Guided by the outstanding writing talents of Brian K. Vaughan (Ultimate X-Men) and rising star artist Pia Guerra, this genre-busting and controversial series continues! After a mysterious plague devastates the global male population, Yorrick Brown is the last man left alive in a world of women. He has seen every man he knew die; his mother become de facto President; and his sister join a group of vicious killers. Now, seeking absolution for what he's been forced to do, he finds refuge with the church. But when the ring he was carrying for his fiancee is stolen, Yorick is suddenly struck down by the plague! Can his friends save him - and with him, the future of humanity? And what has become of his sister, Hero?
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About the Author:
Brian K. Vaughan has previously written episodes of Swamp Thing and The Hood mini-series. His current work includes Ultimate X-Men and Ex-Machina. Pia Guerra is a new and rising star in comics. Y: The Last Man is her first published work.
From Publishers Weekly:
An adolescent male daydream becomes a nightmare in this convoluted SF thriller. Having somehow survived a plague that instantly killed all the other men on Earth, Yorick Brown finds himself the object of universal desire. Unfortunately, some of the women frantically chasing him are members of a lesbian Amazon cult that wants revenge for centuries of masculine oppression. Others are more interested in exploiting Yorick's unique immunity than in having sex with him. In this collection of eight issues of the monthly comic, Yorick bounces from one group to another as he also tries to discover why he was spared and whether there is any way to make the world safe for other men. Meanwhile, women debate whether the world is really a better place without men—although the story so far shows that women are fully capable of taking over male roles in violence, conceit and general obtuseness. Guerra and Marzan's sedate art makes the extreme situations look convincing, and Vaughn's script keeps the interplay of different factions moving briskly even if readers can't be sure what each represents. Despite its outlandish premise, this works much better than it has any right to. (July)
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- PublisherGardners Books
- Publication date2005
- ISBN 10 1845760433
- ISBN 13 9781845760434
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages144
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