Y: The Last Man

Dublo7 · September 2007

Yesterday I began reading Y: The Last Man. I bought the first two trades yesterday, and I loved them so much, I had to go and buy the next two today.
After hearing so many good things about the series, I thought it was about time to check it out. Already, the series is one of my favourites, up there with Preacher, 100 bullets and Transmetropolitan.
I just hope the series stays this great as it progresses along.

Anyone else a fan of the series?

Use spoilers, dudes.

Balefuego · September 2007

I am pretty sure most of the people that post here are fans, it's one of my favorite comics of all times. Only a couple issues away from the end now.

Dublo7 · September 2007

Yeah, I was just reading a bit about it on Wiki and noticed it's very close to the end.

bobgorila · September 2007

I just read #58.

I am so sad inside, man.

Balefuego · September 2007

bobgorila wrote: »

I just read #58.

I am so sad inside, man.

Oh god that last page was so heartbreaking. Fuck you vaughn for making me care this much about a comic book character. fuck you

KVW · September 2007

Y is probably the premiere Vertigo book these days and when it ends in January, there will be a huge gap in the Vertigo lineup that will be hard to replace. I wonder if Vaughn has a follow up creator owned set to take its place or if he will return to more mainstream stuff when his Y duties wrap up. Would love to see Y get some nice hardcover treatment when it wraps up though. Only thing preventing me from picking up the trades right now. Might just buy the trades and get a print company to bind them into hardcovers for me if they dont release any info on it.

I think the series lost a little momentum or magic when it revealed what killed the men though. I think it would have worked better if it left it unknown or only alluded to a number of random things that could have caused it. Still, the series is about the characters first and little things like the plague and why it happened are only backdrops to the incredible characterization and interactions, so its only a minor gripe for me.

One of my favourite things about the series is the self references, for lack of a better term. Stuff like throw away characters showing up later in the series in random situations, like

the garbage woman super model in issue one. I thought she was there and gone for good, but she shows up much later in the series for a nice throwback that I really enjoyed. Stuff like the wandering performers doing the Last Man on Earth play and eventually a movie later on and finally a comic book about the Last Woman on Earth parodying the book itself's premise.

Little things liek those make the book special to me and serve to draw me in on top of the main characters and their journey. Great book I will definitely miss.

Balefuego · September 2007

I think BKV is cutting back on his comic work to do more TV/movie stuff. Is he even doing any comics right now besides Y and Ex Machina?

Oh he's doing an arc of Buffy, but I'm pretty sure thats it.

Accualt · September 2007

My wife and I are both big fans. I was turned onto it by this forum and have really enjoyed everything about it except for the newspaper stock the TPBs get printed on. I have never liked the way that feels on my fingers for some reason.
I'd be tempted to rebuy the whole series in HC form if it was printed on a different type of paper.

Scooter · September 2007

I'm assuming the given reason for the men dying isn't the real one.

Because it's a really sucky reason with gaping logic holes.

Balefuego · September 2007

There are 2 issues left, it's the reason. Deal with it.

Scooter · September 2007

Then I'll just assume we'll never know the real reason. Because if I have to accept that as actual, it puts a serious dampener on my ability to say it's a good series.

Nondoc · September 2007

Scooter wrote: »

I'm assuming the given reason for the men dying isn't the real one.

Because it's a really sucky reason with gaping logic holes.

Issue 60: It was all a dream.

bobgorila · September 2007

Nondoc wrote: »

Scooter wrote: »

I'm assuming the given reason for the men dying isn't the real one.

Because it's a really sucky reason with gaping logic holes.

Issue 60: It was all a comic book.

Works for me~

Ringo · September 2007

Scooter wrote: »

Then I'll just assume we'll never know the real reason. Because if I have to accept that as actual, it puts a serious dampener on my ability to say it's a good series.

Agreed.

Balefuego · September 2007

I think you guys are losing sight of the fact that why all the men died isn't really the point of the series.

Ringo · September 2007

Balefuego wrote: »

I think you guys are losing sight of the fact that why all the men died isn't really the point of the series.

Whether it's the "point" of the series or not, the "explanation" is so nonsensical that it detracts from my enjoyment of the series as a whole.

DJ Eebs · September 2007

Balefuego wrote: »

I think BKV is cutting back on his comic work to do more TV/movie stuff. Is he even doing any comics right now besides Y and Ex Machina?

Oh he's doing an arc of Buffy, but I'm pretty sure thats it.

I believe he said that he's done with superheroes for a while, meaning that if he works on more comics, they'll be his own creations.

Which we should probably have seen coming after the Escapists.

humble · September 2007

KVW wrote: »

Y is probably the premiere Vertigo book these days and when it ends in January, there will be a huge gap in the Vertigo lineup that will be hard to replace. I wonder if Vaughn has a follow up creator owned set to take its place or if he will return to more mainstream stuff when his Y duties wrap up. Would love to see Y get some nice hardcover treatment when it wraps up though. Only thing preventing me from picking up the trades right now. Might just buy the trades and get a print company to bind them into hardcovers for me if they dont release any info on it.

I think the series lost a little momentum or magic when it revealed what killed the men though. I think it would have worked better if it left it unknown or only alluded to a number of random things that could have caused it. Still, the series is about the characters first and little things like the plague and why it happened are only backdrops to the incredible characterization and interactions, so its only a minor gripe for me.

One of my favourite things about the series is the self references, for lack of a better term. Stuff like throw away characters showing up later in the series in random situations, like
the garbage woman super model in issue one. I thought she was there and gone for good, but she shows up much later in the series for a nice throwback that I really enjoyed. Stuff like the wandering performers doing the Last Man on Earth play and eventually a movie later on and finally a comic book about the Last Woman on Earth parodying the book itself's premise.

Little things liek those make the book special to me and serve to draw me in on top of the main characters and their journey. Great book I will definitely miss.

you're forgetting fables, its just as good as y

KVW · September 2007

humble wrote: »

KVW wrote: »

Y is probably the premiere Vertigo book these days and when it ends in January, there will be a huge gap in the Vertigo lineup that will be hard to replace. I wonder if Vaughn has a follow up creator owned set to take its place or if he will return to more mainstream stuff when his Y duties wrap up. Would love to see Y get some nice hardcover treatment when it wraps up though. Only thing preventing me from picking up the trades right now. Might just buy the trades and get a print company to bind them into hardcovers for me if they dont release any info on it.

I think the series lost a little momentum or magic when it revealed what killed the men though. I think it would have worked better if it left it unknown or only alluded to a number of random things that could have caused it. Still, the series is about the characters first and little things like the plague and why it happened are only backdrops to the incredible characterization and interactions, so its only a minor gripe for me.

One of my favourite things about the series is the self references, for lack of a better term. Stuff like throw away characters showing up later in the series in random situations, like
the garbage woman super model in issue one. I thought she was there and gone for good, but she shows up much later in the series for a nice throwback that I really enjoyed. Stuff like the wandering performers doing the Last Man on Earth play and eventually a movie later on and finally a comic book about the Last Woman on Earth parodying the book itself's premise.

Little things liek those make the book special to me and serve to draw me in on top of the main characters and their journey. Great book I will definitely miss.

you're forgetting fables, its just as good as y

Oh ya, I always forget thats Vertigo and not Image. Ya, that is definitely the top book left with Y ending.

Nogs · September 2007

Ringo wrote: »

Scooter wrote: »

Then I'll just assume we'll never know the real reason. Because if I have to accept that as actual, it puts a serious dampener on my ability to say it's a good series.

Agreed.

He kinda addresses this whole point in the book.

"As far as answers go it was...vaguely unsatisfying" -Yorick

"Is there any explanation the would have been satisfactory?" -Beth

"Um, Aliens? I also would have accepted witchcraft or anything involving nanobots" -Yorick

"But that's kind of not the point, right?" -Beth

DJ Eebs · September 2007

And that conversation needs to be spoiler tagged or have the character names removed.

Garlic Bread · September 2007

If only you had the power to do that

Malkor · September 2007

Too bad I can't forget the storyline and read it again.

Garlic Bread · September 2007

hahahaha

Nogs · September 2007

ah, sorry. i figured that it didn't really give any information about what actually happened, so i thought it would be fine. my bad.

silkypea · September 2007

ok just to clarify what is the exact number of issues the series is ending on. i've been collecting it in trades and trade #9 has come out so will it therefore end on trade 10. anyway here's my opinion of y. it's good but possibly over-hyped. for example i like ex machina a bit more but that might just be my political side talking. anyway i also read he'll be focusing much more on his own creator side because he said he doesn't understand the point of writing about characters that have been used for the last 60 years. i think that is a good move because he is so good at creating series. new things are always great. most over used characters stories are few and far between.

Garlic Bread · September 2007

Okay.

Lux · September 2007

I will get on this series someday.
Sometimes I wish every long running series was made up of one or two omnibuses.

KVW · September 2007

silkypea wrote: »

ok just to clarify what is the exact number of issues the series is ending on. i've been collecting it in trades and trade #9 has come out so will it therefore end on trade 10. anyway here's my opinion of y. it's good but possibly over-hyped. for example i like ex machina a bit more but that might just be my political side talking. anyway i also read he'll be focusing much more on his own creator side because he said he doesn't understand the point of writing about characters that have been used for the last 60 years. i think that is a good move because he is so good at creating series. new things are always great. most over used characters stories are few and far between.

It ends in January with issue 60.

joshgotro · October 2007

I just finished reading TPB #5.

Ampersand's shit?

secondserkis · October 2007

I agree that the "what caused the plague" is not the whole point of the series; I also think that the "solution" to the mystery that everyone is buying as the official one, is anything but. I mean, BKV gives us so many red herrings, that it really could've been anything. Supernatural, psychosis, w/e. I guess we've already stated as much.

I just really love this series. so much

joshgotro · October 2007

I just finished
#55-58. Such a sad way to end my reading for the day.

Garlic Bread · November 2007

holy shit at the twist

Divebommah · November 2007

Ya. Didn't see that coming, was painful.

Doodmann · November 2007

So got through the first 2 or 3 tpb does it get better or have I got a good feeling for the series? I thought it was alright and might pick it up later but I've been reading Fables in the meantime, you know how it goes.

Garlic Bread · November 2007

It gets better

The first 3 are good, though, so I don't know what your problem is, freak.

Drakeon · November 2007

So what's the significance of the cover to #60? Everyone seems to know what it means but me >_>

Fencingsax · November 2007

Drakeon wrote: »

So what's the significance of the cover to #60? Everyone seems to know what it means but me >_>

He's in some sort of cell, confined by a straitjacket, and he has a stuffed toy monkey. Ergo, none of it was real

Doodmann · November 2007

Keith wrote: »

It gets better

The first 3 are good, though, so I don't know what your problem is, freak.

They weren't bad I was just reading other books at the same time so it kind of got put on the back burner.

Drakeon · November 2007

Fencingsax wrote: »

Drakeon wrote: »

So what's the significance of the cover to #60? Everyone seems to know what it means but me >_>

He's in some sort of cell, confined by a straitjacket, and he has a stuffed toy monkey. Ergo, none of it was real

Does... does that mean

they are pulling a St. Elsewhere on us?

Fencingsax · November 2007

Drakeon wrote: »

Fencingsax wrote: »

Drakeon wrote: »

So what's the significance of the cover to #60? Everyone seems to know what it means but me >_>

He's in some sort of cell, confined by a straitjacket, and he has a stuffed toy monkey. Ergo, none of it was real

Does... does that mean
they are pulling a St. Elsewhere on us?

It is a cover, so it'll be misleading as to what the twist actually is. Still, mindbending concept.

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