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Saga was a game-changer for me. I hadn't touched a graphic novels in years, they were part of a world I did not belong to. Comic readers were geeky about things I knew nothing about. It was a sudden rainfall on a bleak day in London that gave me no other choice but to seek shelter in the nearest shop - which happened to be a comic shop. And after waiting for the rain to stop, I browsed though the shelves and felt the sudden urge to take a souvenir with me. And so I bought Saga.



Everything about Saga is weird. It combines a whole range of robotic sex, child prostitution and disemboweled babysitters and creates something addicting, entertaining and absolutely wonderful.

For those still unfamiliar with the story: we follow Alana and Marko, two star-crossed lovers who are from a planet and a moon that are at war with each other. Their love is already sin enough, but now that they've got a baby, too, the whole galaxy seems to be out to catch the runaways.

The premise itself might not be the most innovative story you have ever heard, but it's what Brian K. Vaughan does with it that makes it so perfect: you root for Alana and Marko from page one, you relate to all their bickering, their flirting, their ups and downs.



And there are so many other interesting characters (The Will and the Lying Cat - oh. my.), so many funny moments and heart-felt conversations. And as this is a re-read and I have already read the following volumes I can say for sure that this is only the beginning...