Saga (comics)

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Saga is an epic space opera fantasy comic book series written by Brian K. Vaughan and illustrated by Fiona Staples, published monthly by the American company Image Comics. Based on ideas Vaughan conceived both as a child and as a parent, the series follows a husband and wife Alana and Marko, from long-warring extraterrestrial races, fleeing authorities from both sides of a galactic war as they struggle to care for their daughter, Hazel, who is born in the beginning of the series, and who occasionally narrates the series as an unseen adult. The comic has been described in solicitations as "Star Wars meets A Game of Thrones", evocative of both science fiction and fantasy epics such as The Lord of the Rings, as well as classic works like Romeo and Juliet. It is Vaughan's first creator-owned work to be published through Image Comics, and is the first time he employs narration in his comics writing. Vaughan has stated that the entire series will span 108 issues, or chapters. The first chapter...

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