Saga: Compendium One

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Alana and Marco are coming to terms with the reality of life as a family of fugitives and trying to define what a sustainable long-term future looks like for themselves and little Hazel while simultaneously dealing with the grief of recent events.

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I binged this series over 3 days on Hoopla and I am not okay. I was so intrigued the entire time, I just wanted to see what happened next. All of the characters were so complex and it really shows that everyone's the protagonist of their own story. I'm seriously in awe of the depth. There's a ton of gore, sex, nudity, and just general vulgarity in Saga, but it doesn't feel trashy when it so easily could. The art is gorgeous, even when what it's depicting is not. Hazel's inner monologue gave me chills at times, and several plot twists had my mouth hanging open. The world is complex and interesting, the interweaving story-lines are gripping, the characters are multi-dimensional, and the way it’s told is spectacular. Within all that are different sorts of lessons and commentaries that I found to be beautifully told and shared. It’s the type of story that demands your attention, and makes you immensely invested in the characters and what happens to them. Thank you, Dennis, for introducing me to this series. At least I don’t have to wait for 3 years for the next volume.

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instead of rating each individual volume, i’m just gonna rate the overall story (so far) here because it makes more sense to me to rank them as a whole

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It's a space romp that follows a fugitive family from their very first moments as such. There’s gruesome violence, explicit language and a large amount of gratuitous nudity, so it’s not one for the kiddy-winks no matter how aesthetically pleasing it may be. Saga Compendium One contains the first 54 issues of the Eisner award-winning and New York Times bestselling graphic novel series. It was originally due to be released in October 2019 but instead dropped into stores early on 21 August 2019. Saga is my favourite graphic novel series. I have re-read it about three to four times. I can't praise it enough. The end of issue 54 devastated me and the extra-long wait for issue 55 is killing me. a b c Cunningham, Joel (June 22, 2016). "Brian K. Vaughan Talks Saga, Paper Girls, and Why We’ll Never Get That Lying Cat Series". Barnes & Noble.Cavna, Michael (September 7, 2014). "2014 HARVEY AWARDS: Broadway producer's 'Fifth Beatle' yields 'humbling' twin wins [+FULL WINNERS LIST]". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on September 8, 2014 . Retrieved January 21, 2023.

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We all knew that the little makeshift family situation could not continue indefinitely. It would have been too nice, and obviously we cannot have nice things. There's also some excellent use of narration. The story is being told by the fleeing couple's daughter, but the actual narration is used sparingly. There are little pieces of it woven into panels here and there, drawing your attention to certain themes and recurring elements as needed. I thought it added a lot to the story, and added a lot of emotional emphasis to certain scenes. The themes themselves were well written, and there are some interesting conversations about morally gray topics that take place between characters. Robertson, Adi (April 9, 2013). "Apple bans 'Y: The Last Man' creator's new comic from Comixology over sexual content: The distinction between app and art breaks down". The Verge . Retrieved April 10, 2013. I’m thoroughly hooked now. That was the moment I got the entire series. Because there’s no way I won’t want to finish. Winners". Inkwell Awards. June 30, 2016. Archived from the original on June 29, 2022 . Retrieved April 4, 2018.This feels like a transitional volume — and I loved it. It fills in the domestic bliss of Marko and Alana on the planet Gardenia… Oh wait. Bills need to be paid, and Alana has to get a job (and gets into drugs) while Marko is a stay-at-home dad who’s feeling more and more estranged from his wife. Drugs and drudgery are straining this family. a b Renaud, Jeffrey (August 31, 2016.). "Brian K. Vaughan Takes Saga to War in Issue #37". CBR.com. Serafino, Jason (March 16, 2012). "Review: 'Lost' Writer Brian K. Vaughan Combines Sci-Fi And Fantasy In Image Comics’ 'Saga'". Complex. The eighth Volume, "The Coffin", finds the family dealing with the effects of Alana's miscarriage after the events on Phang. Vaughan stated in an interview that Petrichor would continue to play an important role in Hazel's development, and that what has happened to The Will is another subplot explored in the arc. [53] My parents taught me never to get too attached to new people who came into my life, since attachment is the root of suffering. But the times I’ve suffered most were when I had no attachments so who knows, right?”

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the only trans character’s narrative wasn’t handled well at all — they were consistently misgendered by a character we are SUPPOSED to like. a b c d e f g h i Vaughan, Brian K.( w),Staples, Fiona( a)."Chapter Eighteen" Saga,no.18(January 2014).Image Comics. The world-building (or rather: universe-building!) in general is brilliant: Vaughan has created a rich and complex universe, filled with different species, cultures, and technologies. The attention to detail is impressive, and I found myself fully immersed in this fantastical world. In 2015 the series was again nominated for the same three Eisner Awards it won the previous year [87] and won two of them: Best Continuing Series and Best Penciller/Inker. [88] That same year the fourth volume was awarded the Goodreads Choice Award for Graphic Novels & Comics in 2015. [89] YearJust like 4, this seems a bit of a transitional volume, setting things up in motion again, establishing the setting, the new character development — and, I’m really worried, setting some characters up for eventual sacrifice. And another thing I love is how effortlessly these characters have depth; how everyone is a complicated tangle of good and bad and everything in between. The secondary characters are also great. The plot follows several different groups like Game of Thrones, so you'll switch between the main group, bounty hunters, a royal family, etc. They've all got their own agenda, it's all intertwined, and none of it is boring. There is also excellent representation in this book. There are a wide variety of skin tones, gender expressions, and sexualities in the cast, and I thought it was all done really well. Definitely ranks highly as one of the best graphic novel series I’ve read (well... what we’ve got so far!) Sea cual sea tu sexo, todos perdemos algo en una guerra… pero lo primera víctima siempre es la verdad.