Saga is so vital, imaginative, and beautifully executed, it might serve as atonement for unleashing that vicious blight on the landscape of television drama, 'Under the Dome'. How someone so talented could screw things up so badly, I'll never understand. I've entertained the possibility that it's a case of writing-room compromises or studio interference, but the fact remains that he's the only man credited with developing this attack on narrative coherence. 'Under the Dome: Developed by Brian K. Vaughan.' I hope those words haunt him at night. I hope he wakes up screaming, in a cold sweat, before trying to bury his nightmares about glowing eggs and butterflies in a pillow stuffed with hundred dollar bills. 
 I'm exaggerating, obviously. Under the Dome is a fucking holocaust of bad ideas, but I think the season 1 pilot and -- perhaps -- the next episode were the extent of his direct involvement, since they were lightly entertaining and fairly well-written... judged against the neuron-killing dreck that followed. They even improved on Stephen King's novel -- although the novel was mediocre even relative to his lesser books -- and got my hopes up that Vaughan would flex his creative muscles and show everyone why he's one of the most respected idea-machines in comics. But instead of building upward, getting better with each new instalment, things went downhill... and beyond downhill. Things got straight-up fucking subterranean, with the hack writers and producers showing up with shovels to dig themselves in deeper, apparently hoping to break through the sewer-pipes and make things as shitty as possible. 
 With Saga, you get B.K. Vaughan doing what he does best: writing unique, exciting stories full of imaginative plots and fully-fleshed characters, engaging the reader immediately in a fantasy-world of his own devising. Fiona Staples is just as integral to the success of 'Saga', crafting beautiful artwork that suits the material perfectly. The tale begins as a variation on the Romeo and Juliet theme, but both lovers belong to warring alien species instead of feuding families, and neither of them play around with faked suicide gambits. Also, there's a baby in the picture. I won't bother breaking down the story, since the salient points are available everywhere, and spoilers should definitely be avoided for 'Saga'. 
 This is SF-Fantasy at it's peak, inspired world-building on the order of Dune, The Hyperion Cantos, Anathem, and of course, Star Wars. Read it. You'll like it... and for god's sake, avoid 'Under the Dome'. Its' next season is going to be accompanied by a warning: "One season of 'Under the Dome' will knock ten IQ points off your intellect". There is still hope that season 3 can somehow be avoided. UN diplomats are working around the clock to find a non-violent solution, and there's a very good chance that the cast and crew will stand trial in the Hague for crimes against humanity. God I hope so. Vaughan can write comics all day long in prison, but it would shut down his TV career completely.