37 days ago by wolfshowl

Summary: Agent 355 and Dr. Mann drop Yorick off at another agent’s house while they bring the monkey, Ampersand, to an animal hospital to see after his cut. The agent forces Yorick to confront his own inner demons. Then the band continues on toward California, having to take a side-trip through Ariz ...

44 days ago by david golbitz

The year is almost over, and it was a good one for the comic book industry. Despite some ups and downs, and the continuing debate over digital vs. print comics, there were a number of amazing comics released in 2011 (some of which I detailed in my “Best of” list), both indie and mainstream, action a ...

45 days ago by wolfshowl

Summary: Our trio of the doctor, Yorick, and 355 have resumed their attempt to reach the west coast, but get side-tracked when they stumble across the Russian woman looking for the spacemen. Upon learning of the imminent arrival of the astronauts, they decide to join her in journeying to the landing ...

46 days ago by Jelinas

Y: The Last Man, Vol. 5: Ring of Truth by Brian K. Vaughan My rating: 5 of 5 stars Surprises. That’s what makes “Ring of Truth” such a great volume. Yorick, in a fight with some members of a ruthless offshoot of the Culper Ring, loses the engagement ring he had planned to give to Beth. Soon thereaft ...

46 days ago by Jelinas

Y: The Last Man: Y – The Last Man Bd. 4. Offenbarungen: Bd 4 by Brian K. Vaughan My rating: 4 of 5 stars “Safeword” introduces a new character: Agent 711, a retired Culper Ring agent who’s also a friend of 355′s. She helps Yorick to take a deeper look at the reasons behind his compulsive recklessnes ...

46 days ago by Jelinas

Y: The Last Man, Vol. 3: One Small Step by Brian K. Vaughan My rating: 4 of 5 stars When we last left Yorick, we learned that, orbiting Earth in the international space station, there were three astronauts — two of whom were men. If these men are able to land safely on Earth, and are not affected by ...

46 days ago by Jelinas

Y: The Last Man, Vol. 2: Cycles by Brian K. Vaughan My rating: 5 of 5 stars The tale of Yorick Brown, the last man on earth, continues with Yorick’s trek across America to help Dr. Mann get back to her lab in San Francisco and find out how Yorick and Ampersand survived the plague. Along the way, the ...

60 days ago by katchoo86

C’est au mois de Mars prochain que le nouveau projet du scénariste de Y the Last Man, Pride of Baghdad et Ex Machina paraîtra dans les bonnes confiseries. Sobrement intitulé Saga (à ne pas confondre avec notre Saga à nous), et dessiné par Fiona Staples, Vaughan le décrit volontiers comme un savant m ...

73 days ago by Artilharia Cultural

Artilheiro Colaborador: Guilherme Chaves Criada por Brian K. Vaughan e lançada no começo de 2002, Y: The Last Man consegue ser uma das melhores HQs que já tive o prazer de conhecer. Publicada em 60 edições pelo selo da Vertigo ( DC Comics) a trama narra a história do único sobrevivente de uma aparen ...

74 days ago by bookslide

All-American Girl by Meg Cabot was one of those books that I kept reading in the hopes that the narrator stops being annoying long enough to be interesting. Fortunately, it does happen, but it’s really hard to get to the plot with the whining teenage girl leading the way. I ended up enjoying this bo ...