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Saga, Volume 1
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First impression: this is friggin' weird!
All done. (Don't you love how fast you can read comics?) At first I was a little put off by the sketchy art and the mixture of fantasy and sf. That mixture is like Star Wars with space ships and the mystical force, or a comic book like The Avengers with a magical Thor and a technical Iron Man. But I was definitely enjoying the book by the end. Writer Brian K. Vaughan has a talent for dialog and funny quips. I chuckled out loud many times during the reading. He also wrote Y: The Last Man and Ex Machina. If you liked those books, picking up this is probably a no-brainer. This is a very fresh take on f&sf, but definitely not for the kids. Hell the cover has a winged woman breast feeding (Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ is showing the back cover [they used to]). It's also an ongoing series that doesn't conclude with this volume, but there's a lot to enjoy here. Think maybe Heavy Metal magazine with good writing. I still don't understand these robot creatures. This is not hard sf. It's currently on sale only in comic book stores, but coming to regular bookstores soon (10/23).
Here's the real cover:
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Was rereading it today. A good sense of humor is hard to find.
UPDATE:
Too many people like it now. -1 hipster stars
All done. (Don't you love how fast you can read comics?) At first I was a little put off by the sketchy art and the mixture of fantasy and sf. That mixture is like Star Wars with space ships and the mystical force, or a comic book like The Avengers with a magical Thor and a technical Iron Man. But I was definitely enjoying the book by the end. Writer Brian K. Vaughan has a talent for dialog and funny quips. I chuckled out loud many times during the reading. He also wrote Y: The Last Man and Ex Machina. If you liked those books, picking up this is probably a no-brainer. This is a very fresh take on f&sf, but definitely not for the kids. Hell the cover has a winged woman breast feeding (Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ is showing the back cover [they used to]). It's also an ongoing series that doesn't conclude with this volume, but there's a lot to enjoy here. Think maybe Heavy Metal magazine with good writing. I still don't understand these robot creatures. This is not hard sf. It's currently on sale only in comic book stores, but coming to regular bookstores soon (10/23).
Here's the real cover:
...
Was rereading it today. A good sense of humor is hard to find.
UPDATE:
Too many people like it now. -1 hipster stars
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Reading Progress
August 13, 2012
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October 10, 2012
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Started Reading
October 12, 2012
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Finished Reading
July 2, 2014
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Oct 12, 2012 07:36PM
They look just like your icon - Is that little Tamahome there I see?
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I read these as they come out (well, on Comixology) and really like the series. I agree with your description of the art--not standard comic book style, but I love the drawing and especially the colors.The TV head robot people are weird, but I can't look away. Kinda like a Lynch movie.
By the way--that baby in the drawing? That's the narrator. (Not a spoiler, you learn that right away.)
David Sven wrote: "They look just like your icon - Is that little Tamahome there I see?"I wouldn't complain if it was.
This is the longest review you have ever written! I keep meaning to read Y....
