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.Buffy Season Eight Volume 2: No Future For You: No Future for You v. 2 (Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Dark Horse)): 2 (Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Dark Horse Numbered))

by: Brian K Vaughan, Joss Whedon

June 29, 2008
I was severally disapointed by this new part in the so-called Season 8 of Buffy. Not because it is a bad tale overall or badly written or anything like that, but because the story is completely unoriginal and tired. A story about a rogue Slayer trying to kill Buffy has been done already in Season 3 of the original TV series, with Faith herself as the rogue Slayer. An episode of Angel Season 5 also featured a rogue Slayer trying to kill Spike. And Giles asking Faith to help track down the rogue Slayer to redeem herself is also a bit silly considering the events at the end of Season 7. I think her saving Buffy's life at the end should have been more than enough to be forgiven for her past sins. Original ideas needed for the next installment please!
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.Y: The Last Man: Whys and Wherefores

by: Brian K. Vaughan, Pia Guerra

July 25, 2008
I was severally disapointed by this new part in the so-called Season 8 of Buffy. Not because it is a bad tale overall or badly written or anything like that, but because the story is completely unoriginal and tired. A story about a rogue Slayer trying to kill Buffy has been done already in Season 3 of the original TV series, with Faith herself as the rogue Slayer. An episode of Angel Season 5 also featured a rogue Slayer trying to kill Spike. And Giles asking Faith to help track down the rogue Slayer to redeem herself is also a bit silly considering the events at the end of Season 7. I think her saving Buffy's life at the end should have been more than enough to be forgiven for her past sins. Original ideas needed for the next installment please!
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.Y: The Last Man Vol. 2 - Cycles

by: Brian K. Vaughan, Pia Guerra

September 19, 2003
I was a bit critical of Vol 1 but vol 2 is much much better. The foundations are all laid down and this is just a real page turner. Yorick is much more likeable in this vol. The interplay between Yorick and his sister is pretty interesting and I am excited to see how this turns out. When you finish this I was desperate to read Vol 3. The art is ok, nothing spectacular but serves its purpose.
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.Y: The Last Man Vol. 1 - Unmanned

by: Brian K. Vaughan

July 24, 2003
When reading a long graphic novel series you have to usually remember that for the most part they get better as they go along. The first volume will lay the groundwork and this will often lead many to say that a comic is boring.

Y The Last Man Vol 1 is good enough to make you want to read the next one but has some serious flaws. For starters women are portrayed as rather one dimensional and Yorick can be a little annoying in his single minded attempt to get to his girlfriend when humanity is obviously in danger. On saying that
I raced through this book and while I did find it annoying in parts it is a good start and I will be picking up Volume 2.
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.Y: The Last Man Vol. 3 - One Small Step

by: Brian K. Vaughan

April 23, 2004
When reading a long graphic novel series you have to usually remember that for the most part they get better as they go along. The first volume will lay the groundwork and this will often lead many to say that a comic is boring.

Y The Last Man Vol 1 is good enough to make you want to read the next one but has some serious flaws. For starters women are portrayed as rather one dimensional and Yorick can be a little annoying in his single minded attempt to get to his girlfriend when humanity is obviously in danger. On saying that
I raced through this book and while I did find it annoying in parts it is a good start and I will be picking up Volume 2.
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.Y: The Last Man Vol. 5 - Ring of Truth

by: Brian K. Vaughan

August 22, 2005
This is the best book of the Y The Last Man series yet. The first 4 have been excellent, but this tops them all. It ties up loose ends (why has Yorrick survived the plauge? Who was that ninja he saw in volume 3?) and then leaves you with some new questions, such as: Can Hero be trusted? Can we believe Agent 355? If you've been a half hearted follower so far, this will make you a full on fan.

Anyone who says comics are for kids should read this and realise that they are wrong.
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.Y: The Last Man Vol. 8 - Kimono Dragon

by: Brian K. Vaughan

December 22, 2006
This is the best book of the Y The Last Man series yet. The first 4 have been excellent, but this tops them all. It ties up loose ends (why has Yorrick survived the plauge? Who was that ninja he saw in volume 3?) and then leaves you with some new questions, such as: Can Hero be trusted? Can we believe Agent 355? If you've been a half hearted follower so far, this will make you a full on fan.

Anyone who says comics are for kids should read this and realise that they are wrong.
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.Y: The Last Man Vol. 4 - Safeword

by: Brian K. Vaughan

December 17, 2004
I missed all the hype about this series, and just happened upon the trade paperbacks at the library. The premise, as the title says, is that some kind of plague spontaneously kills every male on earth at the same instant -- except a 20something slacker named Yorick and his monkey Ampersand. Following the events of the first three books, this fourth picks up the story of Yorick, his government agent bodyguard (Agent 355), and the geneticist (Dr. Mann) who might be able to solve save humanity. On their way to a genetics lab in California, they trek though Colorado, where they find the cabin of ex-Agent 711, an old friend of Agent 355. It's decided that Ampersand's wound (sustained in the last book) needs antibiotics, so Agent 355 and Dr. Mann head to town ... Read More:
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.Y: The Last Man Vol. 9 - Motherland

by: Brian K. Vaughan

June 22, 2007
As any reader of this series, I was expecting some explanation of why all men where killed in the first place. I expected either an explanation based on science, or something completely on the realm of the supernatural, which is always ok, since it exists outside the realm of reason. Instead of that, the theory presented in here is some really incompetent pseudo-scientific explanation that will only please people that do not understand absolutely anything about evolutionary theory and to whom Start Trek like science sounds pretty "kewl", or to people that confuse science with neo-pagan post-modernist idiocy. Evolution theory has already been distorted and insulted enough too many times in popular culture, even if involuntarily, but I did expect a higher ... Read More:
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.Y: The Last Man Vol. 6 - Girl On Girl

by: Brian K. Vaughan

January 27, 2006
As any reader of this series, I was expecting some explanation of why all men where killed in the first place. I expected either an explanation based on science, or something completely on the realm of the supernatural, which is always ok, since it exists outside the realm of reason. Instead of that, the theory presented in here is some really incompetent pseudo-scientific explanation that will only please people that do not understand absolutely anything about evolutionary theory and to whom Start Trek like science sounds pretty "kewl", or to people that confuse science with neo-pagan post-modernist idiocy. Evolution theory has already been distorted and insulted enough too many times in popular culture, even if involuntarily, but I did expect a higher ... Read More:
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