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Y:The Last Man 4
Safeword
by Brian K. Vaughan ; Pia Guerra ; Goran Parlov
ISBN: 1401202322
ISBN-13: 9781401202323
Format: Paperback
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Summary
On July 17, 2002, an instantaneous plague strikes the world, killing every animal with a Y chromosome. In the blink of an eye, the mammal population of the world is halved, and the planet is purged of all men-all but one. Yorick Brown, a 20-something slacker and two-bit escape artist and magician, mysteriously survives the cataclysm. Brian K. Vaughan, who would later win an Eisner Award for best comic writer of 2005, takes this fantastic premise and spins it out in myriad permutations, all of them ingenious. Civilization grinds to a halt due to the lack of male-centric positions: construction workers, airplane pilots, cops, etc. Some women are grief-stricken over the events; others, like a violent Amazon sect, believe that the plague cleansed the Earth of its repugnant male element. Male-impersonators become in demand, yet Yorick has to dress as a woman to keep from being mobbed. Vaughan populates his parallel world with a intriguing characters, thrilling plotlines, brilliant details, and a gripping mystery: how did the plague originate and can anything be done to save the future of the human race?
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"Vaughan is an excellent episodic writer, able to sustain a suspenseful arc of plot, themes and realistic characters from one moment to the next.....Most important, Vaughan makes readers care for his characers. In the tradition of much good sci-fi writing, his fantastic plague backdrop is a very clever way of isolating and expanding on simple human themes of love, loneliness, fear and, of course, gender relations."
-- Publishers Weekly
"Still artfully written and plainly drawn, Y remains a helluva trip." -- Ray Olson
-- Booklist
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Dc Comics
Published date: 2004
Size: 6.75 x 10.25 inches
Weight: 0.65 pounds
Pages: 141
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