Y: The Last Man: Unmanned | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Review

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Y: The Last Man: Unmanned

Written by Brian K. Vaughan Art by Pia Guerra

Published October 2008 by Image Comics

#Comic, #GraphicNovel, #ScienceFiction, #Dystopian

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You would be surprised how much I was actually kind of on the fence with this one.  I had heard of this one, and knew it is one of the most critically acclaimed series to date and it is by the writer of Saga which I have up until this point enjoyed for the most part, and yet? I was sad that it didn't quite live up to the hype.  Was this a case of the hype was too great?  I don't know, I didn't feel over hyped going into it.  I was pretty open to whatever.  Maybe I just figured that more people would have spoken out about the few things that I did take issue with.

My main issue, and it is one that I don't often mention with comics but is a problem in books a fair amount, was that often times I felt there was author intervention.  The point that Vaughan was trying to make was pushing characters to act in certain ways that I honestly didn't think they would.  There were times where I felt those out of character scenes were caused in an attempt at humor, and other times in an attempt to make some sort of plot based movement or emotional point.  It just didn't really work for me.

I have issues with books that stand up on the soap box and shove their message down your throat.  Honestly Saga is much better at it, and it might just be that Vaughan is learning as he works on more and more projects, which is entirely acceptable, but still this is more interesting in concept than what actually shows up.

Now after complaining for three paragraphs I feel I should say that I didn't hate this book.  Quite the contrary, it was an interesting little romp.  I will definitely continue the story.  Let's just say I'm not jumping up to get it.