#Comic #Review: "Y The Last Man" Volume 1 "Unmanned"
#TalkNerdyToMeLover's @ashleighmayes
Hey guys, it's @ashleighmayes/@kryptodies bringing you another kick-ass comic book review!
A world without men sounds perfect, right? No more guys hogging the television for random sports games (even if they ARE reruns!), no complaints when you take too long getting ready to go out, and the ability to ask for directions whenever you get lost! That's just the scenario in "Y: The Last Man Volume 1: Unmanned" by Brian K. Vaughan, Pia Guerra and José Marzán Jr. Before I begin, however, I must inform you that I won't be spoiling anything. The series is so awesome that, I believe, it must be read to be believed.
It's a world without males now (I'm sure it smells a lot better! Ha! Kidding, guys! KIDDING!) and females are learning to take care of themselves. Some women even LOVE the new world that surrounds them. The novel follows the main character, Yorrick, who is the only (well...so far) male left living after a mysterious virus wipes out all male mammals (his pet monkey, who is also male, lives as well). At the instant that an experiment clone-baby is born, all of malekind dies. Is the virus caused by the baby's birth? Yorrick sets out on a journey to find his mother, a congresswoman. Along the way, he is captured to be sold. Yorrick is a practicing escape artist, so he escapes easily (I see this being to his advantage throughout the series). After he makes it to Washington, he realizes how high the tension is in post-apocalyptic politics. The wives of the dead congressmen demand their husband's positions and things get nasty. Trying to do what's best for her son, Yorrick's mother locks Yorrick in a fallout shelter. Naturally, he escapes. After revealing himself to the women, Yorrick is assigned Agent 355 and the two head out to find a well-known geneticist. On the way, Yorrick decides to stop at a shrine dedicated to all the lost men. There, he reveals himself again to a gang of feminist, one-breasted women. The gang is bent on a new world without men, so of course they follow him into Boston as he tries to find the geneticist with answers.The woman specifically assigned to eliminate Yorrick is...
I think I'll stop here for the sake of keeping my promises. No spoilers! There's SO much more to the plot than what I've written. That's why you should get your grubby little paws on a copy. NOW!
Creativity of Art: 5/5 My favorite pages are the pages between sections. They're beautiful and well-composed. The softness of the colors and the photo-realistic style is a pleasant change from the traditional comic style of the novel itself. While done traditionally, the art is anything but generic. I think the thing that makes it stand out the most is the shading. The shading is absolutely excellent. It adds so much depth to faces, expressions, and surroundings. The artist(s) knew exactly where to add detail and where to hold it out. That's very important. The right balance entices the brain and doesn't overload it. Part of reading a comic is ENJOYING it. Part of enjoyment (for me, anyway) is not having a headache when I'm done with a comic. Visually, everything works. It's not too busy, the color scheme is balanced and in line and the line details are the perfect amount.