 from Will's perspective. This book really added a lot to his character and made me love him even more. An absolutely great read before I start season 3. I hope that the next graphic novel is season 2, because that would be so much fun.Highly enjoyed, highly recommend. 5/5 stars.

Very good, I highly recommend it !

I was super excited to read this book which contains Stranger Things: The Other Side comics #1-4. Stranger Things is one of my favorite Netflix series (all three seasons), so I grabbed this as soon as I saw it.These four comics are basically Will’s story from the Upside Down, which is something you don’t get much of in the series. It was neat seeing some of the different events that were happening with Will, but some of it seemed like speculation to me; for instance, I don’t remember Will findin...

This was good- covers the time Will spent in season 1. I wish the artwork had been a bit more consistent (half the time Mike's hair is as light as Will's), but it's still worth a look at if you're a fan. Loved that Will heard Barb, and tried to save her. Out of all the characters on the show, Will's the one I have the hardest time connecting to, so that might be the reason this one didn't blow me away.

This was a large disappointment. The shading was really strange and the faces looked kind of like mannequins a lot of the time and it was kind of freaky. The story flow was very stilted and jumping around a lot in a compeltely confusing way,even having watched and loved the show. Not for me :( Best thing: The fantastic depiction of the demigorgon2 stars

"And Will Byers is left to wonder. Is it really over? Can anyone truly face a Demogorgon and emerge unscathed?" This run along with season 1 from Will's side of things. It was a bit thin on plot, and didn't really add anything, the art wasn't that great, it was more of a cash in, but it did fill one or two, tiny holes from season 1...

I was excited to get ahold of this. I love Stranger Things and I dig Jody Houser's work on Faith. This was supposed to be Will's story from Season 1 while he was trapped in the Upside Down. If you enjoy watching a boy wander around a ghost town and reflect back on a D&D outing for 4 issues then this is the book for you. This was so boring and without consequence. The art was serviceable at best. I'm not sure if Netflix handicapped Houser or she just phoned this one in. This is what I've come to

The kind of okay that doesn’t warrant a full review.

So snatched this right up when I saw it at the library. It is a kind of cash grab-spin off, but we are big ST fans in this house, so everyone is gobbling it up. My first impression before reading it was that they were dumb in naming it, because it is not called "the other side," but "the upside down," but what they really mean is that Jody Hauser means to tell "the other side" of the story of Will Beyer's disappearance that we who have watched the tv series only know from the perspective of his

i really enjoyed this comic! as a fan of the show, it was a lot of fun to kind of see what exactly happened to Will during that first season (the dude really went through it). but i really liked this comic and would definitely recommend it to fans of the show!

Ho-hum.Not terribly interesting if you have watched the series. MY GRADE: C.