Y the Last Man : The last issue

[Eck]

Can't remember where or why I first picked up Y: The Last Man, but I've been collecting every issue since (the 'graphic novel' collection).

It's a good series, but not without its flaws. To be honest I can't see why it gets so much praise. As silly as it may sound, it reminds me of that terrible show (which I couldn't get enough of as a teenager) Dragonball Z. Much of the story revolves around the gang fighting someone, then moving on, making next to no progress, and then fighting someone else. Yorick doesn't learn anything on his own. Someone had to do that for him in 'Safeword'.

And what the fuck is with the swearing? Swearing only works (in my opinion) when used to enhance a bit of dialogue. It cannot be used in any sentence the writer wants! Yorick's random swearing really detracts from the quality of this series. Other characters do it to, but he's the main culprit.

Swearing for the sake of swearing is fucking insulting. If there's one thing I hate, it's lazy dialogue. Can't bring a scene to life? Ah hell, just plaster over it with a fuck or two...noone will notice.

The pacing of the whole thing is badly done too. Years have passed up to the point I'm at now, 'Kimono Dragons' and yet it doesn't feel like it. Yorick hasn't changed at all! In a post apocalyptic world! After years on the road! And after seeing people die and killing people himself! He's still a cheery little fucker always joking! Wow, I like exclamation marks don't I.

Anyway, I enjoy Y: The Last Man. It's a good adventure story, the rest of which I very much look forward to, but it could be so much better.

The film will be shite too :)

[TordelBack]

Swearing for the sake of swearing is fucking insulting.

Words to live by!