The Comic - Con panel for Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples ’ comic Saga was every bit as charming as you ’d bear . The brace talked about the next few issue of the comedian , the grandness of killing off character , why Slave Girl is a critique of Slave Leia , and the one Saga moment Fiona Staples initially refuse to draw .
And why Brian K. Vaughan thinks that more fictional character should die .
During the jam panel at San Diego Comic - Con , the Saga author noted that while today , Joss Whedon and George R.R. Martin are regard ethnic monsters for kill off dear lineament , death used to be a more vulgar feature of popular fiction . One problem , he believes , is that too many characters go in the hands of corporations and are therefore considered too wanted to kill . Vaughn feels that take aim away one of the things that makes fiction so valuable . “ We learn this material to cook ourselves for the speculative thing that are kick the bucket to happen to us , ” he state .
Death — and the implication of death — came up a lot over the course of the Saga instrument panel . The consultation reacted with horrified groan when Vaughan notice that this is Hazel ’s fib and that while her parent are an significant part of her life right now , “ They may not always be . ” In reception to the unhappy noises , he speedily add together , “ Or maybe they will ! ”
Although just because a character dies , that does n’t signify that their comportment wo n’t be felt later in the series . When asked if he would ever consider writing a side story about the independent The Stalk , Vaughan admit that he was sad to see her go , especially after Staples helped make her such a badass character . “ I experience like The Stalk is the Boba Fett of our series , ” Staples say , and Vaughan said that even dead , The Stalk will remain important as Saga endure forward .
But there was one moment that ball over even Staples . The pair shared that when Staples read the hand for issue ten where lie Cat is sucked into space , she responded for the first time with , “ Nope , not trace that . ”
For the most part , though , Vaughan say that his problem increasingly consists of getting out of Staples path . He credits her with the multiracial look of the masses populating their universe . He confess that he , unfortunately , tends to catch white hoi polloi as the nonremittal when produce characters . When he and Staples were discussing Alana ’s character design he enjoin Staples that he did n’t want Alana to be a redhead because there is a surfeit of redheads in science fiction . “ Well , ” she told him , “ she does n’t have to be white either . ”
He also said that Staples ’ drafting preferences helped shape the illusion nature of their space opera . When the two first talked about get together on Saga , Staples secern him that she prefer not to pull in engineering science . At first , Vaughan that might be a problem in a earth filled with spaceship and robots , but then he realized , “ This is a world of make - believe horseshit . ” Plus , he said , “ Wooden rocket ship are way cooler . ”
Saga may have a bit of Star Wars in its skill fiction / fantasy mashup DNA , but one character was inspired by a Star Wars epitome that always bothered Vaughan : Princess Leia in that slave outfit . “ That ’s that fictitious character at her least sexy , ” Vaughan state to thunderous applause . “ There are hard worker daughter in the world and they do n’t face like Princess Leia in a bikini . ” Vaughan and Staples created the type Slave Girl ( now Sophie ) in part because they want to show the horrific side effects of war . “ I ’m happy that Slave Girl gets to be Sophie , ” he said .
Naturally , there were a lot of head about how the Saga humankind will develop over the coming issues . Will we ever see a planet full of Lying Kitties ? “ Imagine their conversation , ” Staples quipped . We will be learning a keen tidy sum about the Robots , Vaughan promised , and we may meet King Robot next month . We ’ll also start to learn about the meaning behind the images on the robot ’ screens and why they sometimes fill with atmospheric static . ( If you have an payoff with the Robots ’ alternative of porn , Vaughan said , you should take it up with Staples . )
In Chapter 24 , we ’ll also discover more about The Will ’s baby The Brand and her canine fellow traveller Sweet Boy . It mean they also get to asterisk on one of Staples ’ stunning covers .
talk of covers , the pair share the cover simulacrum for the first Saga hardcover , garner the first 18 issues of the series , plus bonus material . The cover version sour Alana ’s boob and Hazel ’s top dog into two globes amidst the creation :
Yes , Vaughan said , this is their “ fuck that ” reply to the breastfeed controversy that prompted some shops to censor the cover of the first issue . “ It nark me when people were uncomfortable with it , ” Vaughan said . “ There ’s nothing more beautiful . ” patently , this is a point on which Vaughan feel quite strongly ; Staples break that , for this cover , Vaughan had sent her quite a bit of reference cloth that he had amass .
Top image is for all of you who did n’t make it to Comic - Con . good-for-naught .
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