Reviews

Y The last Man 09 by Brian K. Vaughan

odin45mp's review against another edition

3.0

A decent first act. I'll continue reading and see where this story goes.

sunscour's review against another edition

2.0

I know, I know, greatest thing every written... but it didn't do anything for me.
Fell a bit to the boring side. Art was only OK.

craftingcnage's review against another edition

4.0

I have just started reading this comic based on recommendations from a few people.

The running commentary on gender, politics, and religion in this book is pretty darn amazing for what one friend worried was 'too mainstream' of a comic for me. I will definitely be collecting more books in the series.

ian_9's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

sneaker22's review against another edition

adventurous reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

thesleepysloth's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

ayejaydee's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

trin's review against another edition

5.0

A plague hits, wiping out every mammal with a Y chromosome—except for a dude with the improbable name of Yorick Brown (his father was an English professor, y'see) and his pet monkey. This comic is incredibly, insanely good. The first volume launches into the story at a breakneck pace and for the most part it never lets up. Yorick is believably brave-but-not-an-action hero: that job's mostly left to Agent 355, a government shadow-operative who becomes his protector after the plague; she and Dr. Allison Mann, a geneticist with a secret, round out the trio of main characters, who, when I left off (damn you library! where's book 5?) are in the midst of a cross-country quest to reach Dr. Mann's backup lab in California. (There was a liiiiiiiiittle accident with her primary location in Boston.) I'm so far impressed with the characterization of the female characters—women are necessarily the antagonists, as they're the only ones left, but Vaughan does a good job making everyone's motivations complicated and generally real. The Yorick/355/Dr. Mann sorta-love triangle is fun, and I love how dorky but secretly fucked up Yorick is. He's like John Sheppard, in a way. Anyway: highly, highly recommended.

dreaming_ace's review against another edition

3.0

Since this comic occurs in a universe where only one man is living it has a wide range of different portrayals of women which is always nice to see in comics. I'm interested in seeing how this story develops.

moerenavillasenor's review against another edition

funny mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5