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Saga, Vol. 8
by Brian K. Vaughan
Saga still remains to be one of the greatest comics of the 2010's. It's smart, heartfelt, emotional, and well written with amazing art. By the 8th volume you'd expect it to get pretty bad but NOPE.
So just a short thing. I'm not going to get in to this long backstory on me. We went through a major event this last week and the pain felt is very similar to what happened at the end of volume 7. So I won't lie, I was a bit afraid to read volume 8 because I wasn't sure I could handle it emotionally. I'm really glad I did because this brought up a lot of hope that kind of made my day a lot better.
Alana and Marko are dealing with the loss of their child. However, the harsh reality is they have to make sure they remove the miscarriage before Alana gets sick. However, at 8 months, this isn't so easy. Especially when traveling with Marko, since he's a species Alana's kind would like to murder. Oh yes, and their hybrid child Hazel!
While we get that we also focus on some story with the Will, find out what happened from last volume, and some of his past. Also a little bit of Price Robot and of course his child who we've haven't seen in awhile too.
Good: The art is stunning to say the least. Will that ever change? Hopefully not. Hazel and her parents on a trip together was perfect, and truly showed you need family (and sometimes friends) to help you get through tough times. That only together you can come to accept horrible events. I also loved the last issue of happiness and hope, and then the last shot was great. Brought all the feelings of love and joy I wanted.
Bad: The Will has probably least interesting chapter. While there's some cool shots of the past, and moving his story forward, I feel very little to what happens to him at the moment.
Overall this was a wonderful volume of trying to come to terms of horrible moments in life. When it comes to it you must push forward, and think of the future, and that is the best message you could have after the horrible events of volume 7. This was a recovery volume but one very much worth reading. A 4.5 out of 5.
So just a short thing. I'm not going to get in to this long backstory on me. We went through a major event this last week and the pain felt is very similar to what happened at the end of volume 7. So I won't lie, I was a bit afraid to read volume 8 because I wasn't sure I could handle it emotionally. I'm really glad I did because this brought up a lot of hope that kind of made my day a lot better.
Alana and Marko are dealing with the loss of their child. However, the harsh reality is they have to make sure they remove the miscarriage before Alana gets sick. However, at 8 months, this isn't so easy. Especially when traveling with Marko, since he's a species Alana's kind would like to murder. Oh yes, and their hybrid child Hazel!
While we get that we also focus on some story with the Will, find out what happened from last volume, and some of his past. Also a little bit of Price Robot and of course his child who we've haven't seen in awhile too.
Good: The art is stunning to say the least. Will that ever change? Hopefully not. Hazel and her parents on a trip together was perfect, and truly showed you need family (and sometimes friends) to help you get through tough times. That only together you can come to accept horrible events. I also loved the last issue of happiness and hope, and then the last shot was great. Brought all the feelings of love and joy I wanted.
Bad: The Will has probably least interesting chapter. While there's some cool shots of the past, and moving his story forward, I feel very little to what happens to him at the moment.
Overall this was a wonderful volume of trying to come to terms of horrible moments in life. When it comes to it you must push forward, and think of the future, and that is the best message you could have after the horrible events of volume 7. This was a recovery volume but one very much worth reading. A 4.5 out of 5.