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Saga, Vol. 1
(Saga #1)
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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 bestselling writer Brian K. Vaughan, Saga is the sweeping tale of one young family fighting to find their place in the worlds. Fantasy and science fiction are wed like never before in this sexy, subversive d ...more
From bestselling writer Brian K. Vaughan, Saga is the sweeping tale of one young family fighting to find their place in the worlds. Fantasy and science fiction are wed like never before in this sexy, subversive d ...more
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Paperback, 176 pages
Published
October 23rd 2012
by Image Comics
(first published October 10th 2012)
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Merciful Buddha, this was so good.
It's *so* good I wish I hadn't started reading it so soon. Now I have to wait for the next book to come out.
I hate it when I have to wait the next book in a series to come out.
Don't you hate it when you have to wait for the next book in a series to come out?
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It's *so* good I wish I hadn't started reading it so soon. Now I have to wait for the next book to come out.
I hate it when I have to wait the next book in a series to come out.
Don't you hate it when you have to wait for the next book in a series to come out?
...more
this question is a reaction to the sight of this:
but it could be asked in response to seeing many of the other creatures appearing in this story.
it's got unicorn people
torsoless sex workers
teevee-head people
seahorse people
and … this
the story centers around a second timeless question:
why, these two assholes, that's who:
these incredibly attractive characters are supposed to hate each other, due to the longstanding war between their respective peoples, but they ...more
I don't know why I am do drawn to this story, I just am. Just as great as the first time I read it.
...more
There's an awful lot of crap in the graphic novel world, but it's strangely wonderful little gems like Saga, Vol. 1 that make rummaging through the rest of it feel completely worth the effort. This first volume is a bizarre, imaginative and very funny beginning to what I'm hoping will be a fantastic series. I've read bits here and there of Vaughan's work in the past but this is the first one to make me need to see what else he has in store for us. I honestly have no idea how he comes up with thi
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This universe looks so cool. I can't stop staring at the characters and the vivid worlds. It's gorgeous.
However, the plot itself isn't as unique or fleshed out, and there are quite a few upsetting moments. For example, the unnecessary use of the "r" word. (view spoiler)
It is often vulgar with explicit sex scenes, strong language, gore, and violence. ...more
However, the plot itself isn't as unique or fleshed out, and there are quite a few upsetting moments. For example, the unnecessary use of the "r" word. (view spoiler)
It is often vulgar with explicit sex scenes, strong language, gore, and violence. ...more
Mar 18, 2018
Val ⚓️ Shameless Non-Snowflake ⚓️
rated it
it was amazing
Recommended to Val ⚓️ Shameless Non-Snowflake ⚓️ by:
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5 Awesomely Raunchy Sci-Fi Stars
This was only my second graphic novel ever, so obviously I’m no expert; but this was seriously entertaining as fuck and unlike anything I’ve ever read before. I am totally a new fan.
Give me more.
This was only my second graphic novel ever, so obviously I’m no expert; but this was seriously entertaining as fuck and unlike anything I’ve ever read before. I am totally a new fan.
Give me more.
Two species at war across the universe, an unlikely love, and an impossible child.
On a distant planet called Cleave, an impossible baby girl is born. Her parents, Marko, a moonie from Wreath, and Alana, a soldier from Landfall. Two different species at war since a long forgotten time, waging war relentlessly through all the vastness of the universe. An unlikely love, the arrival of a beautiful baby daughter, and a prophecy that foretells the death of millions, if not billions. Their respective f ...more
On a distant planet called Cleave, an impossible baby girl is born. Her parents, Marko, a moonie from Wreath, and Alana, a soldier from Landfall. Two different species at war since a long forgotten time, waging war relentlessly through all the vastness of the universe. An unlikely love, the arrival of a beautiful baby daughter, and a prophecy that foretells the death of millions, if not billions. Their respective f ...more
uhmmmmm YES - I'm in love
...more
So. Saga, right?
I was starting to feel like the only person in the universe who hadn't read Vaughan's supposedly fantastic title. But I don't generally go for the weird shit. Especially if they don't wear spandex.
And I knew if I hated this, the comic book mafia would be coming for me.
I'm a big enough person that I can admit that I wasreally really a little scared of my fellow nerdlings being disappointed in me.
However, unlike my fear of giant soul sucking spiders, this fear turned out to be f ...more
I was starting to feel like the only person in the universe who hadn't read Vaughan's supposedly fantastic title. But I don't generally go for the weird shit. Especially if they don't wear spandex.
And I knew if I hated this, the comic book mafia would be coming for me.
I'm a big enough person that I can admit that I was
However, unlike my fear of giant soul sucking spiders, this fear turned out to be f ...more
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
Reviewed by: Rabid Reads
Before anything else, it must be said that SAGA is the most beautiful and hideous, the most hopeful and fatalistic, the most graphic, and the most adorable thing I have ever read or seen.
It is ALL the things.
The very first page of the very first chapter sets the tone for the whole series (thus far):
You're slapped in the face with the wonder and the ICK of childbirth. Some of you might think the bodily fluids, the wordless, guttural shouts that accompany the pushi ...more
Before anything else, it must be said that SAGA is the most beautiful and hideous, the most hopeful and fatalistic, the most graphic, and the most adorable thing I have ever read or seen.
It is ALL the things.
The very first page of the very first chapter sets the tone for the whole series (thus far):
You're slapped in the face with the wonder and the ICK of childbirth. Some of you might think the bodily fluids, the wordless, guttural shouts that accompany the pushi ...more
Oh my goodness. I need the next one immediately. Loved the story, artwork and premise. Didn't love some of the language. Review to come.
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FINALLY READING THIS. \(^o^)/
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FINALLY READING THIS. \(^o^)/
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"This is what I get for marrying a vegetarian! Even the goddamn PLANTS want us dead!"
Listen, I understand that this is a media darling.
But I find it very hard to enjoy stories/books/comics/tv/movies where the world that is featured and spent time in is a world where it's completely normal to enslave six-year-old girls for prostitution, people talk about murdering other people - children, and infants - as if it ain't no thing, torture, rape, and woman-hating are everyday and commonplace.
You could ...more
Listen, I understand that this is a media darling.
But I find it very hard to enjoy stories/books/comics/tv/movies where the world that is featured and spent time in is a world where it's completely normal to enslave six-year-old girls for prostitution, people talk about murdering other people - children, and infants - as if it ain't no thing, torture, rape, and woman-hating are everyday and commonplace.
You could ...more
Compelling characters and world building. Sometimes the dialogue is just... off and offensive but not in a charming way.
Sep 19, 2016
Saania Zee Jamal ϟ
rated it
it was amazing
Recommends it for:
Every comic book fan ever.
Me at 1 AM:
Hmmm, a few pages before bed won't hurt, I'll just read the first chapter for now.
Me at 3:30 AM:
HOLY MOTHER OF GOD I NEED THE SECOND BOOK AT ONCE
(note that this is a school night)
(because no biggie)
(#noragretz)
One word to sum it all up: unfuckingputdownable.
...more
Hmmm, a few pages before bed won't hurt, I'll just read the first chapter for now.
Me at 3:30 AM:
HOLY MOTHER OF GOD I NEED THE SECOND BOOK AT ONCE
(note that this is a school night)
(because no biggie)
(#noragretz)
One word to sum it all up: unfuckingputdownable.
...more
Mind-blowing material!
This collected volume features issues #1-6 from the comic book series “Saga”.
Creative Team:
Writer: Brian K. Vaughan
Illustrator: Fiona Staples
GOT SAGA?
My name is Hazel. -- I started out as an idea, but I ended up something more. -- Not much more, to be honest. It’s not like I grow up to become some great war hero or any sort of all-important savior... -- ...but thanks to these two (her parents), at least I get to grow old. -- Not everybody does.
I had heard many p ...more
This collected volume features issues #1-6 from the comic book series “Saga”.
Creative Team:
Writer: Brian K. Vaughan
Illustrator: Fiona Staples
GOT SAGA?
My name is Hazel. -- I started out as an idea, but I ended up something more. -- Not much more, to be honest. It’s not like I grow up to become some great war hero or any sort of all-important savior... -- ...but thanks to these two (her parents), at least I get to grow old. -- Not everybody does.
I had heard many p ...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
THE ART IS NICE and I really love the characters too this was super great? Full review to come
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Feb 03, 2015
✘✘ Sarah ✘✘ (former Nefarious Breeder of Murderous Crustaceans)
rated it
it was amazing
Recommended to ✘✘ Sarah ✘✘ (former Nefarious Breeder of Murderous Crustaceans) by:
Alexa
What just happened?
Time for uninformative review #2864, yay and stuff!
① Coolest husband/wife team ever
② Baby narrative
③ Lying cat
④ Ghost kids
⑤ Funny
“This is was I get for marrying a vegetarian! Even the goddam plants want us dead!”
⑥ Sextillion
⑦ Cheap romance recs being thrown at me again
⑧ People with television set heads doing...things
▧ PG-13 version:
▧ X-rated version
⑨ Sexy freelancer with a heart. Sort of.
⑩ Tree spaceship
So. What just happened?
...more
Time for uninformative review #2864, yay and stuff!
① Coolest husband/wife team ever
② Baby narrative
③ Lying cat
④ Ghost kids
⑤ Funny
“This is was I get for marrying a vegetarian! Even the goddam plants want us dead!”
⑥ Sextillion
⑦ Cheap romance recs being thrown at me again
⑧ People with television set heads doing...things
▧ PG-13 version:
▧ X-rated version
⑨ Sexy freelancer with a heart. Sort of.
⑩ Tree spaceship
So. What just happened?
...more
4? 4.5?
I'm not sure what I expected but certainly not this! ...more
I'm not sure what I expected but certainly not this! ...more
YO YO YO YO. Buying the rest of the series PRONTO. I read this on the subway and was happy when I got lost because it led to an extra 40 minutes of reading time. SO DAMN ADDICTIVE.
Jan 01, 2016
Melissa ♥ Dog/Wolf Lover ♥ Martin
rated it
it was amazing
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OMG! THIS NOVEL IS FREAKING AMAZING!
This is one crazy world! You have some crazy peeps up in here and peep things, they is also some great snark :-) Gotta love the snark!
So Alana and Marko have a little girl but this is forbidden because they are different and how knows about all of that stupid political stuff with all the rules. But these two didn't follow the rules and had a little girl :-)
Then a few minutes after having the baby some freak with an old t ...more
OMG! THIS NOVEL IS FREAKING AMAZING!
This is one crazy world! You have some crazy peeps up in here and peep things, they is also some great snark :-) Gotta love the snark!
So Alana and Marko have a little girl but this is forbidden because they are different and how knows about all of that stupid political stuff with all the rules. But these two didn't follow the rules and had a little girl :-)
Then a few minutes after having the baby some freak with an old t ...more
Honestly, graphic novels are usually a snooze for me. Half-baked plotlines, underdone characters, attempts at themes that are raw in the middle. (I was running out of cooking expressions.)
But this one...ruled.
It's not necessarily that the characters are fully fleshed out (they aren't) or that there's a wholly satisfying story here (there is not). What there is: Action. Adventure. A cool and unique world. Graphic images. Violence. Babies. Graphic language. Boobs. Something that looks like if Anya ...more
But this one...ruled.
It's not necessarily that the characters are fully fleshed out (they aren't) or that there's a wholly satisfying story here (there is not). What there is: Action. Adventure. A cool and unique world. Graphic images. Violence. Babies. Graphic language. Boobs. Something that looks like if Anya ...more
When I first picked this up on recommendation from a friend, I was worried that it might be a bit too.... Out there for me. However, I was pleasantly surprised at just how emotion packed and beautiful this really is.
The first installment of Saga tells the beginnings of a girl named Hazel. Violence, lack of understanding, and new parents taking on opposition - everything in this read will leave you NEEDING to know what is going to happen next.
What did I think?: I'm not a big comic reader but I co ...more
The first installment of Saga tells the beginnings of a girl named Hazel. Violence, lack of understanding, and new parents taking on opposition - everything in this read will leave you NEEDING to know what is going to happen next.
What did I think?: I'm not a big comic reader but I co ...more
Apr 07, 2020
Andrea Ashwood
rated it
really liked it
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review of another edition
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Oookay... so that was Strange.
Bloody. Gross. And... original.
OMG. Really like it! 👏🏼
I will continue with the series today. 🤗
Review coming soon...
Bloody. Gross. And... original.
OMG. Really like it! 👏🏼
I will continue with the series today. 🤗
Review coming soon...
Jun 12, 2013
Ahmad Sharabiani
rated it
really liked it
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Saga, Volume 1 (Saga: Collected Editions #1), Brian K. Vaughan (Writer), Fiona Staples (Artist)
Brian K. Vaughan (born July 17, 1976) is an American comic book and television writer, best known for the comic book series Y: The Last Man, Ex Machina, Runaways, Pride of Baghdad, Saga, and, most recently, Paper Girls.
Saga is an epic space opera/fantasy comic book series written by Brian K. Vaughan and illustrated by Fiona Staples, published monthly by the American company Image Comics.
The series is ...more
Brian K. Vaughan (born July 17, 1976) is an American comic book and television writer, best known for the comic book series Y: The Last Man, Ex Machina, Runaways, Pride of Baghdad, Saga, and, most recently, Paper Girls.
Saga is an epic space opera/fantasy comic book series written by Brian K. Vaughan and illustrated by Fiona Staples, published monthly by the American company Image Comics.
The series is ...more
From the start, this series is fantastic. The Romeo and Juliet storyline, the artwork, the great ideas. What happens when a woman from warrior culture with wings falls in love with a man from her enemy’s planet with horns? The story is told by their child. It is a pure joy to read. Highly, highly recommended for all fans of Sci-Fi!
I just finished reading this and WOW. Definitely not what I was expecting, but I enjoyed it immensely.
The artwork is fantastic and I’m really intrigued by the plot.
I’ve heard great things about this series, so I’m glad that I finally picked this one up. It was a great quick read.
I’m excited to start volume 2 next!
3.5 stars
This review and more can be found on my blog. ...more
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Brian K. Vaughan is the writer and co-creator of comic-book series including SAGA, PAPER GIRLS, Y THE LAST MAN, RUNAWAYS, and most recently, BARRIER, a digital comic with artist Marcos Martin about immigration, available from their pay-what-you-want site www.PanelSyndicate.com
BKV's work has been recognized at the Eisner, Harvey, Hugo, Shuster, Eagle, and British Fantasy Awards. He sometimes writes ...more
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