ZACK: Maybe it’s because we sat with the saddest moment in the story for years, but it feels to me like the audience now expects Saga to hurt them. Despite all of the ray guns and TV-headed robots, Fiona and I are still just trying to process what we see going on around us on our own strange planet, where inequality and civilian deaths are predictable constants. How are real world happenings and headlines poised to inform this new story arc? This first issue had me thinking about the housing crisis as well as what’s happening in Ukraine…īKV: Don’t forget the fan-favorite subject of police corruption! Yeah, from our first issue, Saga has always touched on the fascinating or terrifying parts of our real world that a lot of sci-fi/fantasy stories tend to ignore. ZACK: It’s always felt like Saga is an extension of the hard-to-process moments of life, including current events.
I hope it feels like unpredictable real life is just happening to these characters, but most of it cruelly predestined. What’s your planning process for these returns, and how far (if at all) in advance do you know a character will be back?īKV: I always leave room for Fiona and me to deviate from the roadmap if we eventually come up with cooler ideas, but major signposts like character deaths, arrivals, exits and/or returns have all been pretty carefully charted from jump. ZACK: I’ve always liked how periphery characters come in and out of Saga, much as they do in life. I’m as proud of this current “season” of Saga as anything I’ve ever been a part of. Fiona and I each being parents of our own (separate) young kids now has definitely slowed down our maximum annual output, but I like to think it’s also greatly improved the quality of our storytelling. I won’t speak for Fiona, but I feel like collaborating with her on Saga is my life’s work, so I’m enormously grateful to readers for their patience. VAUGHAN: It’s just so wonderful to be back. How was it for you and Fiona working within that kind of timespan again, coming off the much longer break between Saga #54 and #55?īRIAN K. ZACK QUAINTANCE: Saga #61 just came out after a six-month break.
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