I don’t normally do too many review on graphic novels, but recently I read the book “Y”, and I was floored. I love the concept, clever approach to story telling, and the speed at which character on paper effectively develop into people you care about in the story. “Y: THE LAST MAN”, winner of three Eisner Awards and one of the most critically acclaimed, best-selling comic books series of the last decade, is that rare example of a page-turner that is at once humorous, socially relevant and endlessly surprising. Written by Brian K. Vaughan (Lost, PRIDE OF BAGHDAD, EX MACHINA) and with art by Pia Guerra, On July 17, 2002, something (referred to as a plague) simultaneously kills every living mammal possessing a Y chromosome — including embryos, fertilized eggs, and even sperm. The only exceptions appear to be New York residents Yorick Brown, a young amateur escape artist, and his male Capuchin monkey, Ampersand. Society is plunged into chaos as infrastructures collapse, and the surviving women everywhere try to cope with the loss of the men, their survivor guilt, and the knowledge that – barring a rapid, major scientific breakthrough or other extraordinary happening – humanity is doomed to extinction. Yorick must travel across country to find his lost love, and find out why he appears to be the last man on earth.
“Funny and scary…an utterly believable critique of society. A+”
—THE WASHINGTON POST
“The best graphic novel I’ve ever read.”
—STEPHEN KING
“This year’s best movie is a comic book.”
—ALL THINGS CONSIDERED, NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO
“A seriously funny, nuanced fable…Grade A.”
—ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY