Saga is my favourite comic book of the last few years and I feel like I do nothing but spend my days waiting for a new trade paperback to come out. I managed to save volume five for an unprecedented nine days from buying it until I actually read it, because I know that it’ll probably be another six months at least until I get more. The writing is flawless, the art is breathtaking. The plot is never, even for a second, predictable. The six issues making up this trade had me grimacing in disgust, laughing, gasping, swearing and almost crying.
Oh, if you’re not caught up yet, there may be spoilers beyond this point.
I found volume four extremely distressing, because Alanna and Marko were arguing and when fictional characters whom I love have relationship troubles, it affects me more than it probably should. Now they are separated, with Marko and Prince Robot IV having made an unexpected alliance to track down their missing children. Alanna and her mother-in-law are trying to keep Hazel safe from Dengo, the guy who kidnapped them. Elsewhere, Gwendolyn, Sophie, Lying Cat and the Brand (the Will’s sister) are looking for the ingredients to a cure for the Will, the assassin sent to kill Alanna and Marko. As always, tiny Hazel narrates the story with aplomb, giving all sorts of heart-breaking foreshadowing, such as “she and her pals find what they’re looking for…but at a much higher cost than expected”.
If you’re not already reading Saga, with all the glowing reviews out there on the internet, I honestly don’t know how this is going to change your mind. It’s just so good, and you’re missing out if you don’t give it a chance.
Crossposted on my blog.
Damnit Malin, stop spending all the money I don’t have to spend on books!!!
{grumbles but begrudgingly goes to Amazon to give them all my moneys}
Oooooooh! I didn’t know Volume 5 was out! Planning trip to the comic store today!