2017 read: A spaceship with two men (yes, some men!!!) and a woman aboard is coming down from the international space station, is this the end of Y being the last man? Meanwhile forces are working for and against the President. The several ongoing stories of Y and co. on the road and the Culper Ring's machinations gives the reader a wider more interesting view of the de-manned world. 8 out of 12

I'll do my best to keep this short, and recommend a quick browse of other comments for a gestalt assessment. Got this out of the library on the heels of a Washington Post Comics Riff blog reader's recommendation, but if Book 3 of 10 is any indication, I think I'll take a pass on the remainder.I give this book 2 1/2 stars for its high-concept (mysterious plague kills off EVERY Earth mammal with a Y chromosome except for maybe one guy and his pet capuchin monkey)......that suffers from cliched exe...

I want to like this series so much more than I do right now. There are some plot points that I thoroughly enjoy. I loved the idea that the male astronauts were safe from the epidemic in space, and I really like the transcontinental voyage that Yorick and company have set out on. But the central premise actually prevents me from liking this as much as I want to - or, more accurately, the way it's treated. (view spoiler)[In the last few pages of the book, the actors tell Yorick (in disguise, of co...

What if all the men, except one young man and his male monkey pet, were wiped out all over the world and nobody knew why exactly? That's the setup for this series that takes a look at gender issues and progressive science versus a natural order of things. I like that the explanation for the plague is not known and there are several possibilities. In this volume we deal with Yorick FINALLY getting it on with a girl who reminds him of Beth (his pseudo girlfriend), a lesbian affair of sorts between...

Story Things took a pretty unexpected and interesting turn here. I was hoping these developments would have resulted in a few more answers than we got, but it seems we'll be left hanging awhile longer. Artwork I think the artwork continues to be good but not great. I think I'm still spoiled by Fiona Staples/Saga.

So at the end of the last collection, we found out that (view spoiler)[Yorick may not be humanity's last hope after all; two men exist beyond the earth's atmosphere within the international space station (hide spoiler)]. Nothing like opening your review with a spoiler!In this installment, Vaughn pushes a subplot that has slowly been building since the beginning involving Israeli militant soldiers. Their eventual plan is to kidnap him and repopulate the homeland becoming the only nation on earth

The third volume almost changed the title of the whole series into (view spoiler)[ Y: Not The Last Man (hide spoiler)]. Unfortunately, that almost happened but didn't. Here we see Yorick not depending his survival to his friends. Through his wits and his talent as an escape artist, he managed to stop yet another peril, no in form of an abduction.At first I thought that the play part was a bit of a bore. It ended with some facetious remarks and can even be seen as Vaughan's reply to the bashes an...

Oh! There may be more men left.MEN IN SPACE! Yorick, 355, and Dr. Mann team up with a Russian agent to try and save the day. Probably would have worked out better for everyone involved it if weren't for those pesky Israeli chicks. You also find out who set them on Yorick's trail and why. <--the why is really important. There are some twists and turns in this volume.Some I saw coming. Others I did not. <--always a good thingI haven't connected with any of the characters yet, but since this is suc...

I am just having so much fun with his series :)

Notes: Grade and review pending re-read. Collective review for volumes 3-4 can be found here: Y: The Last Man - The Deluxe Edition Book Two.*The name of this book is Y: The Last Man, Vol. 3: One Small Step, not, as Goodreads insists, "One Small Step." This is due to their myopic policy that a comic book with both a volume number and subtitle shall be listed here only by the subtitle. Every comic book reader with more than a passing interest knows this is fundamentally incorrect. Refer to this bo...

While I continue to enjoy this series, this volume was not quite as strong for me as the last two. It felt a bit disjointed and some of the plot twists too coincidental (I mean, it is quite an outlandish story, so I am not sure what I am expecting!) Some of that feeling may come from the last two issues compiled here having a different feel and different characters. So, to summarize, it is good, but feels slightly off.Another thing about this series as a whole is that I think the commentary on h...

I feel like i've been letting the sexism and shitty representation of women slide but by volume 3 it's starting to wear really thin, does vaughan just hate women? I cringed reading some of this, i dunno what happened in this volume but it bugged me more so than the others. Volume 3 is a lot more mellow than the previous two volumes, the astronaut storyline was so obvious, and there's not that much going on which is why it ends up in some weird theatre group. Which i'm lost as to why if there had...

Volume 3, One Small Step, started as fun and adventurous, but in the second half looses its grip. But it does get back on track at the end.. Looking forward to the rest of the series..."Even death is beautiful, if you are not alone." :)Women and Children first.They jeopardized the future of mankind... for chivalry?Y: The Last Man, Vol. 3: One Small Step is about the only man ("The Last Man") to survive a mysterious plague that wipes out every other male of all the species on the planet ("every m...

If Hurley likes it, it's gotta be good! Amirite?One small step…In the third installment of the Y: The Last Man saga, we are informed that Yorick Brown may not be the last man on earth after all!! Dun da dunnnnnn. Apparently, there are two male cosmonauts in orbit who are preparing to return to Earth. In this leg of the journey, we are introduced to a group of Israeli soldiers eager to capture the last man before anyone else does, a Russian astronaut, and a troupe of roaming actors. This volume h...

2/5I can't continue this series any longer. I can't handle the writing. It feels so much like some of those cheesy young adult books that I can't bare to read. To most people it will be fine, and I feel like if you don't see anything wrong with the writing then you should continue on. But for me I just can't continue with it. Nothing is keeping me going.

A few ups, a few downs. Or is that crashes?Oh, Alas, poor Yurick. At least it's refreshing to see a relatively decent man in this position, actually consistently doing the right thing at the right times. You'd think that the last man would be taking advantage of situations like this, but no. Someone raised the kid all right.I can't say the same about his sister. I only have one complaint. This is STILL a little toooooooo decent. I mean, for the sake of saving humanity, especially when there are

Maybe I'm being persnickety, or maybe the previous volume set my expectations too high, but this comic fails to grasp my attention. The only thing that's really pushing me forward is the novelty of the premise and the (fading) hope that maybe this will get better. At times, it just feels like it's trying too hard to be politically/socially profound. The characters are either boring, rash or one-dimensional. The plot is grinding on painfully slow, too many distractions and needless pauses (unless...

In One Small Step, drama unfolds as it's discovered there is more than one man still alive after all, as two male astronauts are on the International Space Station in Earth's orbit. Can they return to Earth safely and join Yorick and his pet monkey Ampersand as the only males left on our planet?Opinions on this series vary quite a bit. Some of my GR friends hate this series, some love it. I personally love it so far, and for me this was another superb volume. I particularly liked the new charact...

So the end of volume 2 left me wanting to find out what happens next - I admit that. This time I'll start by saying that I still love the art!Look at this piece of candy: So what we have now is women entering romantic relationships as a completely common thing. Yorick's grown a beard and is able to walk around like that because some have started to try to look like men by arranging a fake beard.Random girl to Yorick: Seriously, your lady's lucky to have someone as dedicated as you. Bind those br...

This is as far as I will go with this series.