Awesome Comic Series

I've gotten hooked on a "comic" series called Y, The Last Man. Really fascinating SF story.

The premise is that some form of global event simultaneously kills every last mammal on the planet with a Y chromosome... except for one man and his pet monkey. All he cares about is reuniting with his girlfriend, who was vacationing in the Australian outback. Meanwhile, people around him are trying to keep him alive in hopes of repopulating the planet and figuring out what happened.

The series basically explores what happens to society in the wake of the event of every last man on Earth dieing. Really well written and fascinating.

Not if you were the last man on... Oh yeah, right, Um sure I'll go out with you.

So far he's had more people try to kill, capture, or sell him than try any sort of hanky panky.

Writer/artist...? Publisher? Sounds interesting.

That sounds like a good one. Chuck's birthday is coming up, your timing is most excellent.

Duke wrote: Writer/artist...? Publisher? Sounds interesting.

The first book.

Can be had on Amazon, here: http://tinyurl.com/mzzp9z

Written by Brian K. Vaughan. Illustrated by Pia Guerra. Published by Vertigo comics (a subsidiary of DC, that tends to publish the more mature or literary works).

They also have hard cover "deluxe" editions. Looks like each of those combines two of the regular soft-cover books. The soft covers are cheaper at the local bookstore though, and I prefer having a lighter weight book.

The monkey is also male, which makes for an interesting twist to the story, since the main character can't just have been pure coincidence.

EastCoastMojo wrote: That sounds like a good one. Chuck's birthday is coming up, your timing is most excellent.

If he's never read it, I'm a huge fan of "Bone", by Jeff Smith. It's not nearly as heavy, but the story and characters are great. I've re-read it several times and it's a great relaxing read. The story draws you in faster than you realize. It starts out almost purely light-heartedly and humorous, until suddenly you realize they've become embroiled in an epic quest of Tolkein-esque grandeur.

This sounds like a movie that Charlton Heston did in the 70's called Omega Man. They then did a re-make recently with Will Smith...

Both based on the novel "I am Legend" by Richard Matheson.

I thought they had to be called "graphic novels" now or the 40-something people who still live with mom will get upset.

Kamandi?

"I ART THE LAST BOY!" - Thor

A graphic novel is just a longer book in sequential art form. "Comic" is still a valid term for anything under about 40 pages.

Duke wrote: A graphic novel is just a longer book in sequential art form. "Comic" is still a valid term for anything under about 40 pages.

"Y" falls into both of these categories. It was originally a comic series. Like many successful series, it has been combined into books that typically span 6 issues, or one minor story arc, in each book.

Rojofro wrote: This sounds like a movie that Charlton Heston did in the 70's called Omega Man. They then did a re-make recently with Will Smith... Both based on the novel "I am Legend" by Richard Matheson.

"Y" is a fairly different story. It's not about the last human left alive in a city. It's about the last male left alive on the planet. The event that caused this is also a big mystery. It wasn't a plague that spread. All males just died at essentially the same time. No one knows why, but everyone seems to have a theory.

So, although the initial premises seem relatively similar, what the stories do with those is vastly different. There is definitely a lot more about gender and politics in "Y".

Bought it. The reviews were good so I'll check it out. I'm always looking for new books.

Salanis wrote: If he's never read it, I'm a *huge* fan of "Bone", by Jeff Smith. It's not nearly as heavy, but the story and characters are great. I've re-read it several times and it's a great relaxing read. The story draws you in faster than you realize. It starts out almost purely light-heartedly and humorous, until suddenly you realize they've become embroiled in an epic quest of Tolkein-esque grandeur.

Ohh yeah, he likes "Bone". I have ordered the first "Y" book from Amazon. Thansk again for the heads up!