He acknowledges that some people think it’s a mistake to use Hazel’s voice in this way, seeing as it shows the reader that Hazel lives.

He was inspired for the design of the text being layered directly over the art by children’s books he began reading once he had children. This form of narration was a new approach for Vaughan. When he got to the end of Y: The Last Man, though, he was tempted to change the ending he had originally planned years before, but decided to keep it, saying that “I do feel loyalty to the dumb kid that came up with it in the first place.” Hazel’s Narration in Saga: In a long series, he’ll have planned major signposts along the way toward which he writes each installment, including character introductions and exits. He doesn’t actually start a story until he knows where it is going to end. Characters grow out of that, and he proceeds by thinking about “what terrible things I can do to them.” Instead, he tends to stick to a theme of what terrifies him. Vaughan doesn’t have a specific order of elements when planning a story, unable to separate the characters from the locations from the plot. Staples has no interest in spoilers from Vaughan ahead of time, preferring to experience the script as a reader would, letting her visceral feelings and reactions drive what she creates. The process essentially boils down to Vaughan’s writing the script first, and then passing it off to Staples for the art. So I wanted to talk about the experience of fatherhood and childhood, but smuggle it inside of something interesting.' The Creation Process with Saga Co-Creator and Artist Fiona Staples:

And whenever I'm frightened and confused by something, I try to write about it.' However, he acknowledged that 'nothing is more boring than hearing people talk about their children. When asked what source material he had as inspiration for Saga, Vaughan was a quick with an amusingly blunt response: 'I knocked up my wife.' He went on to explain that they 'made babies and it was really terrifying. “If you want to make stories that resonate, you have to look into what troubles and concerns you,' which often turns out to be the same things that trouble others as well. Vaughan often uses his writing to sort through things going on in his own life.

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