But it is also a job - and as someone who has had other actual challenging, jobs, this is as good as it gets. I'm this Forrest Gump of the pop culture world who keeps bumbling into these extraordinary circumstances. How does it all feel? Has the novelty warn off? You have had great success with comic books, graphic novels and television. Our conversation has been edited for clarity and length. In my recent conversation with Brian Vaughan, we discussed the origins of "Saga" and its relationship to the "pulps" and other stories from the golden age of science fiction, what it is like to be creative for a living, maintaining perspective while also being successful, how writing comic books and graphic novels can serve as a type of therapy, the dangers of nostalgia for the Reagan 1980s, and how race and gender afforded him opportunities and privileges that helped make his success possible. Like the best of science fiction, "Saga" is also a human and personal story about love, family, friendship, life and trying to raise a child in a world and universe that does not want to accept her - and at worst wants to do her harm. "Saga" is a high concept space opera about a galactic war, where a tree is a sentient space ship, there are aliens of every possible type (including a royal family who have televisions for faces), magic and science coexist, and the intrepid heroes fight - and often succeed - against seemingly impossible odds. In a career marked by so many successes and accolades, it is that series of graphic novels, "Saga," that is perhaps his most unique and memorable vision.
Vaughan was also awarded the prestigious Hugo Award for "Saga." He is the writer of such award-winning comic books and graphic novels as " Y: The Last Man," " Ex Machina" and " Paper Girls." Vaughan has also been a writer, editor and producer for such TV shows as "Lost," "Under the Dome," "The Runaways" and "Daredevil." Vaughan has won numerous awards for his work in comic books and graphic novels including 14 Eisner Awards and 14 Hugo Awards. Vaughan is one of the accomplished and unique voices in contemporary American comic books and popular culture.
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