Emphasising Image's success over the last nine years is Saga, a Brian K. Vaughan-Fiona Staples joint that has broken records and garnered universal acclaim over the course of its 54 issues run.
A sci-fi epic centred around two star-crossed lovers separated by a galactic conflict, Saga combines a multitude of different genres to impart a unique story of its own - and one that rarely threatens to slow down. It's both an epic and a character-driven story, with Vaughan citing the birth of his daughter as a major inspiration behind the series - more specifically the relationship between protagonists Alana and Marko, and their own daughter, Hazel.
Also central to Saga's success is Staples' art. Her work on this book is nothing short of spectacular, and she deserves particular praise for finding such a great aesthetic for the series. Sci-Fi can so often blend into one bland mix of clichés, but Saga is so clearly its own thing, mixing science and fantasy together to impart something truly unique.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
