I accidentally got sucked into this at my boyfriend's house this weekend. I'm reading Watchmen, but he gave me Hell Boy and this Unmanned (Y: The Last Man) to entertain me as well. Now, my big priority will be getting my grades done with all this interesting stuff to read. :)I got "some" grades done today, so I thought I would catch up a bit on my blog. When I say I accidentally got sucked into this book, I mean it. I was lying in bed when my boyfriend brought me a few new books to look at. I flipped through Hell Boy (I really like the artwork in Hell Boy) and then I flipped through Unmanned. Only it wasn't like flipping through at all. The next thing I knew I was done with the first trade. I even stopped a couple of times to talk to Wade about what I was reading.
The first page grabbed me. In the final two frames, a female police officer points out that all the men are dead just before putting her gun to her temple. And I really think that's what my reaction would be to such a catastrophe. I'm not sure I could weather the world with only female company, though I've spent my fair share of time around girls. I went to an all-girls school for two years in Hawaii, and after my husband and I split up, the great majority of my time was spent with my two girls, my mother, and my sister. I hope I would try to keep things together for them, but my gut reaction would be to get out...fast.
This series, while illustrated by a woman, is written by a man (Brian K. Vaughan), and at times this male perspective shows through. Yorick, the last man,
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