Strange & the Familiars have been telling tall tales to Portland audiences for seven years. These are tales about lost people with unusual abilities, dark friends from unexpected places, and warnings from the wordless.

Heavily inspired by the work of literary and comic book artists, Strange & the Familiars presents an immersive musical experience that straddles the line between rock opera and musical theatre storytelling while exploring the dark and fantastical places in the human mind.

They released their first album, Pretty Deadly, in 2016 (a nod to the graphic novel of the same name created by Kelly Sue DeConnick and Emma Rios), followed by a more explicit invitation into this dark and whimsical world with their sophomore release of Strange World in 2021. Between musical releases Stephanie Strange has been writing and telling stories and collaborating with visual artists in bits and bobs, as transmission quality allows.

Now, Portland artist Jay Reynolds and Stephanie Strange have teamed up for the second time to release the latest installment to the Strange World stories, a twenty eight page comic book called How Stephanie Became Strange, which was released on June 25th.

Music can be heard wherever music is streamed. How Stephanie Became Strange can be found at live shows and Portland bookstores and comic book stores where independent comic books are sold, including Powell’s and The Rose City Book Pub.