Y: The Last Man Vol. 1: Unmanned

Within the premise of The Last Man exists every junior high school boy's fantasy: being the last man on earth. While The Last Man could have been incredibly juvenile and explored more prurient possibilities within that premise, it does not. Instead, we get a really interesting exploration of what might really happen if all the men (but our hero) died. This is the story of Yorick, an amateur escape artist and classic over-educated, underachieving slacker. In this story, Yorick is only a small player, a prize really, in a larger drama of political intrigue that plays out bit by bit as we read. The dialog is brisk and funny. The heroics are plentiful but Yorick is only occasionally the hero of the scene. In fact, he usually plays the classically female role whose job it is to be rescued by the real heroes, which in this story are the women. These are comics for adults and the language and storyline reflects that. The art is fairly simple as modern comics go and there are no capes or spandex to be seen. I've already read through the fifth volume and can't wait to see what happens next.