Y: The Last Man

[laceblade]

There's one thing I forgot to say about Angel, season 1. The Ring: BAD EPISODE, OR WORST EPISODE?

Because Gretchen is amazing, she lent me the first volume of Brian K. Vaughan's comic series, "Y: The Last Man." The series is published by Vertigo, a subsidiary of DC Comics known for publishing more "edgy" series that contain violence, mature themes, etc. Vertigo has published V for Vendetta, Preacher, Hellblazer, The Sandman, and more.

I've been reading Vaughan's Runaways for a few years now, so I was excited to try something else by him. This series definitely seems a lot more thought-out than Runaways.

The premise of Y: The Last Man is that every single man (and male animal) on Earth dies simultaneously. Except for one man: an unemployed English major named Yorick Brown. Also, one monkey: Yorick's pet, named Ampersand (lol English major).

I haven't read enough of the series to have much to say about it, but as a girl who loves English literature and American politics, this series is awesome. Yorick's sister name is Hero (after a main character in Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing), and I think it's the most amazing thing ever that he and his sister are named after Shakespeare characters.

I also love the new U.S. president, and I look forward to seeing how this series continues. Its exploration of how different groups of women react differently to the lack of men is really interesting, and makes complete sense.

oyceter on volume one here

Comments

[brdgt.livejournal.com]

Isn't Y great? Have you tried Ex Machina yet? That is another Vaughn title.

[mystickeeper.livejournal.com]

No, not yet! I totally should, though.

[sasha-feather.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad you're reading Y. It's awesome. (Seconding Ex Machina-- it's very political, I think you'll like it too (although I'm not as taken with the characters, personally)).

[were-duck.livejournal.com]

I'm finishing up on the trade paperbacks of Y now, the series is so good, although the uberfeminazis were a little off-putting... I've read the first 3 books of Ex Machina and I really think you'd like it, it's about this guy who can communicate with and control any machine, and he becomes mayor of New York after his big role in 9/11. It's a pretty good series, although there's something about the art I find a little distracting. And it doesn't have quite so many precious English-majorly moments as Y does.

[bibliofile.livejournal.com]

I'm finishing up on the trade paperbacks of Y now

You and mystickeeper timed your reading of the series just right: the final issue of the comic (#60) comes out on January 30th. I made the foolish mistake of starting with the trade paperbacks when the library system's collection stopped at volume 5. I hate you both!