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Time Out London November 17-24 2004, review by Daniel Paddington
"Funny, exciting and very entertaining."
Big Cheese Magazine January 2005
"awesome..."
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A novel that will keep in your mind for life,
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This review is from: Y: The Last Man Vol. 1: Unmanned (Paperback)
This is a review of all the series, not just the first book.I've started to read Y based on it's premise: I've always been attracted to post-apocalyptic fiction and the "last male on earth" seemed a different approach to the genre. I liked it immediately but never tough of it as a masterpiece, only a well done and entertaining comic. But when I approached the end of the series I started to look at it in a different way. As the various answers to the plot were revealed I kept reminding details on the first issues that seemed unimportant at the time but gained a new weight. The plot is dense and full of metaphors yet presented on a simple way, a good example of a story with various layers of interpretation. It's the kind of book in witch you connect to the characters and feels more like an experience than just a book. The last issue lets one experiment mix of feelings and when it came to the end I've become 10 or 20 minutes just reflecting on the whole story to realize that this is a modern masterpiece.
19 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A males dream come true?,
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This review is from: Y: The Last Man Vol. 1 - Unmanned (Paperback)
Imagine waking up one morning and finding out you are the very last man alive on Earth. Billions of women and your the only hope for the survival of the human race. Sounds like a dream come true, endless late nights and not a headache in sight....Right.....Wrong!Speaking totally from a male perspective it really does seem like heaven on earth, but throw in violent hoards of vigilante lesbian biker chicks, Israeli special forces on a mission to kidnap you for mass fertilization, an american government in complete chaos with no policing and countless numbers of lady nutters taking full advantage of the situation, you soon find yourself in a complete nightmare not too far off a George A Romero script. I myself have only read the first five books and they are absolutely gripping, i have the other books on order and i am chomping at the bit waiting for them to arrive. This is an absolutely brilliant comic series and a must have for anybody who is interested in appocolypse theories. Oh yeah, and theres a monkey in it too.
11 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
One of the best titles available...,
By Jay "bryterlayter" (London, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Y: The Last Man Vol. 1 - Unmanned (Paperback)
This series is pure class. Brian K. Vaughn is one of the most talented and original writers working in graphic novels today. His contributions to Ultimate X-men have been excellent, 'Runaways' was relevant and enlightening and 'Ex Machina' is a political pleasure to read.However, 'Y - The Last Man' is his masterpiece. I don't want to offer any spoiler information but the basic premise is that Yorrick Brown, a young and slighly daft escape-artist, is the only man left alive after a mysterious infection/reaction wipes out the entire Y chromosome. Accompanied by his pet monkey, Ampersand, tough secret-agent 355 and geneticist Dr Mann he sets out to discover why he survived and locate his fiance-to-be Beth who was in Australia when the illness struck. This is outstanding science fiction writing - Vaughan soon gets past the male fantasy aspect of being the only surviving male on the planet: such childish whimsy is quickly replaced by the actual fear that would emerge when you lose your identity and simply become an anomaly. Yorrick is a walking sperm-bank/threat to world peace/key to the human race's survival. Only once in a while does Vaughan allow him to be a regular guy seeking his girlfriend. There are too many original touches to mention here...I would implore you to start with the first volume of stories (Unmanned) and then move through the titles in order. Plenty of action, smart dialogue, pitch-perfect artwork: this, along with Bill Willingham's 'Fables', is the finest, most satisfying and original graphic novel available right now. I've been reading this sort of stuff for twenty years and 'Y - The Last Man' is right up there.
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