A review by jtisreading
Saga: Book One, by Fiona Staples, Brian K. Vaughan
4.0
Beyond reading Kristen Radke's Imagine Wanting Only This, I have not been a reader of graphic novels. But I want too. So please as a disclaimer, this review should not be considered as important or even helpful. Rather it is my observations as I learn about the graphic novel and their place in literature.
So Saga, I love the ideas of blending sci-fi and fantasy. It also appears to contain some very interesting narrative framework choices, satire, and social commentary. Though, I could be reading too much into this. I just can't imagine Heist not being part of Brian K. Vaughan, especially with these noble and brutal ideas Heist has, places, and disseminates. He is the unnamed and named character.
There also appears to be lots of social commentary on race and war... it is really interesting that the characters that refuse to play by the rules are hunted down by an AI TV, that is a real creature, but is it?
I really enjoyed the dialogue, some of the offbeat humor. All the characters are as real as they are fantastical. I also really love the idea of family and its redefinition and changing ideas. The family is a point of self-discovery for so many of the characters- Think about it... The Will and Sophie, Heist and Klara (and Barr), Hazel and her Parents. It is interesting and enjoyable.
The artwork is beautiful, and also downright disgusting (because it is done so well)... The naked giant and his genitals will haunt me forever. But the artwork is able to capture so many ideas and tones.
Either way, I loved it and will definitely be getting Book Two.
So Saga, I love the ideas of blending sci-fi and fantasy. It also appears to contain some very interesting narrative framework choices, satire, and social commentary. Though, I could be reading too much into this. I just can't imagine Heist not being part of Brian K. Vaughan, especially with these noble and brutal ideas Heist has, places, and disseminates. He is the unnamed and named character.
There also appears to be lots of social commentary on race and war... it is really interesting that the characters that refuse to play by the rules are hunted down by an AI TV, that is a real creature, but is it?
I really enjoyed the dialogue, some of the offbeat humor. All the characters are as real as they are fantastical. I also really love the idea of family and its redefinition and changing ideas. The family is a point of self-discovery for so many of the characters- Think about it... The Will and Sophie, Heist and Klara (and Barr), Hazel and her Parents. It is interesting and enjoyable.
The artwork is beautiful, and also downright disgusting (because it is done so well)... The naked giant and his genitals will haunt me forever. But the artwork is able to capture so many ideas and tones.
Either way, I loved it and will definitely be getting Book Two.