152 pages
English language
Published Dec. 31, 2016 by Image Comics.
"From the worldwide bestselling team of Fiona Staples and Brian K. Vaughan, 'The war for Phang' is an epic, self-contained Saga event. Finally reunited with her ever-expanding family, Hazel travels to a war-torn comet that Wreath and Landfall have been battling over for ages. New friendships are forged and others are lost forever in this action-packed volume about families, combat and the refugee experience."--Back cover.
Probably the best one yet.
Saga shines when it spends time letting the situations breathe rather than just rushing things along. This chapter gave the characters and world the time to draw you in while building up to some brutally powerful moments.
Seriously, that ending.
3.5/5
God damn. This one hurts. Like, a lot.
This series is funny, fucked up, frightening, fantastic, frenetic, fanatical, full of feels, and packed with more patos per page than almost anything.
If you haven't heard of this comic yet, where have you been? If you don't mind a bit of drawn nudity and sex (it's amazing what you can get a way with if you draw it) then do give it a go. The story is based on a couple from opposite sides of an intergalactic war, and they run away to protect their mixed-race child, Hazel. Hazel is the narrator which adds a certain charm to the comics. The seventh trade is just as good as the rest. I don't want to give too much away but expect to have feels. Also, meerkat aliens!
This is supposedly a standalone instalment, but I think you need to be invested in the characters to get the most out of it. It is an enclosed story in the wider series arc but it will contain spoilers so is not the best place to …
If you haven't heard of this comic yet, where have you been? If you don't mind a bit of drawn nudity and sex (it's amazing what you can get a way with if you draw it) then do give it a go. The story is based on a couple from opposite sides of an intergalactic war, and they run away to protect their mixed-race child, Hazel. Hazel is the narrator which adds a certain charm to the comics. The seventh trade is just as good as the rest. I don't want to give too much away but expect to have feels. Also, meerkat aliens!
This is supposedly a standalone instalment, but I think you need to be invested in the characters to get the most out of it. It is an enclosed story in the wider series arc but it will contain spoilers so is not the best place to start. And something happens in it that would leave you confused if you decided to skip it (why would you do that?).
Well, volume 7 sets a new record for the quickest volume read and the most I've cried in the years I've been reading and re-reading Saga.
A lovely evening's read for when the power's down.
