The concept of "Here" (in both versions) is to show the same location in space at different points in time, ranging from the primordial past to thousands of years in the future.

"[1] The corner of the room itself is the most enduring presence in the story; panels show the house being constructed in 1902 and sheltering several generations of occupants before burning in a fire in 2029 and being demolished in 2030.

The graphic novel version expanded the concept to 304 pages in color, featuring 152 spreads, with "the corner of the eponymous room in the bound gutter of the open book.

[3] The graphic novel establishes that the setting of the story eventually becomes part of the grounds of the Proprietary House, in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, primarily in a family home built on one of the land lots sold in 1904.

McGuire described the art style he used for it as "generic," saying, "It had to be as easy to read as an instruction manual, so the reader could follow what was happening very clearly when the interlaced time panels start being introduced.

Then a few years after they had both passed away, McGuire was awarded The Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers fellowship at the New York Public Library, which gave him the time and resources to get focused on the project again.

[4]The graphic novel, evoking "the feeling of a scrapbook or photo album,"[4] was done in tight vector art augmented by watercolors.

Here's non-linear structure made it particularly well-suited for adaptation into new media: the Ebook format deconstructs the traditional book experience, allowing readers to swipe through pages as in the book or explore the narrative more freely; the backgrounds and panels are liberated from their original layouts, enabling unique recombinations and fresh connections.

The complete version features subtly timed animated GIFs, such as a curtain moving gently in a breeze, a petal falling, or a reader turning a page, offering unexpected, nuanced movement.

To set it apart from film or video, the Ebook version omits sound effects and music to preserve a reading-focused experience.

"[6] Its influence is particularly notable in the work of Chris Ware, who wrote a lengthy essay on it in the magazine Comic Art #8.

"[1] The French edition of the graphic novel, titled Ici and published by Éditions Gallimard, was given the Angoulême International Comics Festival Prize for Best Album in 2016.

[12][13] A film adaptation began development in 2022 with Robert Zemeckis directing and co-writing with Eric Roth, and Tom Hanks starring; Robin Wright joined the cast reuniting the four for the first time in thirty years after Forrest Gump in 1994.