Title: Saga Volume 1
Author: Brian K. Vaughan
Artist: Fiona Staples
Genre: Sci -Fi Fantasy
Year Published: 2012
Year Read: 2013
Series: Saga #1
Publisher: Image Comics
Source: Purchased
Content Rating: Ages 18+ (Nudity, Strong Language and Gory Violence)
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 man, was I blown away by the whole concept of this story!
What is this story
about?
Alana, a young woman who has fairy wings and is from the
planet Landfall, and her husband, Marko, a young man who has goat horns and is
from a moon planet called Wreath, were both soldiers that served in the
army. However, when Alana and Marko
ended up falling in love with each other despite the fact that their planets
are at war with each other, they ended up having a baby together and they tried
to escape from the war in order to raise their newborn baby. However, the two lovers will soon discover
that they are being hunted because they abandoned their stations and they must
reach a planet where they could live in peace before it is too late!
What I loved about
this story:
Brian K. Vaughan’s writing: I am always amazed at how
Brian K. Vaughan writes the stories
in his comics as the characters are always well-developed and the stories are
always creative to read through. Well, Brian K. Vaughan has definitely done a
brilliant job in this story as the characters are interesting and the story is
extremely inventive! I loved the way
that Brian K. Vaughan made the story
extremely creative by setting the story in a different dimension where aliens
rule the planets and futuristic technology runs society. This story also reminds me strongly of Joss Whedon’s popular TV series, “Firefly” as both stories involves
characters living in a futuristic world and I really enjoyed seeing the strange
characters that pop up in this comic, especially the images of Alana having
green fairy wings and Marko having large goat horns in his head. I also loved the way that Brian K. Vaughan developed the
characters as Alana is shown to be a strong heroine who is willing to do everything
to protect her child and Marko is shown to be a caring and strong-willed hero
who also tries to protect his family from any harm that comes across them. That kind of character development made these
characters likable and relatable to me because I always felt for them whenever
they are trying to escape a war so that they could raise their baby together in
peace. I also loved the futuristic
setting of this story as it made the story truly amazing to read through and I
enjoyed seeing how the characters deal with war in a futuristic setting.
Fiona Staples’ artwork: Fiona
Staples’ artwork is a bit scratchy, but it is extremely beautiful to look
at as the characters look realistic and I loved the way that Fiona Staples paints the fire and
explosion scenes as the fire lighting glows on each page, giving the artwork a
dramatic feel. I also loved the
appearances of the aliens that inhabit this world, especially the image of
Prince Robot IV who has a human body with a television set for a head (kind of
reminds me of the robot character in “Fooly
Cooly” who also has a human body with a television set for a head)!
What made me feel
uncomfortable about this story:
Since this story deals with war, there are many violent
scenes shown throughout this story. Some
of the most violent scenes in this comic had characters getting their heads cut
off and their stomachs cut open and that might be too graphic for readers who
are not used to gory violence. Also,
this comic has strong language that includes using the “f” word and the “s”
word, so if you are uncomfortable with such language, then it might be best to
skim over these words. This comic
surprisingly has strong nudity and it might be best to skim over these scenes if
they are uncomfortable to read through.
Final Thoughts:
Overall, “Saga” is seriously one of the best recent comics I had
read for the past few years since “American Vampire” and I only have a few
things to say about this series: GIVE ME MORE, GIVE ME MORE, GIVE ME
MORE!
REASON FOR BEING BANNED: For having "anti-family" themes, nudity and sexually explicit scenes.
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