Title: Y Pdf The Last Man Book One
Published Date: 2008
"Promises to be a compelling series."—Booklist "Complete and utter gold."—Publishers Weekly"A seriously funny, nuanced fable.... Grade A."—Entertainment Weekly"Funny and scary ... an utterly believable critique of society. A+"—Washington Post"This year's best movie is a comic book."—"All Things Considered," National Public Radio Brian K. Vaughan is the Eisner and Harvey Award-Winning co-creator of many critically acclaimed comic books, including Y: The Last Man, Ex Machina, Runaways and The Pride of Baghdad. A professional comics writer since his days as an undergraduate film student at New York University, Brian has written every major DC and Marvel character from Batman to X-Men. He's also written several screenplays, stage plays, and short stories, but mostly, he likes to work on the funny books. Pia Guerra was born in New Jersey in 1971. Through the 1990s Pia worked on various independent titles including the Bruiser, Sinnamon, Slip, Weird Business, Asylum, and a series of gaming manuals for White Wolf's Masquerade, Changeling and Werewolf lines. In early 2001 Pia began working on Y: The Last Man written by Brian K. Vaughan. Since its release in July of 2002 response to the book has been overwhelmingly positive. Pia won the Shuster Award for Outstanding Canadian Comic Book Artist of 2006 for her work on Y: The Last Man. Pia lives with her husband, writer Ian Boothby (Futurama, Simpsons comics) and three mostly lovable cats August, Charlie and Kinsey.
Written by Brian K. Vaughan (Lost, Pride of Baghdad, Ex Machina) and with art by Pia Guerra, this is the saga of Yorick Brown—the only human survivor of a planet-wide plague that instantly kills every mammal possessing a Y chromosome. Accompanied by a mysterious government agent, a brilliant young geneticist and his pet monkey, Ampersand, Yorick travels the world in search of his lost love and the answer to why he's the last man on earth.
Collects Y: The Last Man #1-10.
Stephen King's quote must of been for something else Not sure where all the positive reviews for this series are coming from. Volume 1 does not stand by itself or interest me in a way to continue. I'm assuming there is a twist later, but the way all the men die doesn't make any sense. Every decision that every character makes especially the protagonist are beyond stupid. There is not one believable or interesting character or situation. The artwork is mediocre at best. I would avoid this serious like the plague that targets the Y chromosome unless you are specifically on a mission to read every graphic novel ever made.An Impossilby Original and Creative Graphic Novel First off, I'll start with the actual book itself. I checked out the other options, and I must say that the Deluxe Edition Books are the must buy, as currently the first book is actually cheaper than buying the first two normal volumes. What you get here is of amazing quality, with it being hardcover, and I think slightly over-sized from the comic, which helps make the amazing art really shine. For the story, the main idea isn't too original, where every man dies, but the resulting conflicts are completely original, to a point where I was almost amazed someone had the creativity to make something like Y: The Last Man. No one knows what killed off every single mammal with a Y chromosome, but whatever it was for some reason it left one comical escape artist stuck in a rut and his male monkey alive in a world of confused and pissed off women. The group of main characters is completed with a genetic scientist that almost created a successful clone of herself right at the time of the apocalyptic event, and a secret agent, ordered by the new female president to protect the last man on earth. The group goes on a cross country trek to try to figure out a way to save humanity, while facing life threatening road blocks every step of the way. My only problem with this graphic novel, is that some of the reasoning of the villains is kind of goofy and forced, mainly the insane Amazons. They do at times give a reason for why they are the way they are, but at the same time it all boiled down to, oh they're just crazy, instead of giving them an actual purpose or reason for their horrible actions. Still, I'd highly recommend this Deluxe Edition Book, and I'd say that everyone should have Y: The Last Man on their shelves.The last man on Earth is not alone. If you've made it this far then you probably already know what the series is about. In case you don't, Yorick Brown becomes the last known man alive when a mysterious plague wipes all other life on earth that have a Y chromosome with the exception of his pet monkey, Ampersand. Together they are mankind's last hope and must survive many horrors and obstacles to hopefully find a cure and bring mankind back from extinction while also reuniting Yorick with girlfriend Beth in Australia.When I first heard of this series I was very intrigued by the concept and knew I wanted to read it. Thankfully they had it at my local library and I picked up volume one only to find I could not put it down. This series in amazing as I'm sure many other reviewers are already telling you. The characters are likable and feel like real people despite the extraordinary circumstances around them. They include of course many strong female characters such as a secret agent assigned to protect Yorick, a biologist trying to bring mankind back who may know more about the incident then she's let on, an Israeli officer that will stop at nothing to find the last man on Earth whose motive and goal is unclear, and many more. The dialogue is witty and the storyline is addictive. Nearly every chapter ends with a revelation of some kind that shakes your perception of the world within the comic without relying on cheap tricks to keep the reader engaged. I don't want to spoil anything for people that haven't read it before but I will say that if you haven't given this series a chance yet and it isn't at your local library then here is the best place to start. I seriously doubt you'll regret it.
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