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{Download PDF} Y: the Last Man: Book 1 Ebook Free Download Y: THE LAST MAN: BOOK 1 PDF, EPUB, EBOOK Pia Guerra,Jr. Jose Marzan,Brian K. Vaughan | 256 pages | 23 Sep 2014 | DC Comics | 9781401251512 | English | United States Y: The Last Man, Vol. 1: Unmanned by Brian K. Vaughan Brian K. Vaughan works in social commentary on many different issues, including sexism, partisan politics, xenophobia, religion and fanaticism. A lesser writer would have come off as preachy, but Vaughan makes everything flow so naturally that you never feel like you're being lectured. Rather than making his point through ham-fisted techniques, Vaughan simply gives you a cerebral, thought-provoking story and trusts that you'll be able to read all the subtext yourself. Another thing that is so amazing about this story is how real it feels. Sure, a plague killing off all the men and none of the women is pretty over-the- top, but the characters themselves are so deep and fleshed-out, they make the story feel completely genuine. As the women cope with losing all the men in their lives, there are a lot of emotions that play out This is no cheesy popcorn movie that focuses solely on the action, we watch the characters as they fall in love, lose loved ones, become consumed with rage, and struggle to survive. And every bit of emotion that the characters feel is presented so strongly, the reader feels them as well. Anyone who thinks comic books are immature has never read this powerful, Shakespearean story. I highly recommend you read this first volume of one of the greatest stories ever told. No matter what your literary preference is, I guarantee this book has something in it you'll love! Sep 13, Bruce rated it liked it Recommends it for: teens, avid comics fans. Recommended to Bruce by: Washington Post comics blog commenter. Shelves: graphic-novel , fiction. I've read so much here and elsewhere about how brilliant this series is, and from the two books I've read, I'm afraid I can't agree. The concept plague instantaneously kills all Y-chromosome mammals -- except a guy named Yorick and his pet capuchin monkey -- around the globe without warning has tremendous promise. However, the execution in the two books I read this one and Vol. Characterization, plot, and art were all two-dimensional. By contrast, Judge Parker has more nu I've read so much here and elsewhere about how brilliant this series is, and from the two books I've read, I'm afraid I can't agree. By contrast, Judge Parker has more nuance in the latter category. By way of example, here's a bit of dialogue all characters have the same or similar wise-cracking persona from pp. I'm the President of the United States. And I say drop the goddamn weapons. The Democrats just shot Bill Woodring's wife! They've seized control of the White House. All of the men are dead! Their Constitution doesn't apply anymore! Anarchy, violence, and hysteria reign. Each scene is a mini-melodrama. This is not an Alan Moore book contrast "From Hell," which was about Jack the Ripper, and had both less page-to-page violence and substantially more nuance. That said, this first book of the series really exists solely to accomplish 3 tasks: introduce the premise, the principal characters, and establish the quest-like framework for the story here's this wicked world, now try getting cross-country. The first two are accomplished with the first 34 pages the initiating comic in this compilation. The last waits on the penultimate page of the graphic novel. There are a few artistic grace notes here, such as the birds-eye view of an urban Y-intersection on the last page after the leads have determined that they will have to hike from Boston to California no, no city yet named , but for the most part, sophisticated readers seeking other than lightly-buttered popcorn will be disappointed. It should be interesting to see how the film version of this book stacks up against "Children of Men. Dec 27, Erin rated it liked it. View 2 comments. Jan 26, HBalikov rated it really liked it. King has read? The story moves at a fast pace, even with its complex plot. The brutality of this brave, new world is sporadically relieved by humor that ranges from black to slapstick. It tracks many of his themes starting with his iconic, The Stand. Further, we are led deep into the competing goals of the remaining humans and how many aspects of government, industry, life, etc. For example, I am looking forward to seeing how Vaughan decides to handle the growing lack of animal protein in the diet since all mammals face the same issue of no males to procreate. No eggs, no milk or other dairy products will be found after a short while. The devil might be in such details. This is book one in a series of five. May 12, Summer rated it it was amazing Shelves: comics. This is the first graphic novel I've read, so far. Because after this one.. I'm hooked! Yorick is a young guy, wondering where is his place on this planet. He can't find a job, he loves magic and his girlfriend, Beth. She travelled to Australia, to be all smart and to gain some experiences in anthropology, so now Yorick is all alone, feeling like a loser, because he's not doing anything remotely as important as she and the rest of his friends do. He doesn't even want to go out of his apartment an This is the first graphic novel I've read, so far. He doesn't even want to go out of his apartment anymore. And just as he wants to ask Beth something important, everything changes. Something crazy happens, I won't write too much about it, so I don't ruin your joy of reading it but you probably know already. It's a funny story and it kept me interested. It's a mixture of feminists, jokes about republicans, some overused jokes, hey, there's even a Macgyver joke in it! I missed these, since Chuck Norris is so popular to make fun of these days. I can't wait to finish reading other comics of this series. May 27, J. Keely rated it it was ok Shelves: reviewed , science-fiction , post-apocalyptic , comics. A sort of reversal of the film 'Children of Men', Y the Last Man is sometimes difficult to take seriously. The storytelling itself is not bad, though it sometimes falls into the faults of Lost, with endless, predictable hardship. It is an interesting concept, and Vaughan at least connects himself tangentially to the literary tradition, but these connections are often too flimsy or too coincidental in construction. The worst crime of all may be that one keeps feeling that Yorick is standing in as A sort of reversal of the film 'Children of Men', Y the Last Man is sometimes difficult to take seriously. The worst crime of all may be that one keeps feeling that Yorick is standing in as an author surrogate; he is the last man on Earth, after all. Of course, anyone writing this story would have to come up against this challenge, but by not really addressing the character's sexual conflict, or his motivations in general, it can begin to feel like an escapist harem romp. My Suggested Readings in Comics View all 9 comments. Jun 02, Bradley rated it really liked it Shelves: shelf , graphic-novels , sci-fi. Solid start to a series. Last man, one male monkey, and a whole world of women. Fortunately, he's not much of a dick. Good with cracking locks and cracking jokes. I think he's going to leave the cracking of heads to his friends. Such a shame that people are people no matter what the sex. This comic book series has received rave reviews for its rather satirical premise concerning the idea of the extinction of all mammals with the Y chromosome, and how the female population supposedly tries to deal with this global crisis. I've been intrigued by this series for four years now, but put off reading it even after I bought an actual copy about three years ago. It's a Vertigo title which immediately guarantees it's promising. Finally, I got to read the first volume Unmanned which colle This comic book series has received rave reviews for its rather satirical premise concerning the idea of the extinction of all mammals with the Y chromosome, and how the female population supposedly tries to deal with this global crisis. Finally, I got to read the first volume Unmanned which collected the first five issues of the series, and as much as I wasn't completely invested yet in the story and characters, I have to agree that it's an interesting beginning. Y: The Last Man was published in with ten volume all in all, and its official run ended by It had received and won nominations from Eisner Awards thrice. That being said, this first volume is not something I would personally consider an instant masterpiece which was okay. Neil Gaiman's The Sandman: Preludes and Nocturnes wasn't so hot either at least until The Sound of Her Wings closing issue, but that series eventually did become one as the story went on. To compare it with the other graphic novels I reviewed since last month, it's still a good entry but not something as magnificently appealing like SAGA or Sex Criminals had proven to be, whose first volumes were immediately so stellar and engrossing.
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