Y: The Last Man #17

Y: The Last Man (Single Issues) #17

by Brian K. Vaughan, Paul Chadwick (Illustrator), José Marzán Jr. (Ink)

It’s opening night of the all-female Fish & Bicycle Theater Company’s controversial new play. But if a mysterious visitor from Japan gets her way, the show may have the shortest run in the history of modern drama. When the curtain finally falls, will anyone be alive to see it?

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Science Fiction

24 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 1, 2004

About the author

Brian 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.

Reviews

[Craig Schorling · Rating 3 out of 5]

This issue loosely connected to the main storyline. It had some good moments but I miss the main cast. The last few pages of this were pretty damn funny though. Here's hoping that issue 18 will pick up the main story.

[M Pereira · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is amusing how this issue and the last are trying to be literary, down to the Y shape in the poster being torn, metatextual in the name of the play. Plus Yorick (not named or pictured but in a mask) picking up his Monkey. It's a good change of pace.

[Fantaghirò · Rating 1 out of 5]

I keep trying to like this comic book, but the way Vaughan writes his female characters is appalling. They might as well state their stereotype when they first appear, because they're never more than that. The main characters are a little better, but most of the women sound like they've been written by a guy who never talked to a woman for more than 20 minutes in his life. And this is the same person who writes "Saga," which is awesome and well written and all kinds of good things. Can't wrap my head around this. Hope it gets better.