So I just finished reading SAGA volume 1 by Brian K. Vaughn (writer) and Fiona Staples (artist). Fantastic piece of work. In a lot of ways it reminds me the television show Farscape. A lot happens in this collection, but the main story involves a husband, his wife and their newborn daughter. That might sound dull, but the parents are actually deserters from a war. She is from the largest planet in the galaxy which is at war with the inhabitants of it's own moon (where the father hails from). They're from two different species.
Did I mention this was a science-fiction story? With magic and ghosts and robots? No. Well, now you know.
This story isn't tied in to anything else going on in comic books right now. It has characters you've never met before. Some of them (all of them?) have secrets, some are dangerous but there isn't a predictable villain in the bunch. The "bad guys" are all great characters in their own right, most just trying to make a living. Some even have what might be considered a conscience. It's hard to describe them without giving away too much for those who haven't read it yet.
What really strikes me about this book though is the unpredictability. Add that to the great character work, the occasional humor, and the fact that the baby herself narrates the story and you've got a comic book that is surprising and fresh in a time when most comic books are trying "new spins on an old story".
So, yeah. If you like great stories of adventure, romance, action, mystery, diaper changing and breast feeding all done in a science-fiction/fantasy setting then you really should be reading SAGA.
http://www.imagecomics.com/comics/5102/Saga-Vol-1-TP
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