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A Decent Start When reading a long graphic novel series you have to usually remember that for the most part they get better as they go along. The first volume will lay the groundwork and this will often lead many to say that a comic is boring. Y The Last Man Vol 1 is good enough to make you want to read the next one but has some serious flaws. For starters women are portrayed as rather one dimensional and Yorick can be a little annoying in his single minded attempt to get to his girlfriend when humanity is obviously... more info
A males dream come true? Imagine waking up one morning and finding out you are the very last man alive on Earth. Billions of women and your the only hope for the survival of the human race. Sounds like a dream come true, endless late nights and not a headache in sight....Right.....Wrong!
Speaking totally from a male perspective it really does seem like heaven on earth, but throw in violent hoards of vigilante lesbian biker chicks, Israeli special forces on a mission to kidnap you for mass fertilization, an american government... more info
Interesting, but could be better... I agree with most of the positive comments about Brian Vaughn's writing - he is an original voice, and his storytelling and ideas are top drawer. However, what really let's this down - and renders it inferior to the far less-hyped but much more fully-realised 'Ex Machina' - is the artwork. It's not that the art itself is bad - it isn't; it's just that somehow it just isn't fully evocative of the tone and feel of the writing. This is thoughtful stuff, but the art is pretty basic one-dimensional comic... more info
One of the best titles available... This series is pure class. Brian K. Vaughn is one of the most talented and original writers working in graphic novels today. His contributions to Ultimate X-men have been excellent, 'Runaways' was relevant and enlightening and 'Ex Machina' is a political pleasure to read. However, 'Y - The Last Man' is his masterpiece. I don't want to offer any spoiler information but the basic premise is that Yorrick Brown, a young and slighly daft escape-artist, is the only man left alive after a mysterious... more info
