Friday, March 17, 2006

Y The Last Man by Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra



This is a really great graphic novel series - recommended by a friend at work who used to work in a comic book store.

I've read the first 4 softcover collections from the list below, we are probably going to be getting issues 5 and 6 this weekend.

The question is, what would happen if some unexplained phenomenon caused all the men and male mammals in the world to die at the same time, except for one twenty-something guy and his male monkey?

Yorick Brown is the guy in question here, and has been so far, very faithful to his girlfriend in Australia, even though he has no idea whether or not she is still alive. The book is beautifully drawn and the story just sucks you in completely, with all kinds of secrets, missing characters (Yorick's sister, the similarly Shakespearean named Hero, for example).

Reading comics for me is like watching a movie or a TV show, or having a dream. I just inhale them, especially when they are good. And I have such an unending supply of them available from my boyfriend's collection.
  1. Unmanned: Issues #1-5 - bought and read together with #2
  2. Cycles: Issues #6-10 - see above
  3. One Small Step: Issues #11-17 - bought and read last weekend with #4
  4. Safeword: Issues #18-23 - see above
  5. Ring Of Truth: Issues #24-31
  6. Girl on Girl: Issues #32-36
  7. Paper Dolls: Issues #37-42 (Outs May/17/06)

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