AGHHHH I AM SO TORN!!!! 
 For starters, I really don't read graphic novels. There's no particular reason -- I just don't have much experience with the genre. So, I really have no basis for comparison when I review Saga. 
 On the one hand, it wasn't bad. I didn't hate it. 
 On the other hand, I do not understand all of the crazy HYPE with Saga -- at least, that is, based on just this first volume. 
 I mean, we have a star-crossed couple here from highly diverse backgrounds who should never, by the natural course of events, be in the position to fall in love. Except, of course, they do. 
 Now, there's really nothing SPECIAL about that story line, right? I mean, that pretty much describes half of novels out there, both past and present. 
 So, what makes SAGA so mind-blowingly different to fans? 
 If I were to speculate, I think I'd guess: 
 - The lead female character is pretty self-sufficient and bad-ass. She births a baby and then pretty much picks herself (and baby) up and instantly starts fighting for her life and her homeland. She's no Bella Swan, that's for sure. 
 - The characters are racially diverse. 
 - There's the whole science-fiction-esque aspect of a planet versus a moon. 
 - There's really not yet a clear-cut black-and-white character that's really lumped into a stereotypical "good" or "evil". I mean, for a few minutes we think we've found "the bad guy," but then he rescues a child from sex slavery, with no benefits to himself. Multi-dimensional characters are always a good thing. 
 - (At times, seemingly) gratuitous adult images and themes (which I assume are to make things feel more hardcore and adult, despite the fact that my library incorrectly shelved SAGA as "YA fiction." 
 I'm at least curious enough to read Volume 2, I think.