Who’s read Saga, either in whole or in part? What do you think of it and is it worthy material for a pop culture blogger who needs to buy one set of texts and get a lot of mileage out of them?
The reason I ask is that I need a large, rich text to fuel the next phase of my blogging. Puppies and personal problems are going to get old quickly, and the stand-alone photography has pretty much played out until spring.
I need books or comics to write about, and I have Amazon money to spend.
What I need is a relevant, significant, contemporary, ongoing thing that I can approach from different angles and write about for several blogs.
Saga seems to be the best bet, and my closest friends are telling me to pull the trigger on this one.
What do you think? Worthwhile, or should I order something like Civil War and go hard at Marvel?
I am at a crossroads here. Big decision, because it’s going to determine the content for most of my blogging through the end of March.
Advice, plz!
Just Gene'O 
Go with Saga. Everyone is writing about Marvel unless you want to tackle the upcoming addition of the Punisher, maybe talk about the evolution of its screen presence.
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Thanks for the vote. I’m about to order the Saga.
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I like Saga. Its universe is dirty, vulgar, raw, and violent, but has complex characters and an interesting tale to tell.
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That’s what I’m hearing. I gave Diana a copy of the Vol. 1 hardback for Christmas and the more I ask around, the more it’s sounding like a must-read.
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SAAAAGAAA
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So, I think the internet has spoken on this one.
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Read it! Saga is by far my favorite title out right now. It’s only down side is that they have to take breaks so Fiona Staples can keep up with the art, but it’s totally worth it. Tracy and I are both re-reading the whole series in order to do a podcast on it.
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I’m definitely reading it. The breaks won’t be a big deal for me for the first little while because I have to start at the beginning, and since I’m blogging it lots as I read it, will take awhile.
The only question at this point is how many different ways I can think of to write about it, and where to place the posts.
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I imagine there’s lots of ways to write about it… in terms of war, in terms of love story, in terms of aliens, in terms of mercenaries, in terms of television, in terms of science fiction, in terms of robots, in terms of gross-outs…
I could keep going…
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Yeah. Sounds like just what I am looking for.
Also could be written about in terms of the way the child sees the whole thing, if one could pull that off.
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After reading the first two collected volumes, yeah. All of that. The love stories and the mercenaries are especially attractive. They’re bleeding together a bit.
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It all bleeds together – part of the appeal 😄
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