How Is Saga Still So Good?!

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[@daltonallen7625]

Saga really is the best. My sister is on her 4th reread of the series and she's the type of person who would have never considered reading a comic book. Keep up the incredible videos!

[@metsrus]

the best comics are the ones not about superheroes, ex. Sandman, Saga, and etc. Wish more writers are not hesitant about using the comics as a medium for storytelling. If you find the perfect artist to enhance the story telling, it's gold right there.

[@Elricsedric]

@@metsrus yes comics are amazing even the superhero ones are great but yeah I see it they should do more other stories cus there is amazing writers in comics media they have alot of different stories they just don't get spotlight

[@metsrus]

@@Elricsedric yup television and movies are turning to comic books for ideas more than ever, walking dead, sweet tooth, sandman, and etc. A lot of comics are getting optioned.

[@Elricsedric]

@@metsrus yeah they always did I just feel like they should promote the books more with them to get attention to alot of great stories cus I swear most people who watch these movies never know that they're comics

[@Yoko.Kurama]

Is the main storyline of this bounty hunters chasing the parents and the kid?

[@UnparalleledUniverse]

Great video man! Just finished Vol.9 and I am crushed. I think Prince Robot is my favorite character. It changes all the time though.

[@halfrocanadianv5086]

I just finished volume 9 and omg, that was a lot of hits packed into one trade.

[@Nassit-Gnuoy]

I literally just finished Volume 9 as well, and I’m actually sad af. And SPOILER ALERT, I really don’t like The Will now

[@bdfornies]

@@Nassit-Gnuoy me neither lol

[@keithbonilla5141]

Yo im addicted started reading vol 3weeks ago im on 5 now. Its great

[@noursaccount]

@@Nassit-Gnuoy same he was my favorite in the beginning but now i hate him

[@antoniopope1261]

You are a nice bit of flavor that KZbin needs. More creators like you would make KZbin great again. Your videos are so passionate yet funny, but you can also see the time and sheer love you put into each one. Hands down one of my favorite creators of all time cause you're good at making stuff.

[@TheKinglax94]

Make KZbin Great Again

[@koonowax2241]

That will be the first comment I write on yt. I love your channel because you a) talk about everything I love - Avatar, Hamilton, Saga, representation in Black Panther (you posted video just few days after I had an argument with my dad about why representation matters) and b) your videos are stunning and your narration is on point. And this Saga video is no different - you talk about what is most beautiful and more important in a pice of art and you do it perfectly. I love Saga, I reread it every time I buy new volume because this amazing space opera is mindblowing in its scope (all the places, characters, everything so weird, amazing and beautiful) but also so intimate at the same time. Also, I really like Marco and his violent/non-violent dilemma. But hey, every character has something I can take personally so yeah. Kudos for a great video

[@edgarjuarez6588]

I recently started reading and I think my favorite part about it it’s how it establishes every character, what they believe and how they’re like, and then mix them all in a series of events that changes one or more of them drastically so that next time two characters meet they have new motivations or characteristics. It moves so fast

[@iknowfacebutidontknowname5880]

Your videos always leave me with no words to express how much I love them

[@vicenteortegarubilar9418]

How is this channel still so good?? #samemovie.

[@MasoTrumoi]

Okay the part at Question 2 made me laugh so hard I had to hit the like. You are amazing HQ for such a small channel. Keep it up!

[@jaamaapii]

How much your whole style has gotten... more! More refined, more funny, more clever, more beautiful, more fricking mesmerising! I love you very much.

[@Hanbl-ip1tn]

I picked up the first comic in a second hand shop really early on and I didn’t know what I was about to embark on!! You really surprised me with this video but I’m glad you covered this series :)

[@danielachoresh1465]

I really like your channel, and because I trust you (you made an Avatar: The Last Airbender video so you have a phenomenal taste in movies etc.) I paused the video and started to read Saga. Amazing so far! I'll come back for this video once I've read all the issues, so no spoilers. Great content, keep going!!

[@t-vann48]

Good job. Saga is so good! Its easily one of my favorite comics I've ever read.

[@danielachoresh1465]

Update! 22 hours have passed and I couldn't stop reading. Finished all 52 issues, can't wait for more! Anyway, now I'll watch the video :)

[@samhitashantharam8505]

Where did you read this? Online or did you just buy the books?

[@miakarmesin8109]

Honestly how are your videos so consistently amazing and thoughtful?

[@Evakatt1]

OH MY GOD A VIDEO ESSAY OF MY FAVORITE COMIC!!!

[@samuelraji8343]

Y the Last Man is better. :)

[@MCC-dq7sd]

Shame.. this dude is annoying me one minute in

[@lachlanlindsay806]

Dude, this is so well crafted, found you on the subreddit, no regrets man.

[@VIVITROrpg]

Thanks man, I love Saga and this video reflects perfectly why I love the comic and why it's, hands down, one of the biggests comics. Awesome work and thanks, again.

[@themikx2939]

I've been putting off reading Saga for awhile now, whether it's work, school, or writing my own stuff. But you've made me really want to get invested in this world I'll probably pick up the first volume this weekend!

[@MakeStuffStudios]

(Stay tuned to the channel for the next couple weeks for a rad Saga project that's dope for newcomers 👍👍👍)

[@CWARrated]

I have always been curious about Saga, but now I am going to check it out. I really enjoy the content you create.

[@alyssababasa6285]

Ahh, goosebumps! This was so thoughtfully well-edited.

[@peri220]

I was doing pretty well at being patient for Saga's return. But after watching this video, I have lost my will to live in a world without Hazel & company. So, thanks for that!

[@chinaskibloodline]

'This is how an idea becomes real', it's true is a great first line. That said, lest we forget, the first line of dialogue; "Am I shitting? It feels like I'm shitting!"

[@MakeStuffStudios]

One of those is much more monetization friendly.

[@lorrainedaloba7292]

3:17 "Fiona Staples... Is just...I mean...look at..then the colors..is so PERFECT"

[@E-Chap]

Just finished the compendium. The thing I love most about Saga is the fantastic characters, and the fact there's not really a true main villain. Everyone has believable motivations and your view on certain characters changes so often.

[@AlyAce2012]

I started reading Saga at 17 and it became the first non marvel or DC comic I'd ever read. I'm 20 now and all caught up, I've been buying it issue by issue for almost a year now and it has yet to loose it's spark. Saga is my all time FAVORITE comic series, and this is coming from someone who's a big Batman family nerd and while the characters of DC have been around for longer in my life, Saga has me captivated in how honestly genuine but at the same time surreal it is. It paints it's world and characters in such a brutally honest way that I can't help nodding along to every nonsensical idea it presents, wether it be a cats that can tell when you're lying, people with TVs for heads, or rocket ships made from trees. Go read Saga if you haven't already please. (Also go read Chew it's my 2nd favorite comic and it's also from Image Comics. Also it's completed)

[@MakeStuffStudios]

Even after dissecting how the hell it's so danged good, I am still sincerely blown away by how danged good it is. And Chew is soooooo fantastic.

[@mackenzieyoung8751]

Me, trying to get a job: Well, I guess I know where Every Penny is going

[@Abonphire]

Literally read all the issues in under a month and my god how captivating this comic is. Everything you said was on point...... truly amazing..

[@samratsur8074]

Not to one up you but read all the issues in less than a week. It's just that good

[@Abonphire]

@@samratsur8074 okay you got it boss lol you right too ha ha.

[@PoppyHapalopus]

Saga has been my favorite comic for a long time and I think it will continue to be for years to come (especially because of my beloved Robot)

[@joebaumgart1146]

My favorite series of all time. I've collected every issue since the beginning.

[@CosmicNerdStudios]

Best part was you finding different ways to describe a blow job lol, but in all seriousness I couldn't agree more, I only started reading Saga a few weeks ago (largely so I could recommend it to a friend who seems to like Indy books more than the ones the big two puts out) and I almost instantly fell in love with the book, ITS SO GOOD!

[@l3gacies544]

Fantastic video and a fantastic channel. Love your work dude.

[@sandraswoggs5907]

How are you still so good at making these videos?!!!

[@nathanlee2942]

Mr. Stuff (I believe that is your name) your description of Saga made me realize how much I want a surprisingly similar comic (One Piece) to take it's characters more seriously. Great vid as always!

[@dan1dor0]

Man, good job! That’s an amazing video! I got the first 4 volumes years ago but I just started reading it and I love it.

[@nataliesumner7097]

I love your videos so much!!!! I really meant it. Every single thing you make is fantastic. Thank you for everything you do

[@Amethyst11ln]

I just paused 3 minutes in. This is the first time a video with a spoiler warning has gotten me to actually pause and say "maybe I should read it first..."

[@SPTV-Vids]

Prince Robot has got to be my favorite.

[@e.christopherclark7367]

KZbin tells me I haven't watched this before, but I don't believe it. At any rate, now that I'm finally binging on the "Horns & Wings" podcast during my commutes-which is absolutely PHENOMENAL BTW-I am taking your advice and (re-)watching this (again?).

[@oriitsemisan]

one day I hope to create something that can move people like this series! Love Saga

[@joeycruz7667]

Dude, you are knocking every one of these videos out of the park. SO well done.

[@MakeStuffStudios]

[@ToxicTony15]

Issue 54 truly ripped my heart out

[@osirisblack1324]

I cought up on SAGA over the weekend. Ugh, what have I been missing.

[@Anonymous-x1x]

2:13 into this video and I'm already dead set on buying this series. You sold me, no more spoilers. I'll come back to this video when I read the series.

[@lauranawrocka4148]

Somehow words were found to describe SAGA. Thanks.

[@ambersandboyland6240]

Still pissed that the high school I went to took the book off the shelves.

[@whitrobinson]

First, this video was very well done. Nice job! Second, I had no idea Saga even existed until today when I started to do some research on the book writing process. This video was entertaining and helpful, so thanks!

[@notsoevilgenius4484]

Those outtakes at the end are amazing. (And does anyone else think that "outtakes" looks like it's spelled wrong? I looked it up, and this is correct, but it just doesn't look right. Like the word "segueing." One has too many t's and the other has too many vowels...)

[@MakeStuffStudios]

I don't even wanna say how I just read "segueing" in my head.

[@notsoevilgenius4484]

I'm intrigued. Could always try to mention it in your next video, since I'll be watching it. :)

[@dbzrulesok]

Great video. Hope to see more from you. Also: my unsolicited Saga opinion is sort of in line with yours, that the series as a whole has gone from strength to strength in developing its world and characters to the point that the series could be seen as better now that it ever has been, but I'd also argue that the individual 6-ish part story arcs can vary pretty wildly in terms of quality, I especially had mixed feelings about the second from most recently completed story arc, the one on Phang, which I really don't think was executed as well as it could have been. That being said, perhaps that adds to the charm of the series? I certainly think that telling the wider story of Saga through these stories detailing individual events in the lives of the characters is the right way to tell this story, and I like having an ending of sorts every couple of issues.

[@theyketchup4544]

How did I skip this video now I want to head to my town's comic store and buy these Also the end was great

[@chuckieariola7406]

A saga is a long story of heroic achievement or even a medieval prose narrative in old norse stuff

[@kennethlaboy]

I commented on another video, "My niece and I trade different recommendations on books to read and discuss. I want to encourage her to read. I recommended "Berserk" & she recommended this... This is one of the hardest things I've ever had to read in my life. Its absolutely terrible. I've gotten to the latest volume and I simply can't continue. Its such a struggle. Luckily after my niece read "Berserk" she was hooked on Manga and never looked back; therefore, I don't have to read this series anymore (thank God). Its literally torture reading this series. Volumes 1 and 2 were so hard to get through. They were so BAD. Now she wats to read "coiling dragon" (Panlong), a Xianxia type novel with me. I'm hoping its not like this." I'm curious to see what others think.

[@rprojects8162]

1:20 i feel this, this is what i was asking myself constantly in the second half of compendium 1

[@patrickbaker1457]

Damn dude you nailed it. To answer your question The Will WAS my favorite character... Then he broke my heart. But I still like him kinda..

[@kayaeki]

I've never read a comic book, Im gonna try this

[@carnage247mayhem]

Good luck you’re in for a ride!

[@LilypadOW]

great stuff, hope you won’t fall off - your narration is lovely

[@horacealexander4146]

I like your videos, but I feel like for this video you gush about how you like the comic more than you explain how the elements pull in the reader. For example, when talking about how Fiona Staples uses color in her art, you summarize that the color usage is perfect instead of going over how the use of color captivates the reader. I think you could use more examples from the story of Saga because I feel like you were hesitant on using story examples in this video in order not to spoil the story for viewers who haven't read it yet, so some points were vague. In general, I like vids and I'm excited for the next one! I am definitely about to read Saga. This video made me interested.

[@MakeStuffStudios]

Yeah, this was definitely a tricky one since I wanted to be a bit broader with my praise to avoid diving too deep into spoiler territory (plus, I sorta hoped Fiona's art speaks for itself) but that is a totally valid critique! I'll try to add a few more adjectives to the next one instead of just being awestruck the whole time, lol.

[@RealMexFoodShouldntGiveUDrrhea]

I just started this yesterday and I'm on volume 5 already. It's just insanely good!

[@StaySafeDontDie]

welp, i have a new thing to read. god, your videos are so GOOD. why don't you have like 4789678934678236 subscribers and the ability to make a sustainable living doing what you love 24/7 with a solid work-life balance? well. i've been sending your videos when they come out to all my friends, so they can also get hooked on your content, too. baby steps.

[@DavidTorres-fk2jr]

Marko would be my favorite. I raised my niece and I feel like I do everything I can to right by her.

[@elementonly08]

Man just bought the compendium and found this video. Good stuff man.

[@MrDryb]

Marko is my favorite character

[@itschristaleeann]

I NEED TO CATCH UP ON SAGA DAMMIT 😬

[@MakeStuffStudios]

GET IT TOGETHER, CHRISTA.

[@itschristaleeann]

Make Stuff WILL FIX THIS IMMEDIATELY

[@Michael-rf6gw]

Your videos are legit SO good dude!

[@T3CHN0M4D]

Great vid. My favorite Saga Charakter is ghüs... I even have my little ghüs in pyjamas funcopop

[@vulpine81]

LMAO!!.."mouth to weiner resuscitation". The best thing I've heard all day.

[@fluter27]

Ill start saga right now. After your video

[@fluter27]

and:-I love it

[@idonthaveaname961]

In my language saga just means story

[@TheKinglax94]

You watch MediumDSpeaks? Oh man that dude is great and I cant wait for him to drop more videos! You guys should def check him out

[@IAmLeOmega5]

I was wondering, is the realistic humanism that is being portrayed in Saga that makes it relatable the same as the honesty that is being portrayed in BoJack Horseman?

[@IvanDiaz-ew2jx]

Never seen Saga... will start tomorrow i guess

[@treweis1141]

You seen to it's the best comic series ever and it's super good

[@bottombarrelbudgetfilms1854]

THE WILL Can't wait for his grand return

[@coolbeans5911]

Oof just came back from the latest issue . . . ye i feel empty inside

[@MakeStuffStudios]

Read it when it came out, and nearly a year later it still hurts SO MUCH.

[@chrispimentel3801]

I love reading this comic book so vary much because it's like star wars in the mix with game of thrones and dr seuss books but for adults of a dr seuss book ☺🍺🍹🍷

[@ComicManAndy]

Love the outtakes at the end lol. Great video about an amazing story. Thank you

[@YunJaeGDLuv]

Please make more videos! You got me to read this entire comic just to watch your video (I came here from watching the avatar video which I adored), and I’m kinda pissed off at you because you made me read something unfinished which left us on a cliffhanger 😱😭. But thanks regardless hahahah! Please make more videos!

[@MakeStuffStudios]

I refuse to apologize for this :b And LOTS of videos on the way!

[@averymartin1327]

Personally i find it's still so good because it doesn't try and play anything safe like so many other comics nowadays . People die and don't come back, cursing, ravages of war. Its not some happy fairy tale.

[@GuessYouFoundMeHowClever]

Need to check this out now. I blame you for my brokeness

[@snelldor1474]

Update: It’s coming back in January 2022.

[@ciscox]

4:18 netflix could make a show of this, like they did with Devilman Crybaby that shit is crazy.

[@beowulf4808]

I just hope Netflix doesn't find this and make an adaptation unless it's anime

[@TylerBartonMusic]

I like your analogies. 😐

[@aloyminimum]

What video editor do you use P.S. I love your channel

[@MakeStuffStudios]

Thanks, man! I use Adobe After Effects for all the animations, and then Final Cut Pro to put all of it together.

[@aloyminimum]

Make Stuff dude, now I'm actually reading Saga

[@GODSAVEPUNKROCK]

Idk how I read the first one than I bought the second one and my mum looked through it (I’m 15) the second one was taken off me O_O. Now I have to wait till I’m 17 😩 it was such a good story tho 😩😩😩😩😩😩😩😩

[@trashboat5388]

This guy is doing the script for the Gundam movie.

[@Backwooddevil]

Thank you for making this video. ***SPOILER*** My favorite character was Marco. I can’t believe what just went down. I mean I knew The Will was gonna catch up with them eventually, but shit.

[@MakeStuffStudios]

God, that issue solidified everything this video is about for me. I was equal parts destroyed by it, but also so grateful that there's a comic that makes me love the characters so much that it can even destroy me in the first place. On my latest read-through, Marko became my favorite, too. It's just so refreshing anymore to see such an ethical character in such an evil world.

[@typhoonzebra]

I stopped after 38 or thereabouts. Might pick it back up.

[@Amiliere]

it's the time to do it, they're going on a year + hiatus after this last arc.

[@jamesschrader8667]

Saga needs an animated series.

[@Franky007ization]

After watching this video I went straight to Amazon and ordered the three deluxe editions. Thanks man.

[@JB-rj9ey]

Lovin’ the videos dude. I would love to know what you use for editing your videos.

[@MakeStuffStudios]

Thanks! After Effects for all the animation, with the occasional photoshop (especially in this vid), then do the bigger edits in final cut pro!

[@jabelzebub1451]

This was just the video I was looking for. I'm a comic book nerd, I've been aware of Saga more or less since the beginning but didn't read it. Until a few weeks ago, when I started reading and was sucked in. Now I don't have anyone to talk about the comic and I want to know how other people feel about it.!

[@MakeStuffStudios]

Glad you found it!! And if you want more Saga talk, I just started up a podcast where we go through the comic issue-by-issue :D kzbin.info/door/-7atoEez92sBitLL8xAX8g

[@jabelzebub1451]

Just found out about that too :D Good on you on the podcast

[@jabelzebub1451]

On the long run, I sometime feel the series lacks moments of conclusion, but yea that's also the charm of it, the journey instead the destination and conclusion. Overall the balance between story, art and pacing is good and rear!

[@kristopherjones7997]

This would be a Great Telltale Game

[@lollipopdancer3]

Gah, I love saga so much, I agree with everything you said in this video. My favorite character is prince robot

[@thewitchfrommars]

I just ordered Book One of the Deluxe Hardcover prints. I'm so excited to read it!

[@gumass4534]

Well now I gotta reread all my Saga books

[@MrSecretSentai]

Damn I need to get back into Saga

[@felipeluquez5016]

It's backk!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@lexbogie1]

I’m gonna read it

[@RobertF-zj2rm]

Love love love love love love love love love love love love this video

[@lorena1628]

Okay then. I'll go start Saga.

[@chrissalinas1737]

Thinking of getting this comic looks cool

[@TheKinglax94]

Also awesome video as always! I'll check it out, you're awesome!

[@PlanetGoddess]

*Yes*