If it keeps up this kind of quality and suspense, I’m in for the long ride. I suspect that this story will continue to grow and end up being about way more than an interspecies war. Apart from them having wings and horns, respectively, they could be an ordinary couple trying to make it in our world. There is no romanticizing or cheesy scenes. Most of all, I was impressed (again) with the depiction of Alana and Marko’s relationship. But there are more reasons to love these characters, because they feel utterly believable, each with their own problems and dreams. The artwork is stunning as ever, the characters are vivid and don’t all look the same (something I’ve noticed with certain comic artists), their age differences are visible. Whether it’s a giant with a monstrous scrotum trying to kill our heroes, a “space fetus”, or a rodent medic, Vaughan and Staples’ imagination seems to know no limits. This series manages not only to keep up its whacky style, it turns it up to eleven. And to make things worse, there’s a new hunter on their trail… At the same time, The Will and Prince IV continue their search for the scandalous couple and their baby. If it weren’t for Marko’s parents who drop by unannounced and are less than happy to find their only son married to a Landfall girl. The smash-hit ongoing epic continues! Thanks to her star-crossed parents Marko and Alana, newborn baby Hazel has already survived lethal assassins, rampaging armies, and alien monstrosities, but in the cold vastness of outer space, the little girl encounters something truly frightening: her grandparents!Īlana and Marko just got themselves to a mildly safe place – a tree that is also a space ship – and could continue their flight almost comfortably. Adobe DRM made it impossible for me to read the book on my boyfriend’s tablet (ugh!) but it only speaks for Saga that I simply couldn’t wait and ended up reading it on my computer screen.įirst sentence: I should rewind for a second. When it showed up as immediately available on NetGalley, I frantically clicked on the download button and squeed like a little girl.

So I’ve been waiting for the second collected volume of Saga since I devoured volume one. This may be because I love long, sprawling novels and still haven’t quite warmed to short fiction but reading a story one comic book issue at a time feels like chopping a big tale into very small bits.

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