I always have a few books piled up on my bedside table, but I don’t often actually read in bed. When insomnia hits at 3am, though, and you’re partway through an excellent comic, you take the opportunity to finish it.

Saga by Brian K Vaughn is a comic that has been recommended to me many times, and has appeared on many must-read articles, and after finishing this first volume I can see why. Two soldiers from opposite sides of a never-ending war fall in love, and bring a new life into the world- and so the struggle begins to find a place to keep their child safe, and live their lives. Part fantasy, part sci-fi, it deals with concepts of morality and belonging, and is illustrated so beautifully by Fiona Staples. I’m so glad there is more of this out there, because I can totally see myself bingeing the hell out of this series