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Y: The Last Man #10
Y: The Last Man, Vol. 10: Whys and Wherefores
WINNER OF THREE EISNER AWARDS, featured in THE NEW YORK TIMES and on NPR, THE LAST MAN is the gripping saga of Yorick Brown, an unemployed and unmotivated slacker who discovers he is the only male left in the world after a plague of unknown origin instantly kills every mammal with a Y chromosome. Accompanied by his mischievous monkey, Ampersand, and the mysterious Agent 355, Yorick embarks on a transcontinental journey to find his long-lost girlfriend and discover why he is the last man on earth.
Yorick Brown's long journey through an Earth populated only by women comes to a dramatic, unexpected conclusion in this final volume. Collects issues #55-60 of Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra's award-winning Vertigo series.
Yorick Brown's long journey through an Earth populated only by women comes to a dramatic, unexpected conclusion in this final volume. Collects issues #55-60 of Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra's award-winning Vertigo series.
168 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 1, 2008
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Brian K. Vaughan
1,059 books14.2k followersBrian K. Vaughan is the writer and co-creator of comic-book series including SAGA, PAPER GIRLS, Y THE LAST MAN, RUNAWAYS, and most recently, BARRIER, a digital comic with artist Marcos Martin about immigration, available from their pay-what-you-want site www.PanelSyndicate.com
BKV's work has been recognized at the Eisner, Harvey, Hugo, Shuster, Eagle, and British Fantasy Awards. He sometimes writes for film and television in Los Angeles, where he lives with his family and their dogs Hamburger and Milkshake.
BKV's work has been recognized at the Eisner, Harvey, Hugo, Shuster, Eagle, and British Fantasy Awards. He sometimes writes for film and television in Los Angeles, where he lives with his family and their dogs Hamburger and Milkshake.
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January 30, 2025
I totally respect all of you who loved Y: The Last Man, but we must have read 2 different stories, as I wasn't enamored in the same way I feel most of my friends were with it.
Mainly, because as the volumes wore on, I felt the only way I would be able to fondly remember my time with Yorick was if somehow Vaughan made it all worthwhile in the end.
He did not.
Not for me, at least.
There were some interesting elements to the plot for sure, but nothing that made up for the lack of good characters. <--again, this is just how I felt about them.
355 is maybe the closest thing to a likable character you get in this, but she was so closed off that I never felt like I really knew her. Plus, she has some goofy Alex Rider: teenage spy! backstory that didn't make any sense once you pulled it apart.
It was stuff like that that made it hard for me to stop making a face and just enjoy all the plot holes. And make no mistake, those holes are plentiful and HUGE.
Like, I feel weird even calling them holes.
The plague that killed every man on the planet simultaneously is itself a major offender in this way. The dumb-ass theory that Dr. Mann's father throws out there is ridiculous.
It's like Vaughn just decided he didn't want to bother with decent explanations. Instead, he had the characters give each other a little it really doesn't matter why things happened, just that they happened talk.
And I'm sure that I'm supposed to smile and remember that It's the Journey, Not the Destination that matters.
Except I went on this journey with fucking Yorick.
And I would be hard-pressed to name a more annoying protagonist to go on a 10 VOLUME trek across the globe with.
So yeah, it really was about the destination for me.
It also seemed as though BKV wanted to scare the shit out of us, and decided to create the worst possible scenario when it came to the sort of man that might survive this gender apocalypse.
Mildly irritating with zero sense of self-preservation and no real redeeming qualities?
Excellent!
Lets follow that guy's journey, shall we?
And as if to just kind of layer in the horrible traits, he makes Yorick an amateur magician. Tell me, is there anything more draining than being trapped with an adult who wants to show you magic tricks?
Yes.
Being trapped on a date with that same emotional vampire.
And yet, with his Last Man status held high, Yorick the Magician fucks his way across the oceans on a quest to find Beth, his maybe fiancée. <--we're not sure if she said yes before the phone lines cut out.
Anyway. Yorick is an aspiring Houdini, who despite being a moron in every other part of his life, has somehow managed to become an Ocean's Eleven-level lockpick and escape artist.
This is his ONE defining characteristic and it will be crammed down your throat till the last page.
Ok, Vaughn. I get it. This is the story of the not-very-special guy.
But let me tell you, there's a reason there aren't any comics out there about the person who cuts Superman's hair or mows Batman's lawn.
Nobody cares.
Oh well.
While I'm burning all the bridges, let me take this time to say that I hate the pretentious names. Giving your kids weird names because you teach Shakespeare is bad enough, but when one of those names sounds like the gagging noise my cat makes when it coughs up a hairball, you've crossed into borderline abusive territory. I really hope when Yorick and Hero's fictional father died, it hurt like hell.
The ending!
The journey to find Beth ended with the trumpeting of a squeaky fart.
355. She does give you the most bang for your buck.
And what about Alter, the crazy Israeli who has been chasing Yorick across the world?
And Yorick.
Anyway. It may not seem like it from the wall of text I've written, but I didn't set out to shit on a much-loved graphic novel. I'm disappointed in the ending for multiple reasons, but if you loved this? I'm not going to argue and tell you that you're wrong. Our tastes are different, but your opinion is just as valid as mine.
Buddy read with A: The Last Man I'd Trust With My Passwords.
Mainly, because as the volumes wore on, I felt the only way I would be able to fondly remember my time with Yorick was if somehow Vaughan made it all worthwhile in the end.
He did not.
Not for me, at least.
There were some interesting elements to the plot for sure, but nothing that made up for the lack of good characters. <--again, this is just how I felt about them.
355 is maybe the closest thing to a likable character you get in this, but she was so closed off that I never felt like I really knew her. Plus, she has some goofy Alex Rider: teenage spy! backstory that didn't make any sense once you pulled it apart.
It was stuff like that that made it hard for me to stop making a face and just enjoy all the plot holes. And make no mistake, those holes are plentiful and HUGE.
Like, I feel weird even calling them holes.
The plague that killed every man on the planet simultaneously is itself a major offender in this way. The dumb-ass theory that Dr. Mann's father throws out there is ridiculous.
It's like Vaughn just decided he didn't want to bother with decent explanations. Instead, he had the characters give each other a little it really doesn't matter why things happened, just that they happened talk.
And I'm sure that I'm supposed to smile and remember that It's the Journey, Not the Destination that matters.
Except I went on this journey with fucking Yorick.
And I would be hard-pressed to name a more annoying protagonist to go on a 10 VOLUME trek across the globe with.
So yeah, it really was about the destination for me.
It also seemed as though BKV wanted to scare the shit out of us, and decided to create the worst possible scenario when it came to the sort of man that might survive this gender apocalypse.
Mildly irritating with zero sense of self-preservation and no real redeeming qualities?
Excellent!
Lets follow that guy's journey, shall we?
And as if to just kind of layer in the horrible traits, he makes Yorick an amateur magician. Tell me, is there anything more draining than being trapped with an adult who wants to show you magic tricks?
Yes.
Being trapped on a date with that same emotional vampire.
And yet, with his Last Man status held high, Yorick the Magician fucks his way across the oceans on a quest to find Beth, his maybe fiancée. <--we're not sure if she said yes before the phone lines cut out.
Anyway. Yorick is an aspiring Houdini, who despite being a moron in every other part of his life, has somehow managed to become an Ocean's Eleven-level lockpick and escape artist.
This is his ONE defining characteristic and it will be crammed down your throat till the last page.
Ok, Vaughn. I get it. This is the story of the not-very-special guy.
But let me tell you, there's a reason there aren't any comics out there about the person who cuts Superman's hair or mows Batman's lawn.
Nobody cares.
Oh well.
While I'm burning all the bridges, let me take this time to say that I hate the pretentious names. Giving your kids weird names because you teach Shakespeare is bad enough, but when one of those names sounds like the gagging noise my cat makes when it coughs up a hairball, you've crossed into borderline abusive territory. I really hope when Yorick and Hero's fictional father died, it hurt like hell.
The ending!
The journey to find Beth ended with the trumpeting of a squeaky fart.
355. She does give you the most bang for your buck.
And what about Alter, the crazy Israeli who has been chasing Yorick across the world?
And Yorick.
Anyway. It may not seem like it from the wall of text I've written, but I didn't set out to shit on a much-loved graphic novel. I'm disappointed in the ending for multiple reasons, but if you loved this? I'm not going to argue and tell you that you're wrong. Our tastes are different, but your opinion is just as valid as mine.
Buddy read with A: The Last Man I'd Trust With My Passwords.
March 22, 2023
Notes: Grade and review pending re-read. Collective review for volumes 9-10 can be found here: Y: The Last Man - The Deluxe Edition Book Five.
March 24, 2025
This is the most beautiful epilogue to a comic series I have ever read.
It's elegant and mind-blowing and satisfying.
I was very sad to see 355 die since all the signs said that she and Yorick will be together in the end.
I was heartbroken with Yorick to know that Beth the first was going to break up with him before the plague.
I was very excited to see the old Yorick in his straight jacket and was wondering all the time, why the hell hasn't he escaped from it long ago, but as the saying goes better late then never.
Thanks for an amazing piece of art.
It's elegant and mind-blowing and satisfying.
I was very sad to see 355 die since all the signs said that she and Yorick will be together in the end.
I was heartbroken with Yorick to know that Beth the first was going to break up with him before the plague.
I was very excited to see the old Yorick in his straight jacket and was wondering all the time, why the hell hasn't he escaped from it long ago, but as the saying goes better late then never.
Thanks for an amazing piece of art.
December 4, 2009
It'll be hard to respond to this without spoiling a lot, but here goes...
So we finally bring all the characters together, and all the longing and all the inconvenient things that could happen do. Someone wants to confess something only for someone else to interrupt with another earthshattering event. Who does Yorick want to be with? Y: The Last Man has always had an element of soap opera disguised as philosophy, but this is by far the most heavyhanded and ignorantly blunt volume in the run. The big reunion is a total bust (and not in the Lonesome Dove fashion of deep and meaningful change over time), and turns into fodder for one more big fight scene (admittedly with a couple of great allusions to the visual history of the series). The meta-fictional story where a director turns to comic books deserves the "Meh" Yorick dumps on it at the end. I understand the drive to do something deeper within escapist entertainment, but Y: The Last Man isn't nearly deep enough to be patting itself on the back for it, especially not after a streak of disappointing stories. The final arc is certainly a step up from the penultimate one, but does not step nearly high enough on all that was built throughout the series.
The final chapter is a cop-out, first skipping ahead sixty years, then bebopping around within the sixty year timeframe, robbing us of the thorough resolution we read over one thousand pages to reach. Many of the things we glimpse in these future tenses are cool, but highly improbable or unbelievable without proper explanation, and because this is the end, we'll never understand how or why they happened; not the cultural or scientific advances, not how characters grew to the point where they did the things they were depicted as doing. At the end of such a long journey, this was a very disappointing ending, and far from an apt one when you realize all the characters you followed either died or wound up doing things that bore little or no relation to what they'd been doing for 1000+ pages.
Understand that I'm not mad, just sourly disappointed after how good this series was.
So we finally bring all the characters together, and all the longing and all the inconvenient things that could happen do. Someone wants to confess something only for someone else to interrupt with another earthshattering event. Who does Yorick want to be with? Y: The Last Man has always had an element of soap opera disguised as philosophy, but this is by far the most heavyhanded and ignorantly blunt volume in the run. The big reunion is a total bust (and not in the Lonesome Dove fashion of deep and meaningful change over time), and turns into fodder for one more big fight scene (admittedly with a couple of great allusions to the visual history of the series). The meta-fictional story where a director turns to comic books deserves the "Meh" Yorick dumps on it at the end. I understand the drive to do something deeper within escapist entertainment, but Y: The Last Man isn't nearly deep enough to be patting itself on the back for it, especially not after a streak of disappointing stories. The final arc is certainly a step up from the penultimate one, but does not step nearly high enough on all that was built throughout the series.
The final chapter is a cop-out, first skipping ahead sixty years, then bebopping around within the sixty year timeframe, robbing us of the thorough resolution we read over one thousand pages to reach. Many of the things we glimpse in these future tenses are cool, but highly improbable or unbelievable without proper explanation, and because this is the end, we'll never understand how or why they happened; not the cultural or scientific advances, not how characters grew to the point where they did the things they were depicted as doing. At the end of such a long journey, this was a very disappointing ending, and far from an apt one when you realize all the characters you followed either died or wound up doing things that bore little or no relation to what they'd been doing for 1000+ pages.
Understand that I'm not mad, just sourly disappointed after how good this series was.
June 4, 2018
Okay, so that ending was all kinds of awesome. And horror. And awesome again.
We get our happy ending, have it turn into the opposite, and then we get it happy again, and then we are subjected to a truly great punchline. You know, as in the answer to a great joke about men and women. :) No spoilers, but Yorick the great escape artist really does it in the end. :)
So we get love, hope, tragedy, more tragedy, humor, a little more tragedy, and a super bitter-sweet end.
I can't imagine a better wrap up. It kinda makes the whole series shine in retrospect. :)
I'm very pleased. :)
We get our happy ending, have it turn into the opposite, and then we get it happy again, and then we are subjected to a truly great punchline. You know, as in the answer to a great joke about men and women. :) No spoilers, but Yorick the great escape artist really does it in the end. :)
So we get love, hope, tragedy, more tragedy, humor, a little more tragedy, and a super bitter-sweet end.
I can't imagine a better wrap up. It kinda makes the whole series shine in retrospect. :)
I'm very pleased. :)
July 29, 2020
The Y journey has come to an end! It was a good run . . . I am giving this volume 4 stars more as a summary of the series as a whole. As a stand alone without the rest of the series, I would go closer to 3 stars for this volume.
Why lower on this volume, you ask? The end felt rushed to me. A whole bunch of loose ends tied up much too quickly for such an epic story. Earlier in the series they have entire volumes dedicated to events that they likely would have summed up in just a few pages in this one. The ending was okay, just too quick for my tastes!
But, as mentioned, the series as a whole was very good and worth checking out. If you like post-apocalyptic “what if?” stories this is a very unique scenario to consider. Also, while it includes suspense and action, there is also a lot of humor and even some romance. Seems like pretty much every genre is included and it all works together well.
Throughout the whole series the art has continued to be consistent (I love when they don’t change artists) and perfect for the story. While the regular panel to panel artwork is great, the alternative art used for the covers has been fantastic. There are many found throughout that could be framed and hung on the wall. Since the point of the graphic novel is to combine words with images, I consider this series a great success in that department!
Sad this journey has come to an end, but I have many other great series that I am working on – of to read some more! 😊
Why lower on this volume, you ask? The end felt rushed to me. A whole bunch of loose ends tied up much too quickly for such an epic story. Earlier in the series they have entire volumes dedicated to events that they likely would have summed up in just a few pages in this one. The ending was okay, just too quick for my tastes!
But, as mentioned, the series as a whole was very good and worth checking out. If you like post-apocalyptic “what if?” stories this is a very unique scenario to consider. Also, while it includes suspense and action, there is also a lot of humor and even some romance. Seems like pretty much every genre is included and it all works together well.
Throughout the whole series the art has continued to be consistent (I love when they don’t change artists) and perfect for the story. While the regular panel to panel artwork is great, the alternative art used for the covers has been fantastic. There are many found throughout that could be framed and hung on the wall. Since the point of the graphic novel is to combine words with images, I consider this series a great success in that department!
Sad this journey has come to an end, but I have many other great series that I am working on – of to read some more! 😊
July 12, 2008
'As far as answers go, it was...vaguely unsatisfying."
December 25, 2025
I finished last volume and my overall impression is that it's good series but not without flaws.
Y:The last man is funny and even ridiculous on few occasions but also points out unequally (there are hardly any female pilots, women that killed their husbands serve more time than men that killed their wives etc...) and on more than one occasion ask the question:Is world better off without men?
Flaws?It takes up to volume 3 for story to take off and it takes 1-2 more volumes for Yorick to stop being annoying.
There are also some things I disagree with most notably with statement that men and women can't truly be friends.On one occasion Yorick counts his male friends and says that he can't be as honest with women as with men.
First of all as someone who's closest friends are all women I have to disagree with that assessment. I also have to disagree with second part as I am obviously more honest with women than with men.
Overall Y:The last man isn't perfect but it's one good satire and it gets 4 stars from me.
Y:The last man is funny and even ridiculous on few occasions but also points out unequally (there are hardly any female pilots, women that killed their husbands serve more time than men that killed their wives etc...) and on more than one occasion ask the question:Is world better off without men?
Flaws?It takes up to volume 3 for story to take off and it takes 1-2 more volumes for Yorick to stop being annoying.
There are also some things I disagree with most notably with statement that men and women can't truly be friends.On one occasion Yorick counts his male friends and says that he can't be as honest with women as with men.
First of all as someone who's closest friends are all women I have to disagree with that assessment. I also have to disagree with second part as I am obviously more honest with women than with men.
Overall Y:The last man isn't perfect but it's one good satire and it gets 4 stars from me.
December 3, 2014
Reflecting on this series, I'm going to say: not impressed.
The series tended to irk me a lot. The idea is still thought-provoking and fascinating (you know the drill by now: what happened if every male mammal was wiped out, besides one Everyman and his monkey). But how Vaughan dealt with it was just ri-fucking-diculous.
You know what, Vaughan? Very little of my life revolves around men and Fighting the Patriarchy. Seriously, is this supposed to be set in the 1960s? Nearly every woman in this thing is OBSESSED with the patriarchy and the oppression of women by men. All the post-apocalyptic secret societies revolve around MEN despite the fact that there aren't any anymore: the Amazons, the Setauket Ring, etc. etc. Do you know what women don't tend to do? Stand around and spout giant blocks of text at each other about the Oppressive Patriarchy. There were very few personal conversations about men. You know, the fathers, brothers, sons, friends, husbands, etc., etc. that every woman left standing lost. Instead everyone thinks about Men and spouts off ideological crap at every opportunity. (another favorite target is religion, especially the Catholic church, but that is a whole other bucket of worms)
And despite all the dead men, this is actually one of the tamest apocalypses I've read about. Electricity, heat, sewage, etc., etc. seems to be in perfect working order almost continuously. Everyone is wearing normal clothes and looking clean and decently fed and healthy. Seriously??? Life As We Know It is over, but it reads more like it's normal life, minus men. And the attitudes of the women - even putting aside their weird obsession with The Patriarchy - are kind of insane. THEY ARE FACING THE EXTINCTION OF THE HUMAN SPECIES. No more babies, no more humans. And they don't seem concerned with this. Even when a male is dropped into their laps, they're mostly like "oh, that's interesting/strange/let's kill him [the Amazons]". There is not a massive WE NEED TO HAVE SEX TO PRESERVE HUMANITY mentality. In the same don't-seem-to-realize-they-are-the-last-generation vein are things like the Israelis who have their weird little machinations which seem to revolve around the idea of a future - which besides the farfetched cloning hope (which I guess worked out in the end, but was not really something to bet on) - was really not likely for most of this series.
And there were stupid random tidbits thrown in about How the World Would Be If Only Women Were Left that was just so much bull-fucking-shit. Because apparently after the apocalypse, women would clear out the shampoo aisle but leave the canned food. Because the cosmetic companies were run by men but farms still run okey-dokey post-apocalypse or some such shit. Shampoo is important but (1) people washed their hair before Vidal Sassoon became a thing (2) ANY SEMI INTELLIGENT HUMAN BEING WOULD ALSO TAKE ALL THE FOOD NOT JUST COSMETICS BECAUSE THERE WOULD DEFINITELY BE FOOD SHORTAGES WITH HALF THE POPULATION DEAD, SOCIETY IN DISARRAY AND THE QUICK EXTINCTION OF ALL MAMMALS. Jesus. Was this book supposed to make me think women are pathetic? Because in this book they are. (well, maybe the men are just as dumb and lame, but we really just have Yorick to go on).
Oh, and if every male mammal in the world died, you don't think this would fuck up the ecosystem just a little?
I just think it was a weird, weird series in its outlook. I would really love to read a version of this written by a woman. I do not think Vaughan did a good job of capturing what actual women would be like in this situation. Because according to him we would mostly be really, really angry and railing against the Unfair Power of Men or just kind of cool chicks riding out the apocalypse trying to avoid the ire of the feminazis.
The series tended to irk me a lot. The idea is still thought-provoking and fascinating (you know the drill by now: what happened if every male mammal was wiped out, besides one Everyman and his monkey). But how Vaughan dealt with it was just ri-fucking-diculous.
You know what, Vaughan? Very little of my life revolves around men and Fighting the Patriarchy. Seriously, is this supposed to be set in the 1960s? Nearly every woman in this thing is OBSESSED with the patriarchy and the oppression of women by men. All the post-apocalyptic secret societies revolve around MEN despite the fact that there aren't any anymore: the Amazons, the Setauket Ring, etc. etc. Do you know what women don't tend to do? Stand around and spout giant blocks of text at each other about the Oppressive Patriarchy. There were very few personal conversations about men. You know, the fathers, brothers, sons, friends, husbands, etc., etc. that every woman left standing lost. Instead everyone thinks about Men and spouts off ideological crap at every opportunity. (another favorite target is religion, especially the Catholic church, but that is a whole other bucket of worms)
And despite all the dead men, this is actually one of the tamest apocalypses I've read about. Electricity, heat, sewage, etc., etc. seems to be in perfect working order almost continuously. Everyone is wearing normal clothes and looking clean and decently fed and healthy. Seriously??? Life As We Know It is over, but it reads more like it's normal life, minus men. And the attitudes of the women - even putting aside their weird obsession with The Patriarchy - are kind of insane. THEY ARE FACING THE EXTINCTION OF THE HUMAN SPECIES. No more babies, no more humans. And they don't seem concerned with this. Even when a male is dropped into their laps, they're mostly like "oh, that's interesting/strange/let's kill him [the Amazons]". There is not a massive WE NEED TO HAVE SEX TO PRESERVE HUMANITY mentality. In the same don't-seem-to-realize-they-are-the-last-generation vein are things like the Israelis who have their weird little machinations which seem to revolve around the idea of a future - which besides the farfetched cloning hope (which I guess worked out in the end, but was not really something to bet on) - was really not likely for most of this series.
And there were stupid random tidbits thrown in about How the World Would Be If Only Women Were Left that was just so much bull-fucking-shit. Because apparently after the apocalypse, women would clear out the shampoo aisle but leave the canned food. Because the cosmetic companies were run by men but farms still run okey-dokey post-apocalypse or some such shit. Shampoo is important but (1) people washed their hair before Vidal Sassoon became a thing (2) ANY SEMI INTELLIGENT HUMAN BEING WOULD ALSO TAKE ALL THE FOOD NOT JUST COSMETICS BECAUSE THERE WOULD DEFINITELY BE FOOD SHORTAGES WITH HALF THE POPULATION DEAD, SOCIETY IN DISARRAY AND THE QUICK EXTINCTION OF ALL MAMMALS. Jesus. Was this book supposed to make me think women are pathetic? Because in this book they are. (well, maybe the men are just as dumb and lame, but we really just have Yorick to go on).
Oh, and if every male mammal in the world died, you don't think this would fuck up the ecosystem just a little?
I just think it was a weird, weird series in its outlook. I would really love to read a version of this written by a woman. I do not think Vaughan did a good job of capturing what actual women would be like in this situation. Because according to him we would mostly be really, really angry and railing against the Unfair Power of Men or just kind of cool chicks riding out the apocalypse trying to avoid the ire of the feminazis.
January 6, 2023
Well, this is the end of the line in more ways than one. Yorick and 355 go to Paris to meet up with Beth, other Beth, Hero, Ciba, and the babies. Shit happens and the curtain drops.
So is it a satisfying ending? Sure. Everything was wrapped up and we get future scenes to tie up some loose ends. Much like Yorick, I thought the explanation of the plague was underwhelming but also like Yorick, pretty much anything would be underwhelming after waiting 50 issues to find out.
Instead of taking years like last time, the journey through the saga took less than a week this time. I appreciated all the twists and turns a lot more this time around, I think. Partly because I didn't have to read the recap to remember what happened in the previous book and partly because I'm fifteen years older than last time I read it with that much more life experience to reflect on.
So what kind of tale would I end up calling this? It's kind of post-apocalyptic but social science fiction is probably more appropriate. BKV and Pia Guerra painted a real feeling piece of what if fiction here. I wouldn't say it's perfect but it's damn good. Four out of five stars.
So is it a satisfying ending? Sure. Everything was wrapped up and we get future scenes to tie up some loose ends. Much like Yorick, I thought the explanation of the plague was underwhelming but also like Yorick, pretty much anything would be underwhelming after waiting 50 issues to find out.
Instead of taking years like last time, the journey through the saga took less than a week this time. I appreciated all the twists and turns a lot more this time around, I think. Partly because I didn't have to read the recap to remember what happened in the previous book and partly because I'm fifteen years older than last time I read it with that much more life experience to reflect on.
So what kind of tale would I end up calling this? It's kind of post-apocalyptic but social science fiction is probably more appropriate. BKV and Pia Guerra painted a real feeling piece of what if fiction here. I wouldn't say it's perfect but it's damn good. Four out of five stars.
March 10, 2022
Here we are at the final volume, waiting with anticipation that the series ending won't let us down, praying that there's no deus ex machina or waking from a dream sequence in the final issues; but really we're not, 'cos if there's one thing Brian K Vaughan is guaranteed to do, is give the reader a story from beginning to end.
And the first half of this final volume was pretty good, but the last 3 issues made every single page of the previous 57 issues worth it. You want answers... well you get them all, and them some. 9.5 out of 12.
2017 read
And the first half of this final volume was pretty good, but the last 3 issues made every single page of the previous 57 issues worth it. You want answers... well you get them all, and them some. 9.5 out of 12.
2017 read
September 7, 2020
5*
Δεν ξέρω αν ήταν όντως ο καλύτερος τόμος της σειράς (σε όλους τους προηγούμενους έβαλα 4*) αλλά εδώ στα 2 τελευταία κεφάλαια χάλασα μισό πακέτο χαρτομάντιλα και πιέστηκα να μην τελειώσω και το υπόλοιπο. Υποψιάστηκα πως θα γινόταν κάτι τέτοιο και το περίμενα, αλλά τελικά δεν ήμουν προετοιμασμένη.
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Και μια άποψη για τη σειρά σαν σύνολο (τα όποια σποιλερς είναι κρυμμένα):
Όπως είπα και σε αυτά τα λίγα που είχα γράψει για τον πρώτο τόμο η ιδέα με την οποία ξεκινάει το κόμικ είναι εξαιρετικά ενδιαφέρουσα:
Κάτι συμβαίνει και όλα τα θηλαστικά του πλανήτη με το χρωμόσωμα Υ πεθαίνουν ταυτόχρονα μέσα σε μια στιγμή αφήνοντας τον κόσμο σε μια post-apocalyptic κατάσταση. Όλα εκτός από τον Yorick (ο πρωταγωνιστής) και τον Ampersand, την αρσενική κατοικίδια μαϊμού του(ο πραγματικός πρωταγωνιστής). Ο μόνος άνθρωπος λοιπόν που μπορεί να βρει απαντήσεις στο τι είναι αυτό που προκάλεσε την πανδημία και γιατί αυτοί οι δυο έμειναν ζωντανοί είναι η Dr Allison Mann, μαζί με την οποία ο Yorick (ο οποίος κατα βάθος το μόνο που θέλει είναι να πάει να βρει την αρραβωνιαστικιά του που είναι χαμένη κάπου στην Αυστραλία) και η Agent 355 (και ο Ampersand φυσικά) θα χρειαστεί να ταξιδέψουν (όσο πιο undercover γίνεται) σε παραπάνω από μια ηπείρους αντιμετωπίζοντας θανάσιμους κινδύνους και πολλές δυσκολίες.
Στο δρόμο τους θα βρεθούν γυναίκες που θα τους βοηθήσουν και άλλοτε που θα θέλουν να τους σκοτώσουν. Θα αντιμετωπίσουν μια εξτρεμιστική ομάδα από δήθεν Αμαζόνες, Ισραηλινές στρατιώτες, αρρώστιες, τραύματα, αμφιβολίες, την κακή τους τύχη (ή τις περισσότερες φορές την απερισκεψία του Yorick) κι ένα σωρό άλλα.
Σε γενικές γραμμές μου άρεσε!
Αν και όλοι οι χαρακτήρες είχαν κάτι, η Agent 355 ήταν ίσως η αγαπημένη μου (καλά μετά τον Ampersand), ενώ όλος παραδόξως μου άρεσε και η πορεία της Hero.
Είχε πολύ ενδιαφέρον, συνέβαιναν πράγματα συνέχεια, καθ' όλη τη διάρκειά του και απολάμβανα να διαβάζω για τους 3 βασικούς μας χαρακτήρες (ο Ampersand δεν μιλούσε και πολύ είναι η αλήθεια), είχαν ωραία χημεία μεταξύ τους.
Την τύπισσα από το Ισραήλ πάλι, την βαριόμουν απίστευτα και γι'αυτό ίσως θεωρώ ότι την βλέπαμε αρκετά χωρίς λόγο.
Ένα άλλο αρνητικό που μπορώ να βρω είναι ότι αν και τη φάση με τους αστροναύτες τη βρήκα ιδεάρα, υπήρχαν κάποια άλλα θέματα τα οποία ίσως δεν αξιοποιήθηκαν πολύ σωστά. Για παράδειγμα θεωρώ χαμένη ευκαιρία το ότι δεν είχαμε κάποιον trans χαρακτήρα (αν και έγινε μια αναφορά) Επίσης δεν μου φάνηκε πολύ λογικό ότι τα πάντα υπολειτουργούσαν για τόσο πολύ καιρό, θα ήθελα να το εξηγούσε λίγο καλύτερα, ώστε να βγάζει περισσότερο νόημα.
Όσο αναφορά το το τέλος, προσωπικά μου άρεσε. Δεν ξέρω αν μπορώ να το πω happy end, ήταν λίγο γλυκόπικρο.
Επίσης:
Και εν τέλει είχε και τις αστείες του στιγμές και τις συγκινητικές του, και αγωνία και δράση αλλά και ωραίους χαρακτήρες.
Σαν σύνολο στη σειρά θα βάλω ένα 4,5* και το 0,5 για τα χαρτομάντιλα στο τέλος.
Δεν ξέρω αν ήταν όντως ο καλύτερος τόμος της σειράς (σε όλους τους προηγούμενους έβαλα 4*) αλλά εδώ στα 2 τελευταία κεφάλαια χάλασα μισό πακέτο χαρτομάντιλα και πιέστηκα να μην τελειώσω και το υπόλοιπο. Υποψιάστηκα πως θα γινόταν κάτι τέτοιο και το περίμενα, αλλά τελικά δεν ήμουν προετοιμασμένη.
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Και μια άποψη για τη σειρά σαν σύνολο (τα όποια σποιλερς είναι κρυμμένα):
Όπως είπα και σε αυτά τα λίγα που είχα γράψει για τον πρώτο τόμο η ιδέα με την οποία ξεκινάει το κόμικ είναι εξαιρετικά ενδιαφέρουσα:
Κάτι συμβαίνει και όλα τα θηλαστικά του πλανήτη με το χρωμόσωμα Υ πεθαίνουν ταυτόχρονα μέσα σε μια στιγμή αφήνοντας τον κόσμο σε μια post-apocalyptic κατάσταση. Όλα εκτός από τον Yorick (ο πρωταγωνιστής) και τον Ampersand, την αρσενική κατοικίδια μαϊμού του
Στο δρόμο τους θα βρεθούν γυναίκες που θα τους βοηθήσουν και άλλοτε που θα θέλουν να τους σκοτώσουν. Θα αντιμετωπίσουν μια εξτρεμιστική ομάδα από δήθεν Αμαζόνες, Ισραηλινές στρατιώτες, αρρώστιες, τραύματα, αμφιβολίες, την κακή τους τύχη (ή τις περισσότερες φορές την απερισκεψία του Yorick) κι ένα σωρό άλλα.
Σε γενικές γραμμές μου άρεσε!
Αν και όλοι οι χαρακτήρες είχαν κάτι, η Agent 355 ήταν ίσως η αγαπημένη μου (καλά μετά τον Ampersand), ενώ όλος παραδόξως μου άρεσε και η πορεία της Hero.
Είχε πολύ ενδιαφέρον, συνέβαιναν πράγματα συνέχεια, καθ' όλη τη διάρκειά του και απολάμβανα να διαβάζω για τους 3 βασικούς μας χαρακτήρες (ο Ampersand δεν μιλούσε και πολύ είναι η αλήθεια), είχαν ωραία χημεία μεταξύ τους.
Την τύπισσα από το Ισραήλ πάλι, την βαριόμουν απίστευτα και γι'αυτό ίσως θεωρώ ότι την βλέπαμε αρκετά χωρίς λόγο.
Ένα άλλο αρνητικό που μπορώ να βρω είναι ότι αν και τη φάση με τους αστροναύτες τη βρήκα ιδεάρα, υπήρχαν κάποια άλλα θέματα τα οποία ίσως δεν αξιοποιήθηκαν πολύ σωστά. Για παράδειγμα θεωρώ χαμένη ευκαιρία το ότι δεν είχαμε κάποιον trans χαρακτήρα (αν και έγινε μια αναφορά) Επίσης δεν μου φάνηκε πολύ λογικό ότι τα πάντα υπολειτουργούσαν για τόσο πολύ καιρό, θα ήθελα να το εξηγούσε λίγο καλύτερα, ώστε να βγάζει περισσότερο νόημα.
Όσο αναφορά το το τέλος, προσωπικά μου άρεσε. Δεν ξέρω αν μπορώ να το πω happy end, ήταν λίγο γλυκόπικρο.
Επίσης:
Και εν τέλει είχε και τις αστείες του στιγμές και τις συγκινητικές του, και αγωνία και δράση αλλά και ωραίους χαρακτήρες.
Σαν σύνολο στη σειρά θα βάλω ένα 4,5* και το 0,5 για τα χαρτομάντιλα στο τέλος.
September 22, 2016
Reading the epilogue with Ramin Djawadi’s Light of the Seven in the background wasn’t a very good idea. This last volume was a roller coaster of emotions, one moment I was feeling happy, the next I was feeling sad and all this kept happening until the crushing finale that made me weep like a child. I had my own theories on how this was going to end, but none of what I though was going to happen actually happened. There are so many horrible moments in this volume that make want to hate Brian K. Vaughan, but at the same time love him, because honestly I think this was the best way to end the series. I’m still not OK with it, I don’t think I’ll be for quite some time but I’m grateful for the journey I had with these characters. Sure, it had its ups and downs but this ending made me appreciate the series as whole even more, there are so many moments from past volumes that in retrospect are now heartbreaking.
November 7, 2011
I don't even know where to start. I'd love to just throw, no shovel, all kinds of praise on this! You know, like when The Academy gave Peter Jackson all those awards for The Return of the King, mostly neglecting the first two (sidebar: I hate those damn Hobbit movies).
Vaughan did everything right, I wouldn't change a damn thing. Part of me wants to do a whole spoiler-ific review but I refuse to neglect peeps who haven't read this, so I'll try and tag appropriately.
You know what, I'm not ashamed to admit it. It did get a little dusty in the room while reading this final volume. I did see coming but was totally caught off guard with . I almost couldn't even take it! I love that Vaughan threw away the conventional ending and gave us something to think about.
The other thing I love is that despite what I had said in my book #9 review, we're still not totally clear on what caused the plague. This, I'm 110% okay with. I see no real reason to give us a definitive answer as I had noted before, it's pretty much irrelevant.
More people need to read this. Graphic novels and comics are a perfect medium for story telling and people who snub their noses at the format really need to look no further than this series. Granted, the series did lag a little in the middle volumes, it both started and finished strong.
While I'd love for this to become a TV series (there's no way you can fit this into a movie, or a trilogy no less), the graphic novels are perfect just the way they are and it's often pretty difficult to improve upon perfection.
Vaughan did everything right, I wouldn't change a damn thing. Part of me wants to do a whole spoiler-ific review but I refuse to neglect peeps who haven't read this, so I'll try and tag appropriately.
You know what, I'm not ashamed to admit it. It did get a little dusty in the room while reading this final volume. I did see coming but was totally caught off guard with . I almost couldn't even take it! I love that Vaughan threw away the conventional ending and gave us something to think about.
The other thing I love is that despite what I had said in my book #9 review, we're still not totally clear on what caused the plague. This, I'm 110% okay with. I see no real reason to give us a definitive answer as I had noted before, it's pretty much irrelevant.
More people need to read this. Graphic novels and comics are a perfect medium for story telling and people who snub their noses at the format really need to look no further than this series. Granted, the series did lag a little in the middle volumes, it both started and finished strong.
While I'd love for this to become a TV series (there's no way you can fit this into a movie, or a trilogy no less), the graphic novels are perfect just the way they are and it's often pretty difficult to improve upon perfection.
January 7, 2021
Alas, for the end is upon us.
It’s sad to say that Y: the Last Man is officially over. It’s even sadder to say that the reason for whatever wiped out all the male species was not improved.
*Cue the WHAT WAS THE REASON?! gif from Y: The Last Man, Vol. 9: Motherland’s review* (I’ll spare you from seeing it again).
If at any point in your life you reach this vol expecting nothing short of cathartic excellence, I give you permission to stand on someone else’s roof and scream into the night, “WHAT THE HELL BRIAN K VAUGHN?! WHAT’S WITH ALL THE CLONES?”
For me, the clones really ruined this vol. In fact, I feel like the clones ruined the entire series. Especially in the last issue. There would’ve been some poignancy with ending the series with no idea what would happen next (although I may have been killed by intense curiosity) but seeing really killed me. So that part is all well and good but seeing didn’t kill me, it killed the ending for me. It just didn’t stick right!
I think it’s because there’s always been this sense of realism throughout the series and there’s just something so unrealistic about a bunch of clones. (More on my hate for the clones later)
Which brings me to my ultimate sticking point for this ending. The dreaded topic. What was the REASOOON?! So there are 4 theories.
1. The reason Dr M gave in Y: The Last Man, Vol. 9: Motherland.
If See, it doesn’t make sense! And that brings me to theory 2 which is my favourite one.
2. The
They should’ve pursued that angle more. Yorick didn’t ask nearly enough questions about it.
3. And then Beth’s theory that
Well, I’m not going to lie, there were several times when I wanted Yorick to wake up and it turns out the whole thing was just one of his vivid dreams.
And this one does explain how and how Yorick constantly had these vivid dreams that hinted at real stuff happening in the world.
4. Alter’s theory that
Now that is a theory I want to hear more about. I’m pretty sure Yorick didn’t
So many many holes. I wish there was one final actual reason. What was it that Yorick said so poignantly? Oh yes, “as far as answers go, it was... vaguely unsatisfying.” But Yorick never wanted to know the real reason anyway. Or else he would’ve pushed for an answer from 355 or questioned Alter later or talked to the Australian aboriginals about their/Beth’s theory. Deep down in his subconscious he didn’t want to know why he was the last man alive. Which sucks because I did.
The structuring of the last issue was alright. I wasn’t a fan of the whole seeing the future thing but they did it and it was ok. The flashbacks started from younger Yorick to older Yorick but the last flashback was of a probably from the beginning of the adventure. It really confused me how that was sprung upon me, to the extent that I thought they were all clones. Which was very much a possibility. And that’s why I hate the clones. Too confusing. And it feels like it dilutes the importance of each character if you know that they can just be cloned (even though clones are like cheap copies). Back to the last flashback, I’m not sure why that flashback was chosen. I thought it’d be poignant or meaningful but it felt very random.
And that last page. The Yorick never could be restrained. I like how it formed a Y, very clever design. But “alas”? “Alas” what?
Oh well, it’s over now. I prefer to look back fondly on the spectacular first volumes rather than the unsatisfying ending. There’s so much more I could’ve said, but then again there always is!
It’s sad to say that Y: the Last Man is officially over. It’s even sadder to say that the reason for whatever wiped out all the male species was not improved.
*Cue the WHAT WAS THE REASON?! gif from Y: The Last Man, Vol. 9: Motherland’s review* (I’ll spare you from seeing it again).
If at any point in your life you reach this vol expecting nothing short of cathartic excellence, I give you permission to stand on someone else’s roof and scream into the night, “WHAT THE HELL BRIAN K VAUGHN?! WHAT’S WITH ALL THE CLONES?”
For me, the clones really ruined this vol. In fact, I feel like the clones ruined the entire series. Especially in the last issue. There would’ve been some poignancy with ending the series with no idea what would happen next (although I may have been killed by intense curiosity) but seeing really killed me. So that part is all well and good but seeing didn’t kill me, it killed the ending for me. It just didn’t stick right!
I think it’s because there’s always been this sense of realism throughout the series and there’s just something so unrealistic about a bunch of clones. (More on my hate for the clones later)
Which brings me to my ultimate sticking point for this ending. The dreaded topic. What was the REASOOON?! So there are 4 theories.
1. The reason Dr M gave in Y: The Last Man, Vol. 9: Motherland.
If See, it doesn’t make sense! And that brings me to theory 2 which is my favourite one.
2. The
They should’ve pursued that angle more. Yorick didn’t ask nearly enough questions about it.
3. And then Beth’s theory that
Well, I’m not going to lie, there were several times when I wanted Yorick to wake up and it turns out the whole thing was just one of his vivid dreams.
And this one does explain how and how Yorick constantly had these vivid dreams that hinted at real stuff happening in the world.
4. Alter’s theory that
Now that is a theory I want to hear more about. I’m pretty sure Yorick didn’t
So many many holes. I wish there was one final actual reason. What was it that Yorick said so poignantly? Oh yes, “as far as answers go, it was... vaguely unsatisfying.” But Yorick never wanted to know the real reason anyway. Or else he would’ve pushed for an answer from 355 or questioned Alter later or talked to the Australian aboriginals about their/Beth’s theory. Deep down in his subconscious he didn’t want to know why he was the last man alive. Which sucks because I did.
The structuring of the last issue was alright. I wasn’t a fan of the whole seeing the future thing but they did it and it was ok. The flashbacks started from younger Yorick to older Yorick but the last flashback was of a probably from the beginning of the adventure. It really confused me how that was sprung upon me, to the extent that I thought they were all clones. Which was very much a possibility. And that’s why I hate the clones. Too confusing. And it feels like it dilutes the importance of each character if you know that they can just be cloned (even though clones are like cheap copies). Back to the last flashback, I’m not sure why that flashback was chosen. I thought it’d be poignant or meaningful but it felt very random.
And that last page. The Yorick never could be restrained. I like how it formed a Y, very clever design. But “alas”? “Alas” what?
Oh well, it’s over now. I prefer to look back fondly on the spectacular first volumes rather than the unsatisfying ending. There’s so much more I could’ve said, but then again there always is!
August 24, 2018
I know it's cheaterish and stupid to review a series as a whole rather than the individual books, but I read these so fast, so one-after-the-other, that they're not too separatable for me. (Except the subplot about the actress troupe; that one sucked.)
I guess people have a lot to say about these books' unfeminism and misogyny and all that, but I am no theorist, and all I can tell you is that I cannot recall ever in my life being so enthralled by a series, in such a pell-mell frenzy to read the next and the next and the next, so in eye-popping awe of every single page.
So argue with me if you want -- tell me why I'm wrong and what I missed and I'll happily listen -- but I loved these books so hard, it's probably going to be hard to convince me they're anything other than balls-out fucking incredible.
I guess people have a lot to say about these books' unfeminism and misogyny and all that, but I am no theorist, and all I can tell you is that I cannot recall ever in my life being so enthralled by a series, in such a pell-mell frenzy to read the next and the next and the next, so in eye-popping awe of every single page.
So argue with me if you want -- tell me why I'm wrong and what I missed and I'll happily listen -- but I loved these books so hard, it's probably going to be hard to convince me they're anything other than balls-out fucking incredible.
June 24, 2017
:'((((
January 31, 2012
I have to judge this series as a whole, and it gets five stars... though some of the individual issues and arcs may not be 5-star. It's got a few places that seem to mis-step, but it's just a fantastic work of writing, of fiction, imagination, knowledge, and insight. Yorick's no hero (pun not intended), nor is he an anti-hero. He grows, he messes up, he does and doesn't come-of-age, and he learns. He also learns that, well, not everyone learns. Not everyone's making the same journey, or wants to. Meanwhile, he's hilarious, generous, an idiot, and ridiculously human. You can complain about the ending, if you want. I get what you're saying. I do. But, if you complain about the ending, you're missing the point of the story. Life's not always about getting what you want, or think you want. Sometimes, if you open your eyes to what you have, you may realize it's fantastic.
March 8, 2015
NOOOOOOO. It's finished!!!!
I've tried to delay finishing this incredible series for ages and I'm going to miss all the characters SO much. Yorick, 355., Dr. Mann.. AMPERSAND ugh, all of them! I don't know how to feel about that ending, this whole volume was so intense. The revelations came out of NOWHERE and I'm still reeling from the events.
I'm not quite satisfied with how it ended because there are still so many answers, and this will be one of those tales that will stay with me for years, and I'll always be wondering and wondering.
Vaughan and the artists did an incredible job and I'd seriously reccomend this to everyone!
I've tried to delay finishing this incredible series for ages and I'm going to miss all the characters SO much. Yorick, 355., Dr. Mann.. AMPERSAND ugh, all of them! I don't know how to feel about that ending, this whole volume was so intense. The revelations came out of NOWHERE and I'm still reeling from the events.
I'm not quite satisfied with how it ended because there are still so many answers, and this will be one of those tales that will stay with me for years, and I'll always be wondering and wondering.
Vaughan and the artists did an incredible job and I'd seriously reccomend this to everyone!
March 18, 2021
Seriyi sevseniz de sevmeseniz de karakterlerle 10 cilttir birliktesiniz. Sadece bu bile insana bir hüzün veriyor. Yorick'in yerli yersiz esprilerini, 355'in dışı ceviz içi marshmellow kalbini, Dr. Allison Mann'ın dünyayı kurtaracağım derken neyin buna sebep olduğunu arama çabasını, elbette ki tüylü dostumuz Ampersand'i, Beth'leri, sayısız yan karakteri, hatta IDF'in manyak kadın askerlerini bile özleyeceğim.
Sonlar genelde okuyucuyu tatmin etmez ama açıkçası ben gayet beğendim. Üzüldüğüm noktalar da elbette oldu, bir de şöyle olsa daha mı güzel olurdu dediğim yerler vardı ama okuduğuma hiç pişman değilim.
Sonuç olarak;
Karakterler 9/10
Hikaye 7/10
Çizim ve renklendirme 9/10
Kağıt ve basım kalitesi 6/10
Özleyeceğim sizi dostlarım.
Herkese keyifli okumalar!
Sonlar genelde okuyucuyu tatmin etmez ama açıkçası ben gayet beğendim. Üzüldüğüm noktalar da elbette oldu, bir de şöyle olsa daha mı güzel olurdu dediğim yerler vardı ama okuduğuma hiç pişman değilim.
Sonuç olarak;
Karakterler 9/10
Hikaye 7/10
Çizim ve renklendirme 9/10
Kağıt ve basım kalitesi 6/10
Özleyeceğim sizi dostlarım.
Herkese keyifli okumalar!
November 29, 2024
This graphic novel had just enough references to communism for me to bust out one of my communism memes. You have no idea how happy that makes me right now.
Romanian review: Dacă aș fi băut un shot de fiecare dată când o femeie spunea ceva "misandrist", aș fi iubit seria asta mai mult.
Inițial, am spus că volumul 5 este preferatul meu, apoi că volumul 9. Ei bine, acum că am terminat seria, cred că acesta este volumul meu preferat.
În ciuda faptului că nu am fost mulțumit de cauza virusului și de motivul imunității lui Yorick, seria a avut un final foarte bun. Numărul 58 este probabil singurul număr din întreaga serie căruia i-aș fi dat 5 stele- a fost foarte tensionat, dramatic și imprevizibil. Aș fi vrut ca toată seria să-mi placă la fel de mult.
În ansamblu, a fost interesant modul în care seria a abordat diverse teme sociale, fără să cadă în vreo extremă.
Am avut dreptate că o să-mi fie dor de personaje și am fost destul de șocat când .
Finalul a fost puțin trist: se face un salt în timp de 60 de ani și ni se prezintă cum arată viitorul și cum se încheie soarta câtorva personaje. Deși este trist, ultimele câteva pagini reușesc să încheie seria într-un mod amuzant.
Lucrul care mi-a plăcut cel mai puțin din întreaga serie- și care mi s-a părut foarte ciudat și nelalocul lui- este că .
În concluzie, chiar dacă nu este ce am crezut eu că va fi și chiar dacă, per total, sunt puțin dezamăgit de poveste, "Y: The Last Man" a fost o serie interesantă, plină de acțiune, cu un concept original și destul de thought-provoking.
English review: If I had taken a shot every time a woman said something misandrist, I probably would’ve loved this series even more.
Initially, I said Volume 5 was my favorite, then Volume 9. Well, now that I’ve finished the series, I think this one takes the top spot.
Even though I wasn’t entirely satisfied with the cause of the virus or the explanation for Yorick’s immunity, the series wrapped up with a really strong ending. Issue #58 is probably the only one in the whole series that I’d rate 5 stars—it was so tense, dramatic, and unpredictable. I wish I’d enjoyed the entire series as much as I did this issue.
Overall, it was fascinating how the series tackled various social themes without leaning too far into any extremes.
I was right—I do miss the characters. I was completely shocked when .
The ending was a little bittersweet: the story jumps forward 60 years, showing what the future looks like and wrapping up the fates of several characters. While it’s sad, the last few pages manage to end the series on a humorous note.
The one thing I liked the least—and found really strange and out of place—was .
In conclusion, even though it wasn’t exactly what I expected and I’m a bit disappointed with the story overall, "Y: The Last Man" was an interesting, action-packed series with an original concept and plenty of thought-provoking moments.
Romanian review: Dacă aș fi băut un shot de fiecare dată când o femeie spunea ceva "misandrist", aș fi iubit seria asta mai mult.
Inițial, am spus că volumul 5 este preferatul meu, apoi că volumul 9. Ei bine, acum că am terminat seria, cred că acesta este volumul meu preferat.
În ciuda faptului că nu am fost mulțumit de cauza virusului și de motivul imunității lui Yorick, seria a avut un final foarte bun. Numărul 58 este probabil singurul număr din întreaga serie căruia i-aș fi dat 5 stele- a fost foarte tensionat, dramatic și imprevizibil. Aș fi vrut ca toată seria să-mi placă la fel de mult.
În ansamblu, a fost interesant modul în care seria a abordat diverse teme sociale, fără să cadă în vreo extremă.
Am avut dreptate că o să-mi fie dor de personaje și am fost destul de șocat când .
Finalul a fost puțin trist: se face un salt în timp de 60 de ani și ni se prezintă cum arată viitorul și cum se încheie soarta câtorva personaje. Deși este trist, ultimele câteva pagini reușesc să încheie seria într-un mod amuzant.
Lucrul care mi-a plăcut cel mai puțin din întreaga serie- și care mi s-a părut foarte ciudat și nelalocul lui- este că .
În concluzie, chiar dacă nu este ce am crezut eu că va fi și chiar dacă, per total, sunt puțin dezamăgit de poveste, "Y: The Last Man" a fost o serie interesantă, plină de acțiune, cu un concept original și destul de thought-provoking.
English review: If I had taken a shot every time a woman said something misandrist, I probably would’ve loved this series even more.
Initially, I said Volume 5 was my favorite, then Volume 9. Well, now that I’ve finished the series, I think this one takes the top spot.
Even though I wasn’t entirely satisfied with the cause of the virus or the explanation for Yorick’s immunity, the series wrapped up with a really strong ending. Issue #58 is probably the only one in the whole series that I’d rate 5 stars—it was so tense, dramatic, and unpredictable. I wish I’d enjoyed the entire series as much as I did this issue.
Overall, it was fascinating how the series tackled various social themes without leaning too far into any extremes.
I was right—I do miss the characters. I was completely shocked when .
The ending was a little bittersweet: the story jumps forward 60 years, showing what the future looks like and wrapping up the fates of several characters. While it’s sad, the last few pages manage to end the series on a humorous note.
The one thing I liked the least—and found really strange and out of place—was .
In conclusion, even though it wasn’t exactly what I expected and I’m a bit disappointed with the story overall, "Y: The Last Man" was an interesting, action-packed series with an original concept and plenty of thought-provoking moments.
April 26, 2010
I am very impressed.
When I started reading this series, I was blown away by the first few volumes and couldn't wait to buy the next one to see not only where the story and characters were going, but also to experience the depth of writing.
After a few volumes, though, I felt that the plot and characterization both lagged a bit. While the plot slowed, the characterization didn't really pick up. Some of the middle volumes felt slow and lost.
These last two really picked up the pace, the characterization, and the mystery.
While there are a few small things in this final volume of the series that really irked me at the time, when I was done reading it in its entirety, though, I realized they were very small things. If not for the epilogue, I probably would have felt a bit cheated at the end, but the epilogue is fascinating and emotionally touching in a way the series hadn't quite reached before. I absolutely loved the epilogue and it made the slower parts of the ride well worth it. I would easily recommend this graphic novel series to any one of my friends.
P.S. a couple of months later, and I am changing the rating from 4 to 5 stars. I find myself still emotionally affected by and thinking about the epilogue. That alone has propelled me to change it. The ending is heartbeaking enough that it sticks with you. That is enough for me to consider it worthy of 5 stars.
When I started reading this series, I was blown away by the first few volumes and couldn't wait to buy the next one to see not only where the story and characters were going, but also to experience the depth of writing.
After a few volumes, though, I felt that the plot and characterization both lagged a bit. While the plot slowed, the characterization didn't really pick up. Some of the middle volumes felt slow and lost.
These last two really picked up the pace, the characterization, and the mystery.
While there are a few small things in this final volume of the series that really irked me at the time, when I was done reading it in its entirety, though, I realized they were very small things. If not for the epilogue, I probably would have felt a bit cheated at the end, but the epilogue is fascinating and emotionally touching in a way the series hadn't quite reached before. I absolutely loved the epilogue and it made the slower parts of the ride well worth it. I would easily recommend this graphic novel series to any one of my friends.
P.S. a couple of months later, and I am changing the rating from 4 to 5 stars. I find myself still emotionally affected by and thinking about the epilogue. That alone has propelled me to change it. The ending is heartbeaking enough that it sticks with you. That is enough for me to consider it worthy of 5 stars.
September 27, 2020
Ne yalan söyleyeyim bir önceki ciltten sonra buna 1-2 yıldız vererek seriyi bitiririm diye düşündüm ama öyle olmadı. İyi ki de olmadı. Genel olarak seri yorumu yapacak olursam: okuduğuma pişman değilim. Daha farklı olma şansı vardı ancak bazı yerlerde kolaya kaçıldığını düşünüyorum. Özellikle ikinci ciltte olan bir olay kilitti. Onun üstüne gidilmeliydi diye düşünmeden edemiyorum. Zira seriyi çok farklı yerlere taşırdı. Bir de bu kitabın sonuna bir kaç kitap önce ulaşılmış olup, bir toplum inşaası okumak da çok daha zevkli olurdu diye düşünüyorum. Neyse, böyle de güzel hatırlayacağım seriyi.
May 28, 2017
Ah, so sad to see it end. What a great story, well told.
Library copy
Library copy
October 22, 2020
Y: The Last Man started with a bang, with tons of diverse and interesting characters and a very thought provoking premise. But the ending left me with mixed feelings. Perhaps, if it had been a shorter series, I would have been okay with it, but 10 volumes and 60 issues leading to this conclusion, was very underwhelming.
The art has been consistently brilliant throughout the series, perfectly capturing the emotions and actions of the characters.
Despite its ups and downs, ultimately, the series, as a whole will intrigue you. Just don't expect anything epic to happen at the end as the entire series and its many subplots end in an anticlimactic fashion.
The art has been consistently brilliant throughout the series, perfectly capturing the emotions and actions of the characters.
Despite its ups and downs, ultimately, the series, as a whole will intrigue you. Just don't expect anything epic to happen at the end as the entire series and its many subplots end in an anticlimactic fashion.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
November 12, 2008
I imagine I'll update this review to say much, much more later, and to tone down the high minded pretentious to come, but I definitely wanted to write something right here and now, moments after turning the last page, absorbing the last image, and finishing this book (for the first of what will probably be many, many times). But here goes: In many, many truly wonderful and dazzlingly cogent ways, Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra have created a smart, funny, thoughtful and seminal work. This series started out wonderfully, built and built and built upon itself and it's characters perfectly and ended in a way that felt perfect to itself. It surprised and delighted when it needed to, took your hand and lead you along with it, and made you smile and broke your heart. Sometimes doing both at the same time. Collectively, this series, and especially this final collection have built an alternate world in the tale where the last boy lives the ultimate fantasy/nightmare and becomes the last man, with all the pain and suffering that comes with it. It's an alternate world where you'll be stuck for some time, pondering. It scares me that they'll make a movie out of this work, and probably a shit one at that, when it needs to be a TV show. The ride Yorick & co. go on is one that needs time to find all it's windy roads and adventure, and it needs the audience to go along with it through that time. The road changes and you change along with it. Vaughan has achieved a great Vertigo ending and just a great ending in general. And Pia Guerra's storytelling abilities have only gotten better as she's gone along. I've been reading this series since the beginning and now, alas, it's the end of the road. And I'm here, in that alternate world, pondering the journey taken and journeys to come.
February 19, 2020
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• The plot set up wasn't strong enough to keep the story interesting for 60 fucking issues. Hence, the author has used shit ton of plot devices to keep the story "interesting". Initially it did work, but after a while the reader just stops caring.
• This book suffers from Marvelaria. Basically, the characters have thick ass plot armours, but only when the author wants them to have, because of which whenever the characters are in danger, the reader stops caring about the death.
But there were some good things about it as well like,
• Its humor
• The way it acknowledges the differences between the genders.
• And OH BOY I loved the illustration (+2 stars just for that).
• The plot set up wasn't strong enough to keep the story interesting for 60 fucking issues. Hence, the author has used shit ton of plot devices to keep the story "interesting". Initially it did work, but after a while the reader just stops caring.
• This book suffers from Marvelaria. Basically, the characters have thick ass plot armours, but only when the author wants them to have, because of which whenever the characters are in danger, the reader stops caring about the death.
But there were some good things about it as well like,
• Its humor
• The way it acknowledges the differences between the genders.
• And OH BOY I loved the illustration (+2 stars just for that).
January 7, 2019
This was the dumbest graphic novel series I’ve read yet. To make matters worse, the ending was outrageously pathetic. So happy I’m finished.
June 29, 2019
I suppose you can truly be a man of infinite jest if you’re cloned ad infinitum.
Real drag about 355, though.
Real drag about 355, though.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
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