Saga Volume 1

Romeo & Juliet meets Star Wars in this sexy, subversive fantasy and sci-fi space opera about star-crossed lovers from enemy worlds.

An epic for mature readers, SAGA is the story of Hazel, a child born to star-crossed parents from opposite sides of a never-ending galactic war. Now, Hazel's fugitive family must risk everything to find a peaceful future in a harsh universe that values destruction over creation.

The multiple award-winning, critically acclaimed masterpiece and one of the most iconic, bestselling comic book series of its time begins here in the first volume collecting issues #1-6.

The SAGA series has sold over 7 million copies to date across all formats, has been translated into 20 languages, and has garnered multiple Eisner and Harvey Awards, plus a Hugo Award, British Fantasy Award, Goodreads Choice Award, Shuster Award, Inkwell Award, Ringo Award, and more. It has been featured in such mainstream media outlets as TIME, Entertainment Weekly, The Atlantic, NPR, and beyond, and has become a pop culture phenomenon.

Select praise for SAGA:

"The kind of comic that you get when truly talented superstar creators are given the freedom to produce their dream comic." --Entertainment Weekly

"An unwieldy, profane, and glorious ode to compassion and equality." --The Atlantic

"A little bit Romeo & Juliet and a lot Star Wars." --USA Today

"Mischievous, vulgar and gloriously inventive." --TIME Magazine

"May it run for 1,000 issues." --Rolling Stone Magazine

Author: Brian K. Vaughan
Publisher: Image Comics
Published: 10/23/2012
Pages: 160
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 10.10h x 6.60w x 0.30d
ISBN: 9781607066019
Audience: Young Adult


Award: Hugo Award - Winner
Award: Will Eisner Comic Industry Award - Winner
Award: Will Eisner Comic Industry Award - Winner


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 10/08/2012
Booklist 12/15/2012 pg. 38
Library Journal 01/01/2013 pg. 79
Library Journal 06/01/2014 pg. 53
Library Journal 03/01/2015 pg. 56

About the Author
Brian K. Vaughan is the Eisner and Hugo Award-winning writer/co-creator of multiple critically acclaimed series including Saga, Paper Girls, and Y: The Last Man, as well as the upcoming graphic novel Spectators with artist Niko Henrichon, who he last collaborated with on Pride of Baghdad. Vaughan lives with his family in Los Angeles, where he occasionally dabbles in film and television, though he's always happiest making comics.

Fiona Staples is a Canadian comic book artist known for her work on books such as North 40, DV8: Gods and Monsters, T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents and Saga