Reason #1 SAGA is my favorite series right now. From page 8 of SAGA #3 by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples.

Reason #1 SAGA is my favorite series right now. From page 8 of SAGA #3 by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples.

Brian K. Vaughan SAGA signings in NYC next week.

I go whole days without looking at Twitter lately, but sometimes I miss neat stuff like BKV doing a Reddit thing. Apparently he’ll be signing in NYC next week and if you can’t tell that I’m way excited for SAGA, you know I’ll be there. Here are the signings for the book next week:

And if you missed this before, Fiona will be signing SAGA #1 on March 14 at Another Dimension Comics in Calgary, and then all weekend long at Wonder Con.

On March 13, my old Lost boss Damon Lindelof will be hosting a midnight release signing with me at Meltdown Comics in Los Angeles. Then I’m hopping on a plane to sign at Midtown Comics (their downtown store) in Manhattan from 6 to 8 on March 15. And finally, not sleeping ‘til Brooklyn, I’ll be signing at Bergen Street Comics the night of March 17.

Well, now I know how I’ll be celebrating St. Patrick’s Day. 

Liveblog of Vaughan/Staples "Saga" Panel at Image Expo.

Because I’m THAT fucking excited for this book. 

Image Comics Expo Programming Schedule.

Man, I wish I had any kind of ability to be out there. There’s a few things I would go to: Stories and Scripts with Brubaker, Hickman, Seagle (one of my childhood favorite writers), Spotlight on Saga (obvs), Writing Workshop with John Layman. His scripts are amazing if you haven’t seen them.

Warren Ellis reviewed the first issue of SAGA and holy balls you guys I am psyched. It’s so unfair that I have to wait six weeks to read this issue. Here’s what he said: First things first: this opening issue of SAGA is the first chapter of what will clearly be a verylongform sf serial about war and politics, magic and science and love and sex.  The clue is kind of in the title.  Brian, an extremely gifted author, has written a clever and charming script, and Fiona Staples, whom I’ve previously seen very little by, is demonstrably a very intelligent artist who creates warm and characterful performances for her actors while spinning out perfectly weighted storytelling that puts me in mind of experts like Steve Dillon.  It’s a little like listening to an orchestra tuning up and running through the early phrases of a big symphony, sounding the main themes and hinting at the complex beauty to come. Romeo and Juliet up there are Marko and Alana, from either side of a war that has no good side.  And what they did – having her umbilical gnawed off there – was something that apparently never should have happened.  And it’s her story (or will be): Because, you see, the book is shot through with panels like this, and lettering like this, as if from a children’s book.  And that’s the baby’s narrative.

Warren Ellis reviewed the first issue of SAGA and holy balls you guys I am psyched. It’s so unfair that I have to wait six weeks to read this issue. Here’s what he said:

First things first: this opening issue of SAGA is the first chapter of what will clearly be a verylongform sf serial about war and politics, magic and science and love and sex.  The clue is kind of in the title.  Brian, an extremely gifted author, has written a clever and charming script, and Fiona Staples, whom I’ve previously seen very little by, is demonstrably a very intelligent artist who creates warm and characterful performances for her actors while spinning out perfectly weighted storytelling that puts me in mind of experts like Steve Dillon.  It’s a little like listening to an orchestra tuning up and running through the early phrases of a big symphony, sounding the main themes and hinting at the complex beauty to come.

Romeo and Juliet up there are Marko and Alana, from either side of a war that has no good side.  And what they did – having her umbilical gnawed off there – was something that apparently never should have happened.  And it’s her story (or will be):

Because, you see, the book is shot through with panels like this, and lettering like this, as if from a children’s book.  And that’s the baby’s narrative.

Source: warrenellis.com

Preview art by Fiona Staples and a great interview with Brian K. Vaughan on his new series, SAGA. I think I’ve already said this is my most anticipated new series of 2012. I didn’t say that? Okay, well, this is my most anticipated new series of 2012. 

Preview art by Fiona Staples and a great interview with Brian K. Vaughan on his new series, SAGA.

I think I’ve already said this is my most anticipated new series of 2012. I didn’t say that? Okay, well, this is my most anticipated new series of 2012. 

Source: comicbookresources.com

Thwipster has an amazing deal: Y: The Last Man Deluxe Editions Volumes 01-05, all 10 Volumes for $89.99/40% off. You’re seriously not going to get any comic this amazing for cheaper. The math is astounding, but I haven’t had my coffee yet, so I’m not even going to attempt to calculate it. I’d do this entire deal, but I have the whole series.

Thwipster has an amazing deal: Y: The Last Man Deluxe Editions Volumes 01-05, all 10 Volumes for $89.99/40% off. You’re seriously not going to get any comic this amazing for cheaper. The math is astounding, but I haven’t had my coffee yet, so I’m not even going to attempt to calculate it. I’d do this entire deal, but I have the whole series.

Source: thwipster.com

Continuing my theme of the day (Photographs of Comic Book Creators I adore): here is an excellent shot of Brian K. Vaughan in his work space to accompany a great catching-up interview on his new series, SAGA. Oh I guess this photo from the Creative Spaces blog! Rad!

Continuing my theme of the day (Photographs of Comic Book Creators I adore): here is an excellent shot of Brian K. Vaughan in his work space to accompany a great catching-up interview on his new series, SAGA.

Oh I guess this photo from the Creative Spaces blog! Rad!

Cover to Brian K. Vaughan’s new series, SAGA. Man, is it finally nice to see proof positive of a new series from a guy who had been rumored to be working on new stuff for years after leaving LOST and nothing surfacing. Seriously, BKV is one of my biggest influences and it’s just awesome to see a new series from him coming soon. 

Cover to Brian K. Vaughan’s new series, SAGA. Man, is it finally nice to see proof positive of a new series from a guy who had been rumored to be working on new stuff for years after leaving LOST and nothing surfacing. Seriously, BKV is one of my biggest influences and it’s just awesome to see a new series from him coming soon. 

AVC: Have your personal politics changed at all since you started the series?
BKV: Yeah, I’d say my view about politics in general has changed. Obviously, this project started just after 2001, when, like a lot of Americans, I felt like I wasn’t political enough, so I ran off and became really politically engaged. And now, this morning, having voted, I’m starting to feel a lot of the apathy and ambivalence that my fellow Americans are feeling right now.
Brian K. Vaughan, creator of Ex Machina, giving a bit of a post-mortem at the A.V. Club. It’s nice to hear from Vaughan, a guy I’ve been thinking about a lot lately that got me motivated enough to get going on this path I’ve been on over the last couple of years. Nice to hear a bit of an update from Vaughan but it’s nothing we haven’t heard lately. Hopefully he starts writing some more comics soon and he says things are percolating but he’s been saying that for the last couple of years since he cut down to just one book so I’ll believe it when I see a new book on the stands.  He’s a busy guy and I’m looking forward to just seeing something new of his anywhere, really. So I’m looking forward to Smokers and Roundtable.