Wednesday, April 09, 2008

Y: THE LAST MAN


Y: THE LAST MAN, A COMIC WRITTEN BY BRIAN K. VAUGHAN, CHRONICLES A SLACKER HERO NAMED YORICK BROWN ON HIS QUEST TO LEARN WHY A MALE OBLITERATING PLAGUE SPARED ONLY HIM, AMPERSAND (HIS PET CAPUCHIN) AND A FEW BILLION WOMEN. 60 ISSUES WERE RELEASED OVER THE COURSE OF FIVE YEARS. MY GEEK-ASS READ THEM ALL IN ONE DAY!

I HAVE HAD THE COMICS FOR A WHILE, AND I WAS ONLY MISSING THE FIRST THREE ISSUES, SO I BOUGHT THE TRADE AND DECIDED TO START READING NOW!

BOMB ASS FUCKIN STORY!!!! NOT ONLY THE STORY, BUT THE CHARACTERS, DRAMA, CONFLICTS, COMEDIC ELEMENTS AND NUDITY, WERE AWESOME!

WHAT REALLY STOOD OUT WAS VAUGHAN'S FASCINATING SPECULATION ABOUT HOW A CATASTROPHIC EVENT LIKE THIS MIGHT TRANSFORM SOCIETY. PURE GENIUS! IT WAS HIS POP-INTELLECTUAL TIDBITS AND ONE-LINERS HE ADDED IN ALMOST EVERY ISSUE THAT REALLY BROUGHT THIS COMIC TO LIFE. NOT ONE ISSUE LET ME DOWN OR BORE ME...

I WONT BORE YOU WITH DETAILS ABOUT THE STORY, BUT THIS IS ONE COMIC SERIES THAT SHOULDN'T BE MISSED!!! I GIVE Y: THE LAST MAN A WELL DESERVED SOLID "A"

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