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A review by dark_reader
Saga, Vol. 1 by Brian K. Vaughan
4.0
This is at least my third time reading this volume. It had been some time since I have been caught up (to maybe volume 5?) on this outstanding series. Since I spotted volume 8 on the shelf at my library, I thought I should start at the beginning once more.
What struck me on this reading was just how much happens in a short time. The action takes off from panel one, possibly the only profanity-laced alien cross-species birthing scene to grace the opening of a graphic novel (prove me wrong!). Over the next 80 pages or so (they are not numbered and I didn't count) we are treated to hot robot sex, monstrous bounty hunters, ghosts, child sex trafficking (AGAINST IT, this book is AGAINST IT), so much killing, magic, marital strife, and so much more.
Unique universe-building, distinctive and coherent art, effective adult-only content, and a no-holds-barred storyline have made Saga one of the greatest graphic series of the current decade.
What struck me on this reading was just how much happens in a short time. The action takes off from panel one, possibly the only profanity-laced alien cross-species birthing scene to grace the opening of a graphic novel (prove me wrong!). Over the next 80 pages or so (they are not numbered and I didn't count) we are treated to hot robot sex, monstrous bounty hunters, ghosts, child sex trafficking (AGAINST IT, this book is AGAINST IT), so much killing, magic, marital strife, and so much more.
Unique universe-building, distinctive and coherent art, effective adult-only content, and a no-holds-barred storyline have made Saga one of the greatest graphic series of the current decade.