And space genitals which my eyes can’t unsee. There are monstrously sized space alien genitals (because why the hell not, apparently?).Īnd grief, and loss, and love, and parenthood. Thong-clad space brothel madams fail to keep a contracted killer from saving a six-year-old from sex slavery. Planetoids hatch into creepy giant Space Oddyssey 2001-like fetuses.
It’s still full of delightfully dark humor. Because there’s no way I won’t want to finish. That was the moment I got the entire series. It’s delightfully weird, R-rated and very funny. It’s irreverent, silly, full of body-humor and bursting with self-aware ridiculousness.Īnd yeah. Admittedly, it took me a few pages to get used to needing to also look at the art instead of just focusing on words, but once I got the hang of it, it paid off. ✅ The banter - the entire book is basically just banter, which works very well in this format. Hazel provides background narration which I choose to imagine in Bladerunner-like voiceover. And the entire universe is obsessed with killing this loving couple and getting their hands on the first cross-species baby. Alana is a fan of a trashy space romance book - but a SUBVERSIVE one, clearly. Instead of murdering each other they decide to get together and procreate, creating baby Hazel, whose birth opens the series. Synopsis: two aliens - Alana and Marko - belong to two warring factions in a galactic war. I owed this to Dennis - a solemn promise made when I insisted that he read Stephen King’s The Waste Lands, the book that I loved and he read all wrong 😆.Īnd because unlike the hordes of long-suffering fans who have been awaiting for Volume 10 for years (!!!) I have the privilege of reading them all as a binge (because yes, I already got them all), I’ll be posting my thoughts here, as I go (under spoiler tags because it’s LONG! Because 1300 comic book pages!!!!) With the exception of Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood which I read for a college class back in 2004, this is my first foray into the land of comic books. And, in the midst of all that, overpowering adorable cuteness, vulnerability and love.Īnd then it rips your heart into shreds. Plus copious swearing, gratuitous nudity, well-aimed violence. The story that focuses of people in the middle of ridiculous senseless war and breaks your heart without thinking twice. Insane space opera with breathtaking artwork. Irreverently funny and achingly heartbreaking. Final rating: 5 unflinchingly heartbreaking stars.
Reviewing as I go: “Saga”, 1300+ pages of comics.
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