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      Even though it just encourages the “ancient aliens” crowd, I can thank Stargate for my love of anything that fuses Egyptian/Mayan/Aztec aesthetics and mythology with sci-fi.

      Edit: oooh, and other Native American tribes, too, like The Endless Nation in Hickman’s East of West

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          That’s an interesting connection, because I’m not sure I see much similarity in the art, but there’s definitely thematic and color similarity.

          To me, Saga and Fiona Staples take the absurd and gives it a cartoony realism, but Dragotta exaggerates features to the point that it’s almost surreal (almost like crossing Dalí and Mignola)

          But both series have that Star Wars/Firefly “lived-in” universe feel that makes it obvious that there’s a lot of history behind the scenes, and they both have the “space western” vibe, too. Maybe that’s the Image style: fleshed-out world building that leaves a lot to the imagination (in a good way)