Saga
2012
- parents of exceptional children
- extraterrestrial beings
- interracial marriage
- families
- comic books, strips
- comics & graphic novels, science fiction
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The story
"Saga is the sweeping tale of one young family fighting to find their place in the universe. As they visit a strange new world and encounter even more adversaries, baby Hazel finally becomes a toddler, while her star-crossed parents Marko and Alana struggle to stay on their feet"--Back cover.
What it’s like
Painted, saturated panels with loose watercolour texture and clashing palettes: bruised violet skies, lurid pink deserts, dense jungle greens, and warm interiors lit by lamp glow. The faces are expressive and cartoonishly strange, and the alien designs feel lived-in rather than sleek. Page layouts shift tempo often, moving from quiet domestic close-ups of a couple talking in a cramped room to chaotic, splashy action spreads. The sound lives in the lettering and in narration captions that carry a wry, confessional voice over a sweeping space-opera backdrop. Vibe: irreverent, tender and loud, with a bittersweet undertow about parenthood under pressure. Suits a long weekend with a stack of paperback pages or a comfort reread. Intensity is high: frequent graphic violence with blood and dismemberment, explicit sex and nudity, strong profanity, and grim cruelty toward children and civilians, though dark humour runs through it. Best for adult readers who enjoy genre mash-ups, big emotional swings and irreverent sci-fi romance with a gory edge.
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