Y The Last Man

Y The Last Man is engaging right from the start. It reminds of The Road, by Cormac McCarthy and also of Blindness, by Jose Saramago. The color palette is fairly simple, using mostly solid colors and the occasional two-tone gradient. However, this makes the full page stills at the beginning of new chapters pop-out sue to their whispy water-color texture.
As far as the story goes, I think it is very well written, especially the dialog, which has a contemporary sound to it that makes the situation seem almost plausible. I also, of course, see definite influences from Michael Chabon's Kavalier and Clay, because of the fact that Yorick is an escape artist. The characters are real, especially Yorick. By real, I mean they are believable, Vaughan did a great job with the dialog.
There was clearly a lot of thought that went into writing this, as the author covers a number of ideas that never would have occurred to me. For example, the woman discussing how all the planes went down, because all the pilots were men. Also the fact that the government and especially the republican party are comprised mainly of men.
I listened to a podcast that discussed gender and how there are species that have evolved form two species to one, because males became unnecessary for reproduction. The speakers on the podcast discussed the possibility that humans could potentially evolve to the same degree one day, this book covers that story, essentially. It does seem plausible to me that once the Dr. Mann delivered her cloned, unfathered child, that the male population could be extinct. Of course, there are may other little subplots that lead me to believe that there is a lot more to the story. I wonder what happened to Dr.Mann's clone, did he die too?
I really like these books, they are clever and unpredictable. I will certainly read on through the series.