Most Wanted

(Before reading)

It's been a while since I did one of these, but I feel obligated this week. It's one of those issues that you're both simultaneously anticipating and dreading. Part of me is kind of sad now that I'm holding it in my hands, but as long as it's a well-written and satisfying conclusion, I shouldn't worry too much.

Y: The Last Man #60
Writer: Brian K. Vaughan
Pencils: Pia Guerra

(After reading)

I thought I would write up a typical non-review outlining what I liked about the issue. Y'know? Like I usually do? Just kind of free-form describe it without spoiling too much. I knew that dancing around spoilers in a series long wrap-up issue like this one would make it a little tricky, but I thought I'd figure something out and just wing it.

But, I just finished it and really don't feel like writing about it in any depth.

I'll just say this:
Brian K. Vaughan? You made me cry. I'm actually bawling right now. Big snotty tears. If that's what you intended, mission accomplished you bastard!

Most Wanted Panel:

(Actually, it's easily one of the best single issues of anything I've read in a long time. I really can't heap enough praise on it, and I predict it's going to have all kinds of award nominations at the end of the year. It's utterly fantastic.

But you really must have followed the complete run from the beginning to fully understand how fuckin' brilliant it is. Highly, highly recommended.)

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Writer: Brian k. Vaughan
Pencils: Pia Guerra
Inks: Jose Marzan, Jr.

(Because this series is quickly wrapping up all its plot threads - only two more issues! - this issue contained a major spoiler on nearly every page. So not to give anything away, instead of my normal mini write-up, here's a very special three word edition of Most Wanted.)

Dear Mr. Vaughan:

You. Heartless. Bastard.

@$%&^!!!

Wow! I knew the long-awaited reunion in this week's Y: The Last Man between Yorick and Beth would be steamy, but I suppose it was a bit too much for the DC Comics people! An example page:

Did this happen with the issues shipped outside of the US?

(tee hee)

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Going along with the weekly theme can get a bit anticlimatic when your LCS sells out of the one you were really looking forward to. But, we'll soldier on even without The Spirit #4. Dang it.

Out of the remainder of this week's haul, nothing really jumped out with anticipatory goodness, but it's alway nice to get an issue of a comic that's always good...

Y: The Last Man #55
Brian K. Vaughan
Pia Guerra

I really don't know if I can say anything new about this fantastic series from the so-consistant-he's-scarey Mr. Vaughan. Seriously, please let this guy write about anything he wants. If he's created it, I'm reading it. And, as always, that cover rocks.

This issue begins what will be (I think) the second-to-last story arc. Or the last one. I forget. Y & and 355 (did you see what I did there?) are making their way across Russia to get to Paris where Y believes his schweete is hanging out. We also get a check-in with the two other sub-plots that have been hanging over the story for months. It's an all build-up issue.

Not one of the more exciting issues of the series, really, and it doesn't have one of the series' trademark cliff-hangers, but it's a darn fine character advancement, (semi-)talking-heads issue. And it's Vaughan, so it's written so well that you don't care. It's setting things up nicely for the last year or so (this book is going bi-monthly soon - maybe next issue), and as someone who's been on board since the beginning, I'm both aglee with anticipation and dreading the finality. This series will be in my collection for many years.

Most Wanted Panel:

Sound advice, there.