Saga Volume One, Brian K. Vaughan, Fiona Staples
The first volume of Saga had me hooked right away: something about the clean lines of the art, the way it perfectly brings across character and expression, to begin with. Also the quirkier details, like the pictures that show on Prince Robot’s monitor. But also the story: the offbeat narration by a character who has only just been born at the start of the story, the set-up of the worlds fighting, the Robot kingdom assisting, etc. Alanna and Marko’s relationship is believably silly: they’re ridiculously in love, they’re not always best-suited for each other, but they’re muddling through anyway.
It’s also funny in general — not always in the most “tasteful” or “refined” way, as some of the sex-related humour shows, but believably. You can like these characters, it says, because even though one has wings and the other has horns, they’re dweebs like you.
Ahh I’ve always wanted to try manga but have never gotten around to reading a series. I am glad that the first volume was good though and hope the rest of the series is as well! 🙂
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Oh, I wouldn’t call this manga — that’s specifically a Japanese format! I’m not really that into manga; comics/graphic novels, though… (And I prefer to just call them comics.)
I’m pretty hooked by this series too. Pretty much the only comic I’m reading regularly at the moment!
It’s probably the one I’m picking up most consistently, too, even though I’ve got behind in reading!
I”m absolutely in love with this series! Volume 6 should arrive next week… wheeeeee! (A friend of mine just got a plush stuffed version of Lying Cat that says “lying” when you hug it… best thing ever!)
I need to order that before I forget! And oh wow, now I want that plushie…
I’m loving the Saga series so far! The artwork is just gorgeous, but the characters start out great and then just keep getting better and better. And it may not be tasteful or refined, but it definitely cracks me up too!
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Agreed! The humour works perfectly for me, which is funny, because I’m not usually very good at humour.
I’m hoping to read this soon for a readathon I’m doing. It’s really good to hear you enjoyed it. It sounds really interesting so I’m excited to read it 😀
It’s a great series! I hope you enjoy it too.
Ohhhh I want to try this series SO BAD. I wish my library had it. *wails for self* But SOMEDAY I shall try it.
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Ahhh, how remiss of them! It’s a fun series.