Title: Y: The Last Man Book 1
Author: Brian K. Vaughan
Artist: Pia Guerra
Genre: Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi
Year Published: 2008
Year Read: 2012
Series: Y: The Last Man Book 1
Publisher: Vertigo Comics
Source: Library
Content Rating: Ages 16+ (Strong Language and Mature Themes)
Buy on: Amazon // Book Depository
Introduction:
What would happen if you became the last gender (whether you
are a male or female) on the face of the planet? Well, that is what we are discovering in Brian K. Vaughan’s Eisner Award winning classic graphic novel, “Y: The Last Man: Book One!”
After hearing so many glowing reviews about this graphic novel, I
decided to give this book a shot and man, was I blown away by the creative
concept of this graphic novel! “Y: The Last Man: Book One” is definitely
one of the most dramatic and creative graphic novels ever created!
What is this story
about?
Yorick Brown was a twenty-two year old young man who had a
job as an amateur escape artist. He was
planning on proposing to his girlfriend Beth when all of a sudden, all the men
and the male animals around the world started dying off when a mysterious
plague hits the world and only the males with the Y chromosome are
affected. Fortunately, only Yorick and
his pet male monkey Ampersand survived the plague and now Yorick must find out
more about the plague and try to save mankind while trying to find his
girlfriend Beth who is on the other side of the world!
What I loved about
this story:
The premise and Brian K. Vaughan’s writing: When I
first heard about this book, I was thinking to myself about how would you write
a book about being the last man standing on Earth? Brian
K. Vaughan has done an impressive job at bringing out that aspect as it was
done in an extremely creative and intense way!
After reading so many books that deal with a post-apocalyptic setting,
whether it dealt with oppressive governments (The Hunger Games) or crime ruling the city (Fray), “Y: The Last Man”
was a truly unique case of a post-apocalyptic setting as it has it set up where
all the men (including the male animals) of the world are wiped out, leaving
only the women to occupy the world, which gives us a “what if” moment about
what would happen if one gender is wiped out by an unknown force? I loved the way that Brian K. Vaughan really delved into the set up of this world as not
only do we readers try to find out what caused the plague that caused the death
of many men around the world, but we also see how the women of the world try to
deal with the politics and the technology that were once occupied by the men. I also loved the main character Yorick Brown
as he is extremely funny and optimistic, despite being the last man on Earth
and I enjoyed seeing him trying to help the women who are trying to save
mankind accomplish their goals and I loved the witty dialogue that Brian K. Vaughan wrote for all the
characters in this book.
Pia Guerra’s artwork: Pia
Guerra’s artwork along with coloring by Pamela Rambo and inking by Jose
Marzan Jr., really brought out a dramatic feel to this story as the characters
look realistic and the colorings really brought out bright yet intense feel to
the story. Probably some of my favorite
artwork in this graphic novel was of Yorick himself as he has brown wavy hair
and also has a laid back look on his face that really made me feel for the
character.
What made me feel
uncomfortable about this story:
Probably the only problems with this graphic novel are that
there is some strong language in this book like the “f” word and the “s” word
and some disturbing content. The idea
about a plague killing off the men in the world is a disturbing thought and
could scare some readers who are uncomfortable about the subject of diseases
spreading around the world.
Final Thoughts:
Overall, “Y: The Last Man” is easily one of the most
CREATIVE, INVENTIVE and INTENSE graphic novels I have
ever read and I would HIGHLY RECOMMEND this book to anyone who is
a huge fan of Brian K. Vaughan’s works and love reading
about post-apocalyptic worlds!
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