Saga: Volume One by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples | Comic Book Review

Saga: Volume One by Brian K. Vaughan and illustrated by Fiona Staples

( Collects Saga issues #1-6 )

Graphic Novel / Comic / Fantasy / Science Fiction

160 pages

Summary:

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. 

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 drama for adults. 

summary from: goodreads

5 out of 5 stars

First of all, as it says on the back of these comics, they are for mature audience. There is mature context: violence, language, nudity, sex.

Now onto the review:

What I really enjoy about the characters in Saga is their complexity and depth, they are neither black nor white, good nor evil, but different shades of grey. There is, of course, history behind every character and I found myself wanting to find out more about them. They are simply intriguing. Another thing I really liked an appreciated was the diversity of characters which you, sadly, don't see very often.

The main characters are Alana, Marko and their daughter Hazel. Alana is a fierce and hot headed character, she knows what she wants and is very strong. Marko is more light-hearted compared to Alana, he is also very sweet and protective. They are my favourite characters so far. I love this couple.

Now onto the antagonists. The one that stuck out to me is The Will. He is a freelancer who gets the job of hunting down our main characters. I enjoyed his character, even though he was after Alana, Marko and Hazel. 

The background plot of this story is the war between Landfall and Wreath. Then there are Marko and Allana who are trying to stay alive and away from the war. So far the story is a cat and mouse game between our main characters and the people after them. We don't really know where the story is going, so far it's interesting and gripping.

The dialog is very enjoyable, it's funny and sassy. The story is narrated by Hazel, which only opens up more questions to which I can't wait to find the answer for. I am loving the art in this graphic novel. I think Fiona Staples style is simply beautiful. The colours are vibrant and it looks amazing.

And for the end here is an example of the art: