I can definitely feel this comic shifting into a real classic like all of the critical reception and accolades would suggest. I had been in a real reading funk for the last few months and this thing has really set me back on course. Just the fact that all in basically one day I’ve now read three full volumes, about 20 issues, says a lot. Super easy to breeze through and get invested in characters from all sides of the conflict, the art is fantastic, and the story is very engaging. One aspect that I really love is whenever Hazel cuts in and they use that really striking handwritten font. It adds a lot of weight to whatever she’s decided to interject on. Onward and upward!

Reviewed on Saturday, January 14th, 2023, 7:11pm.

I really enjoyed getting to know a little bit more about the Robot Kingdom and how they introduced this political unrest element in the form of Dengo and his actions. The entire volume set itself up nicely by giving it the ‘splitting up’ point to reach, and it achieved this very well and in a way that I can’t stop reading to see the reunion.

Reviewed on Sunday, January 15th, 2023, 5:48am.

Another great continuation of the story. I didn’t quite expect to fly through it like this but it’s exactly what I was hoping for to kickstart my reading again. The story is building nicely to a big emotional payoff, and there are nice, smaller emotional payoffs throughout so far. Vaughan, and through the excellent art of Fiona Staples, has created such a rich collection of colorful (literally) characters, and they’ve gotten me to care about them all in one way or another: whether it’s affection or hate, sometimes both in one.

Reviewed on Sunday, January 15th, 2023, 3:03pm.

As expected, the ‘reset’ brought some big stakes back into the picture and Vaughan decided to really hammer the reader at the end with a massive blow-off and tragic end. I was actually not expecting just about anything that happened here, and getting a chance to explore Phang was cool, as well as the little creatures who joined us for the collection.

Reviewed on Wednesday, January 18th, 2023, 9:43pm.

Great start to the series and I am pretty thoroughly hooked. Each issue felt like it ended way too soon, which feels like a great sign. I really enjoy the wild character designs and concepts; it already feels like absolutely nothing is off-limits. If I had a gripe it’s that so far the dialog feels a little clunky, but it’s a pretty minor gripe given the genre, and will likely just require some adjusting.

Reviewed on Saturday, January 14th, 2023, 8:17am.

Enjoying how things are paced in this series so far, where each issue is a major page-turner while still being somewhat of a slow boil so far. Great backstory on Marko and his family/race while introducing some new characters and really setting all the major players on their trajectories towards one another. I really enjoy how any given page could have a wild new creature/character and just how inventive the whole thing is.

Reviewed on Saturday, January 14th, 2023, 2:38pm.

This one felt like a bit of a restart or a clear beginning of a major chapter within the overall story, and so maybe felt a little exposition-heavy in trying to set the table back up. I didn't get a firm grasp on the refugee angle they were going for, and didn't necessarily feel the drama or danger there, but it all had a really nice payoff. Some new characters were introduced, some old ones returned, and I think we're off to the races for a really interesting part of the story. I almost wonder if it'd be better to simply review the Saga comic as a whole once I'm done, because it can feel a little unfair and almost like I'm logging and reviewing the chapter of a book.

Reviewed on Monday, January 16th, 2023, 9:26am.