History YMMV / Saga

* TooBleakStoppedCaring: By issue 54 the series has become borderline misery porn. [[spoiler: New villain Ianthe gloats about [[KickTheDog killing and turning poor Sweet Boy into a rug?]] Okay, well, that's ''Saga'' for you, I guess. Then comes the abortion storyline which at least tries to handle the obviously dark subject matter respectfully in its own bizarre way. Oh, Ianthe is taunting Doff with homophobic slurs before [[BuryYourGays killing him?]] Not cool at all, but having a "no one is safe" policy makes the series exciting right? Well not even two issues later fan favorite Sir Robot is decapitated by The Will, who then kills Marko the very next issue just in time for the series to go on a three-and-a-half year-long hiatus. By this point many readers are more exhausted than shocked and killing off characters both minor and major in such a fashion comes off as gratuitous and even mean-spirited instead of serving the greater story.]]

* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: If the series is known for anything, it's for the setting being truly ''weird'', even by SpaceOpera standards. For example, the first issue features two television-headed robots, nude, doing it doggy-style. [[http://i.imgur.com/LccIQi9.png There is, at the very least, alcohol involved.]]

* ItWillNeverCatchOn: The author himself joked that, due to how non-main stream the comic is ("an original fantasy book with no superheroes, two non-white leads and an opening chapter featuring graphic robot sex"), he thought the book would be cancelled by issue 3. In reality, the series has become one of the most successful comics outside of Marvel and DC, with strong sales and widespread critical acclaim for its creativity, characterization and strong art by Fiona Staples.

* SpiritualAntithesis: Its earliest concept was ''Franchise/StarWars'' told from the point of view of civilians trying to avoid the war rather than heroes or villains fighting in it.

* TheWoobie: Prince Robot, especially as we learn his backstory. Also Sophie, the slave girl who's literally introduced being forced into child prostitution. Even after being freed, she cannot quite shake off the mentality that The Will is her master.

* TrueArtIsAngsty: ''Saga'' is a comic that is riddled with heavy themes, ranging from war, abortion, homosexuality, transgenderism, etc., and contains several characters--innocent or otherwise--getting killed off constantly, regardless of how important they are to the narrative. And almost everytime a main character has finally found peace or happiness, you can bet that in the next issue, someone close to them will die, or a villain will come along and take all their happiness away. Nevertheless, the comic has received critical acclaim from mainstream comic readers and critics alike for how it handles said themes in a respectable and realistic way.

* AcceptableProfessionalTargets: Prince Robot tells Squire that mercenaries are the only occupation less reputable than a life coach. The Brand shows contempt for sports writers.

* [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff Germans Love Saga]]: To the point where most of Saga's touring these days is around Germany exclusively.
* GrowingTheBeard: ''Worlds Apart''.

** Damn near ''everything'' on Sextillion. The UncannyValley attendants are actually the ''least'' disturbing residents.

* UncannyValley:
** InUniverse, the Uncanny Valley is the name of the region of space Gardenia is in.
** The "attendants" on Sextillion. They're giant female heads with legs in fishnet hose. Presumably, they're prostitutes like everything else on Sextillion. [[FetishRetardant Ew.]]

* FriendlyFandoms: While the Music/CoheedAndCambria fandom is relatively small, the similarities between the band's comic/album concept ''The Amory Wars'' and ''Saga'' has led to some ''Amory'' fans checking out this series in-between waiting for installments of their own series. They both feature fiercely devoted parents and badass, morally ambiguous bounty hunter antagonists [[RecycledInSpace IN SPACE]]! It kinda helps that both are heavily influenced by ''Star Wars''.

** Speaking of ''Star Wars'', The Will's rescue and adoption of Sophie is very similar to another [[Series/TheMandalorian cape-wearing mercenary taking a child under his care]]...