Saga
2016
- military deserters
- parents of exceptional children
- comic books, strips
- extraterrestrial beings
- interracial marriage
- imaginary wars and battles
- parents of racially mixed children
- ethnicity
- nyt:paperback-graphic-books=2016-07-24
- comics & graphic novels, science fiction
The story
After a dramatic time jump, the three-time Eisner Award winner for Best Continuing Series continues to evolve, as Hazel begins the most exciting adventure of her life: kindergarten. Meanwhile, her starcrossed family learns hard lessons of their own.
What it’s like
Lush, painterly panels in saturated colour: dusk-violet skies over alien moons, warm amber interiors, and soft, textured skin tones that keep even the strangest creatures feeling intimate. The art has a loose, watercolour-like finish with bold outlines and dense backgrounds of tangled machinery, overgrown foliage, and odd architecture, so each page rewards slow looking. The voice is wry, profane and quick, moving between sharp banter and sudden tenderness, and the pacing is brisk, with cliffhanger page turns. This is a mature, sometimes brutal read: there are gory battle scenes, abrupt deaths, explicit sex, and frequent swearing, though the domestic moments stay warm. Its vibe is funny, bittersweet and restless, a space opera that plays like a family drama with teeth. It suits a late night in bed under a good lamp or a sprawling weekend binge. It is for readers who want genre inventiveness with real emotional stakes and who don't mind an adult tone.
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