Series
Description
Accompanied by his mischievous monkey and the mysterious Agent 355, Yorick embarks on a transcontinental journey to find his girlfriend and discover why he is the last man on Earth. This volume finds Yorick, Agent 355, and Dr. Mann traveling across the Pacific to Japan, in pursuit of Yorick's stolen monkey Ampersand, whose innards may hold the key to mankind's future.
Subjects
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
2005
Publication
Vertigo (2013), 127 pages
Local notes
Collects issues #32 through 36.
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Awards
Otherwise Award (Honor List — 2007)
User reviews
LibraryThing member dr_zirk
With Y: The Last Man, the fun just never ends! Volume 6 brings us wannabe pirates, heroin traffickers, Australian submariners, lesbian romance, plentiful phallic references, and more plot twists than you can shake a stick at. Better yet, there are some fleeting panels of imitation "pulp comic art"
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towards the end of the book that are beautiful to behold. This series may have had a rough start in the early installments, but the pace and the quality have accelerated considerably by volume 6. This fan is heading directly for volume 7... Show Less
LibraryThing member Aerrin99
This is the point in the series where I started wondering 'gee, can we come up with a few /more/ ways that women running the earth will suck horribly? Let's maybe throw some slave drivers and cannibals in there to complete the picture.' Don't get me wrong - I /like/ that Vaughan does not picture
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everything as peaceful, rosey, or easy in an all-female world anymore than it would be in an all-male world. But with this volume, the sense of balance started to look really extreme. Fortunately, he pulls back from this a bit in later issues, but I really wish that the world he created could have been more nuanced. This volume especially just felt easy and surface-level. Show Less
LibraryThing member Demosthenes
the best comic book I ever read (I havent read many). It's about what else; the last man! Something to do with that whole "Y" chromosome thing. He has to repopulate the Earth. Lucky him
LibraryThing member Arctic-Stranger
The continuing adventures of Yorick and company. As the relationships develop, the plot gets more complicated. I still want to find out how this plague started though.
LibraryThing member lorelorn_2007
This volume more an interruption of the story than a continuation, but it at least ends with a tantalising glimpse of Beth.
LibraryThing member ironicqueery
Book 6 of the series doesn't really advance the plot all that much. It's still great writing and art, but this collection only spans 4 comics. The biggest news in this collection is that readers are finally given more detail on what is happening with Yorick's girlfriend in Australia.
LibraryThing member theboylatham
To rescue Ampersand, Yorick and friends travel to Australia...
LibraryThing member fyrefly98
Summary: Dr. Mann, Agent 355, and Yorrick are aboard a ship heading for Japan, in pursuit of Ampersand's kidnappers. (Monkey-nappers?) However, Yorrick gets discovered by the captain, and that's not their only problem; the ship has been found by a submarine full of potential pirates, and traitors
Review: Up to this point, this series's been consistently pretty great; while I don't think it's going off the rails or anything, neither did I find this installment as good as what's coming before. True to the rest of the series, there's a lot of sneaking around, and a lot of people pointing guns and swords at each other, and a fair bit of sex... but in this case, not all of it makes sense with what we know about the world and characters thus far, and the disconnect is distracting. Typically, I'd give this story bonus points for being about pirates, but it turns out that my fascination with "boys on boats" is pretty specific to the Age of Sail, and "girls on submarines" doesn't quite cut it. Still, while this installment wasn't my favorite, the story as a whole is still incredibly interesting, and the artwork continues to well-drawn, interestingly laid-out, and gorgeously colored. (Also, it might just be my imagination and faulty memory, but I swear that they're drawing Yorrick as more attractive as the series goes on.) 3.5 out of 5 stars.
Recommendation: Not the best of the bunch, but still an interesting read, and I'm sure that it's important for what comes next.
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on board mean that no one's loyalties are above question. We also get a quick look at what's happening to Beth in the Australian outback.Review: Up to this point, this series's been consistently pretty great; while I don't think it's going off the rails or anything, neither did I find this installment as good as what's coming before. True to the rest of the series, there's a lot of sneaking around, and a lot of people pointing guns and swords at each other, and a fair bit of sex... but in this case, not all of it makes sense with what we know about the world and characters thus far, and the disconnect is distracting. Typically, I'd give this story bonus points for being about pirates, but it turns out that my fascination with "boys on boats" is pretty specific to the Age of Sail, and "girls on submarines" doesn't quite cut it. Still, while this installment wasn't my favorite, the story as a whole is still incredibly interesting, and the artwork continues to well-drawn, interestingly laid-out, and gorgeously colored. (Also, it might just be my imagination and faulty memory, but I swear that they're drawing Yorrick as more attractive as the series goes on.) 3.5 out of 5 stars.
Recommendation: Not the best of the bunch, but still an interesting read, and I'm sure that it's important for what comes next.
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LibraryThing member ragwaine
Good stuff, as usual. It's tough being the only dude in a world of sluts... I mean women. :) I was ready to propose to that ship captain too (even though she was skinny) after hearing all those sci-fi/literary references. Nothing sexier than a woman with a book in her hand.
LibraryThing member branimal
So, a lot happens in this volume. Unfortunately, it's the first collection that probably deserved a little less than 4 stars. If not for the incredible ending, I would probably give it a 3-3.5.
Vaughan explores a little of what Yorick's girlfriend is up to in Australia and how she's coping with thegets a sign that Yorick is still alive .
The only thing I didn't like was the ridiculous subplot with piratesflooding Australia with heroin and the Australian navy trying to stop them. Also, I wasn't a fan of Yorick hooking up with another girl. He seems to mention Beth less and less, which of course, could indicate that he finds it hard to believe that she's still alive and still looking for him. However, with the ending provided, we're being prepped to think that Yorick and Beth will meet eventually.
I'm going to be very sad when this series ends.
Vaughan explores a little of what Yorick's girlfriend is up to in Australia and how she's coping with the
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plague. We're treated to an excellent dream sequence where Beth The only thing I didn't like was the ridiculous subplot with pirates
I'm going to be very sad when this series ends.
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LibraryThing member LibraryCin
****SPOILERS if you haven't read volume 5****
Ampersand was kidnapped at the end of the previous volume, and 355, Dr. Mann and Yorick have figured out that he was taken to Japan. They manage to secure “work” on a ship to get them there.
****END SPOILERS****
The second half of the volume kind of
I say “kind of” for the second half, because I found it quite confusing, and wasn't quite sure what was going on, hence my lower rating for this volume. Overall, this one just wasn't as good as the other volumes, I didn't think.
Ampersand was kidnapped at the end of the previous volume, and 355, Dr. Mann and Yorick have figured out that he was taken to Japan. They manage to secure “work” on a ship to get them there.
****END SPOILERS****
The second half of the volume kind of
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focuses on Beth, Yorick's fiancee, in Australia.I say “kind of” for the second half, because I found it quite confusing, and wasn't quite sure what was going on, hence my lower rating for this volume. Overall, this one just wasn't as good as the other volumes, I didn't think.
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