Saga
2013
- science fiction comic books, strips
- comics & graphic novels, science fiction
- nyt:paperback-graphic-books=2013-07-07
- imaginary wars and battles
- comic books, strips
- families
- extraterrestrial beings
- interracial marriage
- parents of exceptional children
- fiction
The story
"Après avoir réchappé aux horreurs de la planète Clivage, à ses champs de bataille, et aux chasseurs de primes lancés à leur poursuite, Alana, Marko et leur fille Hazel, symbole d'une paix possible entre les deux peuples, s'apprêtent à relever leur plus grand défi : faire la connaissance des grands-parents !" [Source : 4e de couv.].
What it’s like
Lush, painterly panels in saturated jewel tones: sunsets bleeding orange and violet over strange alien landscapes, fleshy biomechanical creatures, and cozy domestic interiors warmed by lamplight. The soft digital painting has a gentle, almost watercolor texture, while the sprawling spaceborne scenes stay wildly inventive. Captions carry a wry, confessional narrator whose voice lends the quieter stretches a conversational intimacy. The vibe is tender and irreverent, a blend of warm family melancholy and riotous space-opera adventure, best read slowly in a comfortable chair. The pacing swings between sprawling chases and intimate scenes of a young family from warring worlds trying to hold together while bounty hunters and misfits circle their lives. Intensity is significant: frequent graphic violence and gore, explicit sexual content and nudity, strong profanity, and bleak deaths that land with real emotional weight. Written for adult readers who enjoy sweeping sci-fi, morally messy characters, and romance threaded through war.
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