Indie Comics Spotlight #14 Y: The Last Man

This week, Tony is joined by the hardest working man in comics, coming at you live from across the pond, Mr. Max Byrne.

Vertigo comics was in 1993 to publish stories with more graphic or adult content, which did not fit within the restrictions of the Comics Code Authority by the legendary Karen Berger. While technically part of the DC comics family, Vertigo was left alone to bring us some of the most memorable comics of all time including this week’s selection.

Y: The Last Man, winner of three Eisner Awards and one of the most critically acclaimed, best-selling comic books series of the last decade, is that rare example of a page-turner that is at once humorous, socially relevant and endlessly surprising.

Written by Brian K. Vaughan (Lost, Pride of Baghdad, Ex Machina) and with art by Pia Guerra, this is the saga of Yorick Brown—the only human survivor of a planet-wide plague that instantly kills every mammal possessing a Y chromosome. Accompanied by a mysterious government agent, a brilliant young geneticist and his pet monkey, Ampersand, Yorick travels the world in search of his lost love and the answer to why he's the last man on earth.

If you want to talk with Tony about comics or to suggest any future shows, please connect with him on Twitter @Tricycleboombox. You can read his reviews of multiple Independent and DC comics at DC Comics News or at Fantastic Universes. You can find him online and send him an email at https://www.arfarina.com/.

See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.