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Saga, Volume 1 (Saga #1-6)
When two soldiers from opposite sides of a never-ending galactic war fall in love, they risk everything to bring a fragile new life into a dangerous old universe.
From New York Times bestselling writer Brian K. Vaughan (Y: The Last Man, Ex Machina) and critically acclaimed artist Fiona Staples (Mystery Society, North 40), Saga is the sweeping tale of one young family fight...more
From New York Times bestselling writer Brian K. Vaughan (Y: The Last Man, Ex Machina) and critically acclaimed artist Fiona Staples (Mystery Society, North 40), Saga is the sweeping tale of one young family fight...more
Paperback, 160 pages
Published
October 23rd 2012
by Image Comics
(first published March 14th 2012)
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Some of the elements in Saga:
1) Star crossed lovers who were soldiers in opposing armies of an intersteller war who have a baby and are being hunted by both sides.
2) A royal family comprised of humanistic robots with TVs for heads.
3) Magic
4) Ghosts.
5) A bounty hunter with a giant cat that acts as a lie detector.
6) A forest that grows wooden rocketships
And that’s just the start.
I’m a huge fan of Vaughan’s Y: The Last Man and Ex Machina so no surprise that I loved this. What is surprising is just...more
1) Star crossed lovers who were soldiers in opposing armies of an intersteller war who have a baby and are being hunted by both sides.
2) A royal family comprised of humanistic robots with TVs for heads.
3) Magic
4) Ghosts.
5) A bounty hunter with a giant cat that acts as a lie detector.
6) A forest that grows wooden rocketships
And that’s just the start.
I’m a huge fan of Vaughan’s Y: The Last Man and Ex Machina so no surprise that I loved this. What is surprising is just...more
How to describe Saga? It's like someone took Firefly, coated it liberally in WTF, and sprinkled a little Quentin Tarantino on top. Yeah, it's some wonderfully messed up stuff.
The planet Landfall is at war with one of its moons, known as Wreath. The indigenous people of Landfall seem reliant on technology and sport some nifty little insect-like wings, while the people of Wreath have horns (they may be my favorites as each character in the later issues has horns varying from rhino, to antelope, to...more
The planet Landfall is at war with one of its moons, known as Wreath. The indigenous people of Landfall seem reliant on technology and sport some nifty little insect-like wings, while the people of Wreath have horns (they may be my favorites as each character in the later issues has horns varying from rhino, to antelope, to...more
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Breast-feeding on the cover of a graphic novel! These are the two opening pages:
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How could you not want to continue reading? I had an inkling I had something special in my hands and I definitely wasn't disappointed. The humor is Ilona Andrews-esque, the story and characters are incredibly compelling, and the artwork is stunning. I preordered Saga, Vol. 2 before I was even finished reading. This graphic novel blends romance, science ficti...more
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How could you not want to continue reading? I had an inkling I had something special in my hands and I definitely wasn't disappointed. The humor is Ilona Andrews-esque, the story and characters are incredibly compelling, and the artwork is stunning. I preordered Saga, Vol. 2 before I was even finished reading. This graphic novel blends romance, science ficti...more
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Oct 27, 2012
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This trade collects Saga issues #1-6.
Saga, the first work of Vaughan's I've read, is the very definition of "not for everyone." It contains heavy use of profanity, nudity, graphic violence and sex, and a lot of things most readers will find very unsettling. The base concept also sounds rather cliche - two people from waring worlds fall in love and wish to leave their people's conflict behind and raise their forbidden newborn child in peace.
And that classic idea is the only thing in Saga reminisc...more
Saga, the first work of Vaughan's I've read, is the very definition of "not for everyone." It contains heavy use of profanity, nudity, graphic violence and sex, and a lot of things most readers will find very unsettling. The base concept also sounds rather cliche - two people from waring worlds fall in love and wish to leave their people's conflict behind and raise their forbidden newborn child in peace.
And that classic idea is the only thing in Saga reminisc...more
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Some people say that graphic novels aren't a legitimate form of great literature...I say that those people have clearly never read Saga!
The planet of Landfall is at war with the moon of Wreath, and the conflict has managed to engulf the entire galaxy, with combatants from multiple worlds choosing sides to fight on. In a time filled with hatred and violence, two soldiers from opposite sides manage to find love and solace in each other. After the birth of their infant daughter, Private First Cla...more
The planet of Landfall is at war with the moon of Wreath, and the conflict has managed to engulf the entire galaxy, with combatants from multiple worlds choosing sides to fight on. In a time filled with hatred and violence, two soldiers from opposite sides manage to find love and solace in each other. After the birth of their infant daughter, Private First Cla...more
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Saga is a tale of star-crossed lovers. Literally star crossed. They’re on the opposite sides of a galactic war between two species. Marko has horns like a ram and spell-casting ability. Alana comes from a more technologically advanced race with vestigial wings. Guided by royal figures who have video monitors for heads (which makes them seem to be a third species), her faction appears to have the upper hand.
The story begins with the birth of Marko and Alana’s child, an anomaly that the leaders of...more
The story begins with the birth of Marko and Alana’s child, an anomaly that the leaders of...more
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Sometimes a writer has *too* many great ideas, and they try to cram all those ideas into one book and the end result overwhelms the reader. Brian K. Vaughan's Saga is proof that this can work.
It's hard to describe, actually, because there's SO MUCH going on. There is a planet full of winged people with super-badass technology who are at war with the "moonies": animal-like people with magic spells and weapons. Also there are robot people who are like the Blue Man Group with TVs for heads, assassi...more
It's hard to describe, actually, because there's SO MUCH going on. There is a planet full of winged people with super-badass technology who are at war with the "moonies": animal-like people with magic spells and weapons. Also there are robot people who are like the Blue Man Group with TVs for heads, assassi...more
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Jan 16, 2013
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Edit: After thinking about this, I can conclude that this series is like a better version of Locke and Key, Vol. 1: Welcome to Lovecraft. By that I mean the "weirdness" is better written in Saga. The weirdness had a reason; it added to the plot. In Locke and Key, it was as if Joe Hill sat down and said to himself: "Alright, how can I make this as weird as possible and ignore how there is no plot or any story development."
End of edit.
Well that was interesting.
Interesting concept.
Interesting sett...more
End of edit.
Well that was interesting.
Interesting concept.
Interesting sett...more
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Holy crap. This was amazing. I haven't liked a comic this much since Y: The Last Man! (yes, that's me trying to flatter the hell out of Brian K. Vaughan, but the man does good comic book). Don't get me wrong, I like the comics I follow a lot and I've got many favs, but this one was so unexpected. I tend to be more of a noir, psychological thriller, country western set in space type gal.
Saga was billed as a "cross between Game of Thrones and Star Wars". I haven't watched or read Game of Thrones...more
Saga was billed as a "cross between Game of Thrones and Star Wars". I haven't watched or read Game of Thrones...more
I am beyond excited to read the rest of this series. The universe Brian K. Vaughan has already laid out for us has adventure, emotion, and pages overflowing with fascinating and beautifully drawn creatures. The premise starts out like a riff of Romeo and Juliet, with our two star-crossed lovers being from different planets that have been at war with one another for so long that the original reason for the violence has become lost in years of prejudice and hatred. The story follows Alana and Mark...more
2.5
A star-crossed lover story after the lovers have been together, and opening with the birth of their child. Members of warring races, they must escape those who pursue them and their child. (It's left unanswered why they haven't found some safe-haven prior to the birth and are trying to find one now.)
(And speaking of birth, Alanna's awful spry after just giving birth. But I suppose running for your life will do that.)
Anyway, the story, overall, is pretty standard. The good parts are the things...more
A star-crossed lover story after the lovers have been together, and opening with the birth of their child. Members of warring races, they must escape those who pursue them and their child. (It's left unanswered why they haven't found some safe-haven prior to the birth and are trying to find one now.)
(And speaking of birth, Alanna's awful spry after just giving birth. But I suppose running for your life will do that.)
Anyway, the story, overall, is pretty standard. The good parts are the things...more
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I picked this up primarily because of the cover art. I flipped through it and decided the artwork was good enough to give it a chance. What surprised me was the artwork seems to really communicate (at least between the main characters) a sense of genuine human tenderness and intimacy. It didn't hurt that the book opens with a super-model looking (human-ish but with wings) AWOL-soldier-mother giving birth in a garage, while on the run from a group of intergalactic MPs, to her interspecies escaped...more
I feel like, for a trade paperback compilation, this was just too brief an introduction to the batshit crazy world that Vaughan has created. It has a lot of promise. There's a unique blend of gritty, edgy science fiction and magical fantasy here that has tremendous potential from an atmospheric point of view. The set-up of two species at perpetual war with star-crossed lovers caught in the crossfire, wanted by both sides and tracked down by bounty hunters is very Romeo and Juliet of course, but...more
Brian K. Vaughn is one of those comicbook writers whose name I cannot speak without emitting a dreamy sigh after it. This is similar to the way I said “Fonzie” when I was ten. I may have to start sighing after I say the name Fiona Staples too, because she’s responsible for the fantastically dreamy art that accompanies Saga Volume 1.
Oftentimes when you start reading a new comicbook series there seems to be a lot of WTFness as you get your feet under you trying to figure out the rules of this new...more
Oftentimes when you start reading a new comicbook series there seems to be a lot of WTFness as you get your feet under you trying to figure out the rules of this new...more
When a book opens with a childbirth scene and the first line is the mother yelling, “Am I shitting? It feels like I'm shitting!” how could I not read on?
This is mostly a prologue, like many volume 1 trades are, but I'm hooked. From the kickass Alana to her laid-back husband Marko to the ethically-complex bounty hunter The Will and his sidekick Lying Cat (a cat that says only "Lying" when someone isn't speaking the truth) to the wide variety of side characters, I want to see more of this universe...more
This is mostly a prologue, like many volume 1 trades are, but I'm hooked. From the kickass Alana to her laid-back husband Marko to the ethically-complex bounty hunter The Will and his sidekick Lying Cat (a cat that says only "Lying" when someone isn't speaking the truth) to the wide variety of side characters, I want to see more of this universe...more
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Holy balls. That was a ride. The art is fantismo. The story though, ah gads, the story! As a bonafide Lost fanatic...I was not disappointed. So nice to find something new to love.
I finally picked this up after seeing several glowing reviews and resolving to try non-DC/Marvel books on Free Comic Book Day 2013. I am SO GLAD that I did.
This is a Romeo/Juliet type story with two star-crossed lovers from warring planets who fall in love, desert their respective armies, get married, and have a baby. You know from the get go that this is not like other comics that you may have read. The first panel shows Alana giving birth and asking Marko if she's s***ing in the process. At t...more
This is a Romeo/Juliet type story with two star-crossed lovers from warring planets who fall in love, desert their respective armies, get married, and have a baby. You know from the get go that this is not like other comics that you may have read. The first panel shows Alana giving birth and asking Marko if she's s***ing in the process. At t...more
Ostensibly this is a byproduct of Brian K. Vaughan's child-mind after seeing Star Wars - and, indeed, it shares with Firefly (another Star Wars descendant) that theme of cobbled-together families soaring through the stars together, pursued by quasi-mechanical beings who have family dramas of their own. It's all very warm and endearing. And it all starts in media res, which I always appreciate.
There are further Star Wars strains: hints of Han Solo or Boba Fett, for example, in the scoundrely, hun...more
There are further Star Wars strains: hints of Han Solo or Boba Fett, for example, in the scoundrely, hun...more
In my mind I have always imagined fantasy/magic filled sci-fi story's since I was very young. But ti's always been one of those genre mash-ups I imagines couldn't actually exist because in reality it would be to cheesy or convoluted to be good, kind of like the classic movie "Wizards." Wait.. that's not a good example, I do enjoy that movie. But although it's not a bad movie, I can't recommend anyone watch it without the addendum "It's really weird, cheesy and dated." And that's the kind of adde...more
Ok, I came into this one from a lot of hype from my friends, all fans of the 10 Cent Menace as I am. The art looked lovely and it seemed like I could find something interesting here.
I think my problem with this book is that it seems the author can't decide what he wants to do with all of these "interesting" elements. He seems to have a magpie's eye for the elements he wants to include, gathering all he can fill his story with and then some without ever really considering if it is useful or going...more
I think my problem with this book is that it seems the author can't decide what he wants to do with all of these "interesting" elements. He seems to have a magpie's eye for the elements he wants to include, gathering all he can fill his story with and then some without ever really considering if it is useful or going...more
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Best comic I have read in a long time written by Brian K. Vaughan and Drawn by Fiona Staples
When I picked this up from reserve at the library I was like... hmmmm... this comic book has a picture of a woman breastfeeding her baby on the front cover, I think I might really like this and I do. Highly recommend. I devoured this slim volume in less than an hour muttering, exclaiming and 'uh huhing' in the direction of the rest of the world. Since finishing it I am giddy with liking it and all hyped l...more
When I picked this up from reserve at the library I was like... hmmmm... this comic book has a picture of a woman breastfeeding her baby on the front cover, I think I might really like this and I do. Highly recommend. I devoured this slim volume in less than an hour muttering, exclaiming and 'uh huhing' in the direction of the rest of the world. Since finishing it I am giddy with liking it and all hyped l...more
I'd heard good stuff about Saga, and the good stuff held true. A baby is born to two people. Mom has some dragonfly wings and comes from a planet that's mastered advanced technology. Dad has rams horns and ears and comes from that same planet's moon, where the natives have mastered magic. Oh, and their two civilizations have been at war for centuries, for reasons no one seems to remember, across the known galaxy. Oh, and both deserted their respective militaries to elope and have this baby girl....more
SAGA has been generating a bit of buzz since it came out, and rightly so in my opinion. Brian K. Vaughan’s and Fiona Staples’s work is a bizarre, beautiful, magical space opera that may turn off some readers for being too strange. But those who are willing to jump in despite that strangeness will be rewarded.
SAGA is the story of Alana and Marko, lovers from two sides of an intergalactic war who have deserted and sworn off violence. They are looking for a place of refuge, not only for themselves,...more
SAGA is the story of Alana and Marko, lovers from two sides of an intergalactic war who have deserted and sworn off violence. They are looking for a place of refuge, not only for themselves,...more
Reprints Saga #1-6 (March 2012-August 2012). Alana and Marko are star-crossed lovers. Alana is from the planet Landfall and Marko is from the moon of Wreath. Alana falls in love with Marko at a prison, they escape and break lines by having a child named Hazel. Trapped on a planet named Cleave, Marko and Alana find they must escape, but that both the people of Wreath and the people of Landfall want them dead. With the help of a Horror named Izabel, Marko and Hazel fight to escape bounty hunters l...more
If I believed in some mystical power in the universe, pulling strings in order to line things up exactly right for me, I might almost imagine that this series was sent to me as a gift, a boon, a salve for my disappointment in giving up on the X-Men. Because, honey, this book is all kinds of things I didn't eve know I needed wrapped up in a bow like Christmas.
Let's start with the cover. SImple, striking. Enough to arrest my attention as I glanced at it on my way to an unrelated section of the bo...more
Let's start with the cover. SImple, striking. Enough to arrest my attention as I glanced at it on my way to an unrelated section of the bo...more
I had a feeling I'd like this book because I'm a fan of Brian K. Vaughan, but I had no idea of the storyline when I picked up Saga Vol. 1. The story of lovers from opposite sides of an endless war is one retold throughout many stories, but it has never been told quite like this.
Saga Vol. 1 tells the story of Marko and Alana, former soldier enemies on the run with their newborn baby girl. Pursued by both sides the two search for a way off-planet and to a new life. With some outside help and a lot...more
Saga Vol. 1 tells the story of Marko and Alana, former soldier enemies on the run with their newborn baby girl. Pursued by both sides the two search for a way off-planet and to a new life. With some outside help and a lot...more
Jan 24, 2013
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Introduction:
After reading so many of Brian K. Vaughan’s works, with “Y: The Last Man” and his “Runaways” series being among the works I had read, I have been enjoying everything that Brian K. Vaughan has done over the years! But, imagine my surprise when I discovered that Brian K. Vaughan had recently created a new comic book series called “Saga!” After hearing so many good things about this comic, I just had to pick this up for myself and see what was so good about this comic and...more
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I was prepared to like this book. I was not prepared for how MUCH I would like this book. It features a romance at its heart, which is normally not something I like, and two warring worlds which is so overused that I was a bit worried at it feeling trite.
I shouldn't have worried. Even when I don't enjoy Vaughan's work, its always something I can see is good, strongly written and a lack of enjoyment is just personal taste. But this one knocked it out of the park for me and I'm very much looking f...more
I shouldn't have worried. Even when I don't enjoy Vaughan's work, its always something I can see is good, strongly written and a lack of enjoyment is just personal taste. But this one knocked it out of the park for me and I'm very much looking f...more
Saga marks the triumphant return of writer Vaughn to creator-owned work after years of toiling in television scripting and helming several superhero titles. Much like his previous endeavors including the lauded series Y: The Last Man On Earth and Ex-Machina, Vaughn smartly relies on interpersonal interactions as the crux to his larger-than-life tale. Two opposing soldiers of a never-ending galactic war fall in love, have a child, and even as agents from both sides attempt to destroy the new fami...more
Reason for Reading: I'm finding myself more pulled towards sci-fi than fantasy in my graphic novel reading and this sounded both fresh and involved.
Love, love, love this book. An incredible story. One that is intricate, involves many levels, plots, characters and yet it all centres around the two main characters, an interspecies couple who has wed and born a child together. Their species have been at war with each other for what may as well have been forever and yet these two are unique examples...more
Love, love, love this book. An incredible story. One that is intricate, involves many levels, plots, characters and yet it all centres around the two main characters, an interspecies couple who has wed and born a child together. Their species have been at war with each other for what may as well have been forever and yet these two are unique examples...more
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Born in Cleveland in 1976, Brian K. Vaughan is the Eisner, Harvey, and Shuster Award-winning writer and co-creator of the critically acclaimed comics series Y: The Last Man, Runaways, and Ex Machina (picked as one of the ten best works of fiction of 2005 by Entertainment Weekly).
Recently named "Writer of the Year" by Wizard Magazine, and one of the “top ten comic writers of all time” by Comic Boo...more
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Recently named "Writer of the Year" by Wizard Magazine, and one of the “top ten comic writers of all time” by Comic Boo...more
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“Once upon a time, each of us was somebody's kid.
Everyone had a father, even if he never provided anything more than his seed.
Everyone had a mother, even if she had to leave us on a stranger's doorstep.
No matter how we're eventually raised, all of our stories begin the exact same way.
They all end the same, too.”
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Everyone had a father, even if he never provided anything more than his seed.
Everyone had a mother, even if she had to leave us on a stranger's doorstep.
No matter how we're eventually raised, all of our stories begin the exact same way.
They all end the same, too.”
“Forgive me if I don't take relationship advice from a dead teenager missing her vagina.”
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