Written By: Brian K. Vaughan
Art By: Fiona Staples
Genre: Science Fiction/Fantasy
Publisher: Image Comics
Ranking: ****/***** Stars
When I heard that Brian K. Vaughan (writer of Lost,
Runaways, Y The Last Man) was going to return in writing comics, I was excited.
After a little hiatus in comics writing, as well as being one of the writers
of TV series Lost, it was about time
Vaughan return writing in the comic medium. Lets just say after reading the first
volume of Saga, I was quite impressed.
Saga is technically Game of Thrones meets Star Wars, it's
set in a very strange alien galaxy like Star Wars, with the tone being dark,
and R rated like Game of Thrones. The first volume centres around two alien
couples, Marko (a Faun like alien) and Alana (a harpy like alien), who recently
gave birth to a hybrid name Hazel, and both their races are in a interplanetary
war. Since having a child mixed of two different alien races is illegal in this
world, both Marko and Alana are hunted by their own kin, and freelancing bounty
hunters.
Right off the bat, after reading the first chapter, I was
hooked instantly, as I continued reading Saga, nothing really life changing or
epic has happen, but their is a lot of set up in the book, right in the
beginning Hazel narrates the book and tells the reader that her father, Marko
will save the universe, which will be most likely foreshadow in the final
volume in the near future. The most interesting part of the book are the supporting
cast, The Will, a freelancing bounty hunter with a Lying Cat as a sidekick. A
character who's hunting Marko and Alana, at the same time has a heart of gold.
The other supporting cast, Prince Robot IV of the Robot Kingdom, the antagonist
of the volume, has a pregnant robot wife, can only see her and his child if he
kills Marko and Alana (apparently in this world, robot and get other robots
pregnant, I know it's sounds insane, but
so are other things in this book that I don't want to spoil).
The art in the book is fantastic, Fiona Staples art fits and
sets the tone for this entire series. Vaughan's imagination is strong and out
their, each character although living in a sci-fi setting, are very grounded
and don't feel two dimensional. My only problem with the book is it's more set
up, nothing really big happens, I hope Vaughan does a good payoff in the final
act of the series. I should warn reader that this book has extreme violence and
graphic sex scenes, I would not recommend it to the faint of heart or to kids.
If you are like 16 years old, and can stomach thought the intense panels in the
book. I would strongly recommend the book.
