Y: The Last Man, Vol. 2 Cycles
Ratings86
Average rating4.2
Very well done, excellent art. I hope Yorick becomes way less insufferable and the female characters get some more depth, because this was more than a little bit of an MRA-style fantasy.
What would happen if all men on the planet died – except one? With every other post-apocalyptic story involving the same struggles, exploring an entirely new take on the world offered a refreshing change. For the entire series, I was thinking “one more...”, and enjoyed the eventual payoffs.
As my second dive into comics I got Book 1 & 2 for christmas.
And oh yes this is a grand opening. I already have way more fun with this than with my first dive “American Vampire”.
Y is very fast paced (at least Book 1 so far - could be because the overall state of the world and the first main characters get introduced on such few pages). There were a lot of jumps to other locations all around the world, and nearly every few pages or at least every chapter ended on some cliffhanger, or with a panel that just left me dying to read on. So I naturally really burnt through this quick. It was a really fun page turner and I start to realize that this is what I want in comics.
My only complaints are that really all the main characters (and even most all of the side characters) are pure cliche. Everyone fulfills their cliche roles and even says everything that fills this role. Also apparently everyone is seriously good looking in this “dystopian” world. There's not one unattractive character. I really hope these things will tone down a bit as the story progresses.
So for now...off to Book 2!
The premise of Y is that a plague of unknown origin has killed all the men on Earth, except for Yorick Brown and his helper monkey, Ampersand. In this volume, they really play with the concept of “last man on Earth”, as a Soyuz capsule with three astronauts on it, including two males, comes down to Earth. At the same time, a group of Israeli commandos makes a play to kidnap Yorick.
Vaughn kind of steps back a bit in this one, and gives us a bit of a wider view at what's going on outside of the US as a result of the gender plague. I really appreciate that, as most disaster genre stories tend to focus only on what's going on inside one country.
I was really surprised by this book! For some reason I misunderstood the concept of this book and I thought it was about the last HUMAN BEING on earth? But no, Yorick is the last MAN. All the ladies are still alive. Just in case anyone else was confused. To me, that's a much more interesting concept, and I think it's well-executed here with a lot of complexity. I'll definitely pick up the next volume.
All men on earth are mysteriously offed by an instant plague. All but one. Or so it seems. Fun. Not as fun as Saga, but good enough that I want to continue.
What would happen if all men on the planet died – except one? With every other post-apocalyptic story involving the same struggles, exploring an entirely new take on the world offered a refreshing change. For the entire series, I was thinking “one more...”, and enjoyed the eventual payoffs.