Cover art for Saga #1
I love the ComiXology App. What comic fan wouldn't? Afterall it has over 30,000 comic/graphic novels available for download on iPhone and has become a major 'route' into the oft obscure world of anime,(especially if you happen to live in a rural Welsh town with little to no brick and mortar comic shops.) This App together with Marvel, DC, Image, etc is certainly responsible for getting me back into comics.
Ive discovered a whole host of new and super cool stories, the most recent being Saga, a space opera/fantasy series created by Brian K. Vaughan (writer) and Fiona Staples (artist.) Its published monthly by Image Comics and is influenced by Star Wars and Game Of Thrones. It was reading of these influences that caused me to immediately download the first two issues free via ComiXology (subsequent issues are £1.49p each.) As it was only first published last year (March 14, 2012 to be exact) I don't have years and years of complicated back issues to unravel and make sense of, unlike more established graphic novels, so this is a big plus especially when all you want to do is dim the lights, grab a mug of tea and fire up the iOS for some reading.
Sucked me in too! Even from these two issues im pretty excited and can see that it is a very strange and interesting universe that awaits within the pages of Saga. I also love how words like "f**k" are liberally thrown around too because it gives the world a bit of familiarty and makes the winged/horned humanoid characters more...well human. And its brilliantly drawn with Staples' pencil/brush giving even the most simple artwork depth. I get the feeling she could breathe life into a sketch/page with minimal strokes of a pencil. If you're a fan of fantasy comics/film, you should check Saga out immediately. Ace stuff.
