I've just started to re-read the first volume of Saga while I wait for the next to arrive by mail (I spent a frustrating half hour or so trying to locate the scattered volumes of the series at my local Barnes and Noble, only to discover that the two copies in-stock had actually been most likely stolen.)
Saga is written by Brian K. Vaughan, who has worked in television and is also the creator of Y: The Last Man and Ex Machina. Its art is by Fiona Staples.
The story is told from the perspective of Hazel, the baby who is born in the first few panels of the first volume, though at least for now, given that she is a newborn infant, its main characters are really her parents, Alana and Marko.
The two of them are deserters from a war that has been going on longer than anyone can remember between two factions of human-like people who have animal features. The war is between those who have wings and live on the large planet Landfall, and those who have horns, who live on its moon, Wreath.
The destructive power available to both sides (Landfall with technology, Wreath with magic) has made it too dangerous for both sides to continue fighting on their own planets, and so they have "outsourced" the war elsewhere in the galaxy.
Alana and Marko are in grave danger, not only because both sides see one as a deserter and the other as the enemy, but also because some mysterious higher-ups have decided that the hybrid Hazel (who has both horns and wings, and eyes that are... well, guess) needs to be taken in and done god-knows-what to.
We follow this couple as they scramble immediately after childbirth to try to get off the planet, as well as two other figures. One of these is Prince Robot IV. The Robots have been hired by Landfall to aid in the war against Wreath. IV is, like all of his kind, a human-like being that happens to have a television for a head and an arm that can apparently transform into a powerful cannon. IV is eagerly awaiting the birth of his own child, but is sent by the King to find the child, while he deals with PTSD from his previous experiences in the war.
The other is The Will - one of several "The"-titled bounty hunters known as Freelancers. The Will is hired by people on Wreath to get the child, but this is complicated when an ex named The Stalk is put on the case as well. Oddly, The Will is one of the very few characters that we see who appear to be totally human. And while he's clearly a merciless mercenary, he has some semblance of a conscience.
I've only just scratched the surface of this story, but it immediately draws you in with the fantastical world filled with believable characters. The chemistry and rapport between Alana and Marko is established immediately, and you find yourself rooting for them. A word of warning, though - there's a lot of pretty horrific violence, and a bit of sexual content.
