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A review by barrettbooks
Saga, Vol. 2 by Brian K. Vaughan
adventurous
dark
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
I love Saga. I honestly don't have a huge amount to say about this volume (it's a bit harder with comics think) but Saga just hits for me, man. It is so funny. The art is so expressive and so gorgeous. I both want to be Alana and Marko and I also want them both to marry me as well. The narration from Hazel is perfection. I love the threads we are getting, of the cost of war, questions of ethics, the family ties that are starting to be explored, the different characters we follow with extremely different motivations and goals. I am so excited to continue seeing those threads tease out as I continue to accquire volumes.
The only negative feelings I had about this volume are related to the kind of casual fatphobia that is super common in a lot of comics, especially from 2013. The only fat character I remember seeing it a page-turn reveal huge naked monster, and there were a couple bits of dialogue that were a bit fatphobic. In a comic I enjoy so much it is kind of disappointing but I am hoping there will be improvement on that front as it goes on and for me personally it was not dealbreaking.
I was really lucky to find this and the first volume used and I am hoping to do that with the others but I might get impatient and just buy them all at some point. The mix of different cultures, magic and science, the humour mixed with the complex and horrifying subject matter really works for me and I just find a lot of joy reading these comics. And the colours, damn! Truly the full package.
The only negative feelings I had about this volume are related to the kind of casual fatphobia that is super common in a lot of comics, especially from 2013. The only fat character I remember seeing it a page-turn reveal huge naked monster, and there were a couple bits of dialogue that were a bit fatphobic. In a comic I enjoy so much it is kind of disappointing but I am hoping there will be improvement on that front as it goes on and for me personally it was not dealbreaking.
I was really lucky to find this and the first volume used and I am hoping to do that with the others but I might get impatient and just buy them all at some point. The mix of different cultures, magic and science, the humour mixed with the complex and horrifying subject matter really works for me and I just find a lot of joy reading these comics. And the colours, damn! Truly the full package.