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Y: The Last Man (Single Issues) #2
Y: The Last Man #2
When a mysterious plague kills all male life on the planet, what do women do with the billions of corpses? Yorick Brown discovers the horrific answer as he travels to Washington in search of his Congresswoman mother. And which unexpected female has just been named President of the United States?
22 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 1, 2002
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Brian K. Vaughan
1,062 books14.2k followersBrian K. Vaughan is the writer and co-creator of comic-book series including SAGA, PAPER GIRLS, Y THE LAST MAN, RUNAWAYS, and most recently, BARRIER, a digital comic with artist Marcos Martin about immigration, available from their pay-what-you-want site www.PanelSyndicate.com
BKV's work has been recognized at the Eisner, Harvey, Hugo, Shuster, Eagle, and British Fantasy Awards. He sometimes writes for film and television in Los Angeles, where he lives with his family and their dogs Hamburger and Milkshake.
BKV's work has been recognized at the Eisner, Harvey, Hugo, Shuster, Eagle, and British Fantasy Awards. He sometimes writes for film and television in Los Angeles, where he lives with his family and their dogs Hamburger and Milkshake.
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January 11, 2021
Comments: The story has progressed to a couple of months later. We are now in a dystopian society. It is a gender satire on what a world populated by only women would be like if the entire male population suddenly died of gendercide at the same time. It is interesting to note that many basic services are suddenly unavailable across the country. It showed that many of the country's infrastructure jobs were handled by almost entirely of men, and now that they are gone, the women are suddenly finding themselves slowly crawling to fill in those work-spaces.
2008 Eisner Award winner Pia Guerra does a tremendous job of keeping the illustration panels and art as simple and straight forward, helping enhance telling the story to the reader. You can actually know what is going on in the story by just looking at the illustrations without reading the dialogue. It's great, and at the same time, she does great illustrated faces, showcasing varying emotions from the characters that populate the story. It makes for a better reading of a non-superhero story where the characters are not required to be musclebound and exaggerated.
Y The Last Man #2
"Unmanned, Part 2 of 5"
October 2002
Writer: Brian K. Vaughan
Illustrator: Pia Guerra
Inker: Jose Marzan, Jr.
Colorist: Pamela Rambo & Digital Chameleon
Letterer: Clem Robins
Editor: Zachary Rau & Heidi MacDonald
Synopsis Complete Spolers: We then fast forward to two months later in the story. We join a disguised and hooded figure carrying a pet carrier crate in the streets of Washington D.C. And an out of control garbage truck almost plowed into the person, as the person jumped out of the way. The truck crashed into a tree instead. The female driver asked the fallen "woman" if she's okay. The "woman" answered she's okay. The garbage truck driver questioned what's wrong with "her" voice, which the "woman" said it's just shock. The truck driver confessed she just started driving the garbage truck and still has problems braking. Then said, "Oh shit" as she saw the dead men at the garbage truck's back area fell off and is at the street. As she picked the deceased body one by one and putting them back in the garbage truck, she told the "woman" her story. She got the job at the CDC as a garbage collector, and gets paid one can of food for each dead man she delivered to the RFK Stadium, which has been converted into a crematorium. She used to be a model who had a three thousand dollar breast job, and now she can't get a job, and is a garbage woman. She told the "woman" she doesn't have to wear the mask anymore as what killed the men two months ago, isn't around to kill the women. The "woman" would rather be safe than sorry and will keep the gas mask on, at the same time pointing to the garbage woman's waist which was carrying a holster with a gun on it. She told "her" that she picked it up from a dead cop the previous month. She went to pickup the pet carrier cage. The "woman" tried to prevent her from picking it up. Too late. The monkey inside got loose, and jumped on the "woman" and took off her gas mask, thus revealing Yorick, the last man.
In Alexandria, Virginia, at a place where Agriculture Secretary Margaret Valentine was sleeping, an armed Agent 355 broke through the glass door and very happy to find her alive. Awakened, a distraught Margaret Valentine told Agent 355 that all the animals and farmers are dead and that her cabinet position is useless. Agent 355 explained to her that her title has changed. She is now The President of the United States. Disbelief engulfed her and she didn't want to be called The President. Agent 355 explained all the Executive Department and Legislative Department in the line of succession to the presidency were men, and all have died. Valentine told 355 that there is a female Secretary of the Interior who should be ahead of her. Agent 355 told Valentine that Secretary of the Interior Richburg died in one of the airplane crashes. Agent 355 believed in Agriculture Secretary Valentine and painstakingly looked for her across the country, and finally found her, and asked her if she is still willing to serve and uphold when she took the oath upon accepting the cabinet position.
The story rejoins the former supermodel, Waverly the garbage woman who couldn't believe she is with Yorick, the last man on Earth. She then pulled her gun on him and ordered him to get inside the truck where she handcuffed him to the side mirror. She hasn't eaten in a week, and she'll probably be paid an unlimited supply of food by a group in Hagerstown. She's going to sell him to the Amazons. She finished loading the deceased male carcasses and was about to take Yorick there, only to find the handcuffs hanging on the side mirror, but with no Yorick attached to it.
An escaped Yorick is running down a street in Washington D.C. in the middle of the night while verbally chastising Ampersand. Finally, he arrived just outside the gates of The White House.
Inside The White House, Representative Brown is startled by the security guard doing her final security sweep of the evening and asked Rep. Brown if she would like to be escorted home. She declined, that she and the other Congresswomen are still trying to decide on a new Commander-In-Chief, and staying at The White House even without electricity is still like a palace compared to her place. She was told of the special agent in charge tonight in case Congresswoman Brown needed anything that night.
Later that night, inside one of the rooms, Yorick surprised his mom by getting behind her and saying that security is lame now. A startled Congresswoman Brown suddenly grabbed him from behind her and hip-tossed him over putting Yorick on his back in the ground. Seeing her son alive she broke down and hugged him. He told her he's the only man alive unless his father is still alive. His mother's silence and sadness told him otherwise. He briefly broke down and cursed that he didn't call his dad on his birthday, thinking he's alive because of genetics, and that his father might still be alive. He asked his mom about his sister, Hero, but all the phones across the country is down, and she hasn't heard from his sister. Ampersand jumped on Yorick's shoulder, and his mom was surprised to find out that Ampersand is a male monkey as all other male animals have died. Yorick showed his mom the so called magic ring he purchased in a magic store, which he used to propose to Beth. That is why he is going to Australia. His mom suddenly got angry and told him he can't leave, that he has a responsibility to the world now. Yorick told her he's not staying to be a stud to impregnate the many anonymous women while his real love is still out there. She brought up Dr. Alison Mann's file and showed it to Yorick, which showcased asexual reproduction. Cloning. A light suddenly emerged from the outside looking in to their room. The glass broke, and they snapped to a crouched position to get cover. She thought she heard gunfire and looked outside and saw about a dozen women out there. Yorick said it must be the insane women, the Amazons. His mom responded it's worse.
2008 Eisner Award winner Pia Guerra does a tremendous job of keeping the illustration panels and art as simple and straight forward, helping enhance telling the story to the reader. You can actually know what is going on in the story by just looking at the illustrations without reading the dialogue. It's great, and at the same time, she does great illustrated faces, showcasing varying emotions from the characters that populate the story. It makes for a better reading of a non-superhero story where the characters are not required to be musclebound and exaggerated.
Y The Last Man #2
"Unmanned, Part 2 of 5"
October 2002
Writer: Brian K. Vaughan
Illustrator: Pia Guerra
Inker: Jose Marzan, Jr.
Colorist: Pamela Rambo & Digital Chameleon
Letterer: Clem Robins
Editor: Zachary Rau & Heidi MacDonald
Synopsis Complete Spolers: We then fast forward to two months later in the story. We join a disguised and hooded figure carrying a pet carrier crate in the streets of Washington D.C. And an out of control garbage truck almost plowed into the person, as the person jumped out of the way. The truck crashed into a tree instead. The female driver asked the fallen "woman" if she's okay. The "woman" answered she's okay. The garbage truck driver questioned what's wrong with "her" voice, which the "woman" said it's just shock. The truck driver confessed she just started driving the garbage truck and still has problems braking. Then said, "Oh shit" as she saw the dead men at the garbage truck's back area fell off and is at the street. As she picked the deceased body one by one and putting them back in the garbage truck, she told the "woman" her story. She got the job at the CDC as a garbage collector, and gets paid one can of food for each dead man she delivered to the RFK Stadium, which has been converted into a crematorium. She used to be a model who had a three thousand dollar breast job, and now she can't get a job, and is a garbage woman. She told the "woman" she doesn't have to wear the mask anymore as what killed the men two months ago, isn't around to kill the women. The "woman" would rather be safe than sorry and will keep the gas mask on, at the same time pointing to the garbage woman's waist which was carrying a holster with a gun on it. She told "her" that she picked it up from a dead cop the previous month. She went to pickup the pet carrier cage. The "woman" tried to prevent her from picking it up. Too late. The monkey inside got loose, and jumped on the "woman" and took off her gas mask, thus revealing Yorick, the last man.
In Alexandria, Virginia, at a place where Agriculture Secretary Margaret Valentine was sleeping, an armed Agent 355 broke through the glass door and very happy to find her alive. Awakened, a distraught Margaret Valentine told Agent 355 that all the animals and farmers are dead and that her cabinet position is useless. Agent 355 explained to her that her title has changed. She is now The President of the United States. Disbelief engulfed her and she didn't want to be called The President. Agent 355 explained all the Executive Department and Legislative Department in the line of succession to the presidency were men, and all have died. Valentine told 355 that there is a female Secretary of the Interior who should be ahead of her. Agent 355 told Valentine that Secretary of the Interior Richburg died in one of the airplane crashes. Agent 355 believed in Agriculture Secretary Valentine and painstakingly looked for her across the country, and finally found her, and asked her if she is still willing to serve and uphold when she took the oath upon accepting the cabinet position.
The story rejoins the former supermodel, Waverly the garbage woman who couldn't believe she is with Yorick, the last man on Earth. She then pulled her gun on him and ordered him to get inside the truck where she handcuffed him to the side mirror. She hasn't eaten in a week, and she'll probably be paid an unlimited supply of food by a group in Hagerstown. She's going to sell him to the Amazons. She finished loading the deceased male carcasses and was about to take Yorick there, only to find the handcuffs hanging on the side mirror, but with no Yorick attached to it.
An escaped Yorick is running down a street in Washington D.C. in the middle of the night while verbally chastising Ampersand. Finally, he arrived just outside the gates of The White House.
Inside The White House, Representative Brown is startled by the security guard doing her final security sweep of the evening and asked Rep. Brown if she would like to be escorted home. She declined, that she and the other Congresswomen are still trying to decide on a new Commander-In-Chief, and staying at The White House even without electricity is still like a palace compared to her place. She was told of the special agent in charge tonight in case Congresswoman Brown needed anything that night.
Later that night, inside one of the rooms, Yorick surprised his mom by getting behind her and saying that security is lame now. A startled Congresswoman Brown suddenly grabbed him from behind her and hip-tossed him over putting Yorick on his back in the ground. Seeing her son alive she broke down and hugged him. He told her he's the only man alive unless his father is still alive. His mother's silence and sadness told him otherwise. He briefly broke down and cursed that he didn't call his dad on his birthday, thinking he's alive because of genetics, and that his father might still be alive. He asked his mom about his sister, Hero, but all the phones across the country is down, and she hasn't heard from his sister. Ampersand jumped on Yorick's shoulder, and his mom was surprised to find out that Ampersand is a male monkey as all other male animals have died. Yorick showed his mom the so called magic ring he purchased in a magic store, which he used to propose to Beth. That is why he is going to Australia. His mom suddenly got angry and told him he can't leave, that he has a responsibility to the world now. Yorick told her he's not staying to be a stud to impregnate the many anonymous women while his real love is still out there. She brought up Dr. Alison Mann's file and showed it to Yorick, which showcased asexual reproduction. Cloning. A light suddenly emerged from the outside looking in to their room. The glass broke, and they snapped to a crouched position to get cover. She thought she heard gunfire and looked outside and saw about a dozen women out there. Yorick said it must be the insane women, the Amazons. His mom responded it's worse.
September 25, 2017
FAVORITE mother and son reunion ever!
November 23, 2017
Transphobia in the first pages. First the talking about FtM Boyfriend who lived and was murdered and then Yorick being checked by another woman to see if he was a 'real man'. Just a very yuck issue
January 18, 2015
4 Stars
Chapter two of The Last Man : Unmanned was a bit more agreeable to me. The progress and the direction of the main story line is fun and interesting. This chapter is short, but is very action filled. I liked these two editions, I want to love them.
Chapter two of The Last Man : Unmanned was a bit more agreeable to me. The progress and the direction of the main story line is fun and interesting. This chapter is short, but is very action filled. I liked these two editions, I want to love them.
September 10, 2016
Oh man poor Yorick. I wonder how his ring and the necklace from earlier are connected? Onto the next one!
July 12, 2020
Before I get into some praise, let's just say that it really feels at times like this was written in 2002. *Checks clipboard* oh my goodness! It was!
There's some stuff in here that I believe constitutes a digression of criticism. You have the suggestion that the only reason a woman would get breast implants is because she is trying to attract and/or humor men.
You have a deceased trans man refereed to as a "tranny."
And you have words like "real man" thrown around at the dissent of said trans man.
Now that's just my inner feminist ruminating on the proceedings. If such a gender apocalypse were to actually happen, yeah, I imagine not everyone's language would be up to snuff. My concern is that it's not super clear if the characters who use this dismissive and lack of sensitivity in their words are doing so as a reflection that we are supposed to dislike them, or if it's supposed to be nuance, or... quite possibly, it was just something we were supposed to understand and relate to at the time.
I don't know.
Aside from all that. The piece itself was pretty solid outing. Seeing a mom and son reunite was the highlight. That and the person in charge of Agriculture is now the president. That's such a poignant and rare story-line choice. If for nothing else it makes the story feel important; as though it treads water that has never been disturbed before.
There's some stuff in here that I believe constitutes a digression of criticism. You have the suggestion that the only reason a woman would get breast implants is because she is trying to attract and/or humor men.
You have a deceased trans man refereed to as a "tranny."
And you have words like "real man" thrown around at the dissent of said trans man.
Now that's just my inner feminist ruminating on the proceedings. If such a gender apocalypse were to actually happen, yeah, I imagine not everyone's language would be up to snuff. My concern is that it's not super clear if the characters who use this dismissive and lack of sensitivity in their words are doing so as a reflection that we are supposed to dislike them, or if it's supposed to be nuance, or... quite possibly, it was just something we were supposed to understand and relate to at the time.
I don't know.
Aside from all that. The piece itself was pretty solid outing. Seeing a mom and son reunite was the highlight. That and the person in charge of Agriculture is now the president. That's such a poignant and rare story-line choice. If for nothing else it makes the story feel important; as though it treads water that has never been disturbed before.
January 21, 2024
Really not too keen on the transphobic slur that was used to describe a trans man. I get that it's trying to account for trans folk in this virus thing that happened but I don't think someone's girlfriend would call him the T word.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
November 27, 2017
Murican women wanna be Amazons
A hot chick with the breast plant
All men are dead
Things are not getting along with Yorick the last man.
A hot chick with the breast plant
All men are dead
Things are not getting along with Yorick the last man.
February 23, 2018
A este si que le entendí jaja, ya me voy acoplando con la historia y los personajes, este sin duda me ha gustado bastante
June 3, 2018
very nice
May 6, 2020
Fantastic artwork, amazing story line and concept, just loved it - a must read and one of my favourite comic books !
April 16, 2023
This poor kid
May 6, 2023
A good issue with a run in with a garbage truck driver and Yorick gets to the White House. Everything is still a mystery right now and the characters are being introduced.
July 23, 2023
This one’s a little transphobic at points :/
February 2, 2025
For an apocalypse storyline, I like how it skips ahead a little and doesn't dwell on explaining everything, but gradually scenarios are added and explained.
November 22, 2025
i actually teared up a little and then lol’d when the mom said “i have no intention of whoring out my own son”
June 8, 2016
Trigger warning: transphobic content. If it wasn't for this, I would have given it 4 stars. Continuing with the series owing to when it was made but yeah, don't read if you're uncomfortable with the T word...
June 6, 2015
It's always the second issue and its ending that makes me want to read the entire series.
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March 5, 2019Okay, *now* things are beginning to pick up. Still mildly interested, enough to continue.
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