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Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time
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Epically epic epicness and more words that also mean epic.

October 20, 2015 by narfna 6 Comments

Turns out I didn’t wait long enough to start this series. I have fast run out of Saga and that is a tragedy. When is the next book? Siiiiigh. (Reminder to self for next time starting a Brian K. Vaughan series: the “long enough” time to wait to start a series of his is “when it’s already finished”.) Slight spoilers to follow. More than any other book in this series so far, I feel like Volume 5 really hit home for me why this series […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Science Fiction Tagged With: Brian K. Vaughan, Comics, fantasy, Fiona Staples, graphic novels, narfna, Saga, saga volume 5, science fiction, space opera

narfna's CBR7 Review No:156 · Genres: Fantasy, Science Fiction · Tags: Brian K. Vaughan, Comics, fantasy, Fiona Staples, graphic novels, narfna, Saga, saga volume 5, science fiction, space opera ·
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The depressing one.

October 20, 2015 by narfna Leave a Comment

Oh, this one was painful, and not necessarily in that IT HURTS SO GOOD way (except for that last panel). Some of it was just downright unpleasant to read. I suppose not everything can be kittens and puppies and lovefests all the time. People get depressed, they drift apart, things suck sometimes. Saga, Volume 4 is one of those times. This volume takes place over a couple of years as Marko and Alana & Co. are parked on one planet while Alana makes money for […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Science Fiction Tagged With: Brian K. Vaughan, Comics, fantasy, Fiona Staples, graphic novels, narfna, Saga, saga volume 4, science fiction, space opera

narfna's CBR7 Review No:155 · Genres: Fantasy, Science Fiction · Tags: Brian K. Vaughan, Comics, fantasy, Fiona Staples, graphic novels, narfna, Saga, saga volume 4, science fiction, space opera ·
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The opposite of war.

October 20, 2015 by narfna 2 Comments

In Saga: Volume 3, everybody’s heading for the planet Quietus. If you’re wondering why that should be worrisome, google “Quietus” and see what comes up. Yeah. It’s that kind of story. Some stuff this book is concerned with: How to make a life for your family while on the run from two governments. Finding love after a loss. Relatedly, getting over a break-up in rather extreme ways. Violence only begetting more violence. The real threat of Marko and Alana is not that they betrayed their […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Science Fiction Tagged With: Brian K. Vaughan, Comics, fantasy, Fiona Staples, graphic novels, narfna, Saga, saga volume 3, sci-fi, science fiction, space opera

narfna's CBR7 Review No:154 · Genres: Fantasy, Science Fiction · Tags: Brian K. Vaughan, Comics, fantasy, Fiona Staples, graphic novels, narfna, Saga, saga volume 3, sci-fi, science fiction, space opera ·
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Marko <3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3

October 20, 2015 by narfna Leave a Comment

This is a love story. This is a story about fathers and sons. This is a story about families. This is a story about war and peace. This is a story about tree spaceships and magic aliens and talking cats. Volume 1 of Saga introduced us to all the characters: Marko and Alana and their newborn child, who are being hunted as traitors and miscegenators across the universe by both sides of a never-ending galactic war; killer for hire The Will and his truth-telling cat; […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Science Fiction Tagged With: Brian K. Vaughan, Comics, fantasy, Fiona Staples, graphic novels, narfna, Saga, saga volume 2, sci-fi, science fiction, space opera

narfna's CBR7 Review No:153 · Genres: Fantasy, Science Fiction · Tags: Brian K. Vaughan, Comics, fantasy, Fiona Staples, graphic novels, narfna, Saga, saga volume 2, sci-fi, science fiction, space opera ·
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Hi, I love you.

October 20, 2015 by narfna Leave a Comment

omg omg omg omg omg omg OMG WHAT DID I JUST READ. It’s like somebody reached into my subconscious, pulled out a bunch of things I think are awesome, then added some really weird and unexpected stuff on top of that, and finally topped it all off by illustrating the whole thing with beautiful, wildly colorful pictures. Like, everyone ever has said that Saga is awesome, but you really don’t have a feel for what that means until you actually read it for yourself. I’ve […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Science Fiction Tagged With: Brian K. Vaughan, Comics, fantasy, Fiona Staples, graphic novels, narfna, Saga, saga volume 1, sci-fi, science fiction

narfna's CBR7 Review No:152 · Genres: Fantasy, Science Fiction · Tags: Brian K. Vaughan, Comics, fantasy, Fiona Staples, graphic novels, narfna, Saga, saga volume 1, sci-fi, science fiction ·
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Maybe if I’d read it as a kid?

October 20, 2015 by narfna 2 Comments

This book is so easy and fast to read but it took me FOREVER to actually read it. I kept picking it up, reading twenty pages, and then putting it down in favor of something else. Nita is our main character. She’s a twelve year old girl living in New York. She’s a bit nerdy (her favorite possession is a space pen her uncle gave to her that can write on anything) and she’s having trouble with a bully in her class at school. When […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: children's fiction, diane duane, fantasy, narfna, so you want to be a wizard, young wizards

narfna's CBR7 Review No:150 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: children's fiction, diane duane, fantasy, narfna, so you want to be a wizard, young wizards ·
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