Saga, Volume 1
Brian K. Vaughan, 2012
Graphic novels & humour FantasyScience fictionContemporary fiction
A couple from warring species flee with their newborn, pursued by bounty hunters and royalty across a vivid, foul-mouthed galaxy. A newborn at the center of a witty, violent chase gives the story warmth, speed and a foul-mouthed sense of wonder.
Feels like wonder. About family and war.
Who it’s for
You may like it if you enjoy space opera with a domestic heart, quick banter and Fiona Staples's fully hand-drawn art. The dialogue is often foul-mouthed, and the chase-driven plot can feel busy, so it may not suit readers who want gentler language or a slower pace.
Why read it
It offers a fast, funny and often tender look at parenthood and loyalty in a galaxy where nobody agrees on what is normal.
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Every story starts with a parent, even an absent one.
Once upon a time, each of us was somebody’s kid.Everyone had a father, even if he never provided anything more than his seed.Everyone had a mother, even if she had to leave us on a stranger’s doorstep.No matter how we’re eventually raised, all of our stories begin the exact same way.They all end the same, too. Brian K. Vaughan.Saga is creator-owned: Vaughan and artist Fiona Staples share ownership, and Staples draws, inks and colours every page herself.
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Questions readers ask
- Is Saga, Volume 1 for me?
- You may like it if you enjoy space opera with a domestic heart, quick banter and Fiona Staples's fully hand-drawn art. The dialogue is often foul-mouthed, and the chase-driven plot can feel busy, so it may not suit readers who want gentler language or a slower pace.
- What is Saga, Volume 1 like?
- A newborn at the center of a witty, violent chase gives the story warmth, speed and a foul-mouthed sense of wonder. Feels like wonder. About family and war.
- What should I read after Saga, Volume 1?
- If you liked Saga, Volume 1, try The Mark of Athena (Rick Riordan), The House in the Cerulean Sea (T.J. Klune) and Good Material (Dolly Alderton).
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What six months of missing someone looks like when it finally ends.
Percy smiled at her - that sarcastic troublemaker smile that had annoyed her for years but eventually had become endearing. His sea-green eyes were as gorgeous as she remembered. His dark hair was swept to one side, like he’d just come from a walk on the beach. He looked even better than he had six months ago - tanner and taller, leaner and more muscular. Percy threw his arms around her. They kissed and for a moment nothing else mattered. An asteroid could have hit the planet and wiped out all life, and Annabeth wouldn’t have cared.
The Mark of Athena · Rick Riordan
The difference between the posters on the wall and the laughter behind the door.
He was about to leave through the front door when he paused at a bright burst of laughter coming from the kitchen. Against his better judgment, he tiptoed toward the sound. He passed by posters nailed to the walls, the same messages that hung in all the DICOMY-sanctioned orphanages he’d been to. They showed smiling children below such legends as WE’RE HAPPIEST WHEN WE LISTEN TO THOSE IN CHARGE and A QUIET CHILD IS A HEALTHY CHILD and WHO NEEDS MAGIC WHEN YOU HAVE YOUR IMAGINATION?
The House in the Cerulean Sea · T.J. Klune
Why letting go is never a single, clean decision.
You don’t let go once. That’s your first mistake. You say goodbye over a lifetime. You might not have thought about her for ten years, then you’ll hear a song or you’ll walk past somewhere you once went together - something will come to the surface that you’d totally forgotten about. And you say another goodbye. You have to be prepared to let go and let go and let go a thousand times.
Good Material · Dolly Alderton
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