This is the latest volume in the bestselling saga series! I can’t believe that I had to wait a whole year for this; that just wasn’t fair. And now I need to wait for GOD KNOWS HOW LONG FOR VOLUME 9. NO. NO. NO. 

After the traumatic events of the War for Phang, Hazel, her parents, and their surviving companions embark on a life-changing adventure at the westernmost edge of the universe.

Collecting: Saga 43-48

During volume 8, we follow the aftermath of volume 7 and pretty much carry on where 7 left off, with that heartbreaking loss that sucker-punched us and made us all cry for about 5 weeks. Throughout volume 8, Vaughan helps us deal with the losses that we have suffered over the past couple of volumes and part of the way that he does this is by creating such a strong relationship between Alana and Marko. There was a time during these comics that I thought they would break up for good because of how tense it was getting between them. BUT they made up and made their relationship work for Hazel. Our dear Hazel. SHE IS SO PRECIOUS AND HER I LOVE HER SO MUCH. She is literally the most cutest thing ever and I love the narration of her story, but I also love her as a child as well and watching her grow up and deal with different things.

During this volume, she had to deal with a character named ‘Kurti’ and I’m not going to reveal who that is for people who haven’t read previous volumes. Her relationship with Kurti and how she interacted with him was beautiful to read and genuinely brought tears to my eyes. But it wasn’t just how Hazel interacted with him, it was how Alana and Marko dealt with him as well and how it changed them as people. I WEPT SO MUCH.

But moving away from the ball of emotional mess, it was nice (?) – and kinda weird – to see Sir Robot (formerly Prince Robot IV) and everyone else become sort-of-friends. I mean… at least they aren’t trying to blow each other’s heads off at every chance that they get.

AND WE HAVE A NEW SHIP! I am so happy that it happened. It came out of nowhere and it kind of gave me whiplash because of it, but I can’t wait to see where this goes and how Vaughan carries on with the ship but also with the rest of the story.

The past couple of issues have been very emotional so I’m intrigued how Vaughan finishes off the healing process of losing the characters and how he gets them to move on to new adventures.