Y: The Last Man [SPOILERS] 0

[ThoseBackPages]

i guess MCS keeps the numbers low to help sales.

[comicsnyc22]

Who's got the 5.0

 

I've had a few copies of the book. With the black border and really terrible paper stock, it's not easy getting a 9.8. I was more than happy with a 9.6.

 

Interesting to see a modern without a jillion 9.8's!

[ItsJustRyan]

i guess MCS keeps the numbers low to help sales.

My guess would be just an oversite or bad data

[HokieGAK]

Hero for me. I hope to own a Hero cover one day.

 

Not too many Hero covers out there, Mr. Branget. Is that her on #7?

[N/A]

As per your last post Greg I hope to trade for that or maybe a splash.

 

 

[HokieGAK]

As per your last post Greg I hope to trade for that or maybe a splash.

 

 

Pretty sure if #26 ever goes up for sale, that could lead to a feeding frenzy among 3-4 people. Fortunately, no one has been made any promises on first right of refusal. It could be a lot of fun to watch.

[N/A]

New goal: obtain 1st right of refusal.

Backup plan : Obtain 2 Y covers and trade for 26

[HokieGAK]

It's always good to have goals! I have a goal of having my post count catch up to yours.

[N/A]

 

And only time will tell which of our goals is more likely.

 

Which cons are you going to next year?

[HokieGAK]

Probably just Baltimore. After purchasing art, there's no money left in the travel budget!

[troydivision1]

My take on why Y is successful:

Each male I know has had the fantasy of being the last man on Earth at one point in their life.

BKV took the fantasy and applied realism & logic to it.

It causes you to rethink the fantasy that you originally wanted.

Along the way you self-identify with Yorick and thus 'feel' his pain & sorrow.

[Garf]

My take on why Y is successful:

Each male I know has had the fantasy of being the last man on Earth at one point in their life.

BKV took the fantasy and applied realism & logic to it.

It causes you to rethink the fantasy that you originally wanted.

Along the way you self-identify with Yorick and thus 'feel' his pain & sorrow.

 

I think the pain and sorrow is shared on a much wider base than just the response to Yorick. It really feels like a punch in the gut as to how disengaged life in general becomes in that world. Ultimately which hands did the fate of the planet fall into?

[UnboxingTreasures]

If I could own any page from any series, it would be this one.

 

My favorite series of all time, my favorite character of the series, and my favorite page from the series.

 

Still miss you Amp

 

Edited December 5, 2013 by NamesJay

[HarveySwick]

That's a great panel.

 

I've been thinking about buying a plain "ampersand" tshirt HERE as an homage to him!

[kapzilla]

That's where I shed a tear. Nice post on the tee's btw Harv. Might have to get the one with him holding the skull reciting Shakespeare. It's like I hate money lately, and just want to get rid of it all...

[HarveySwick]

You realize that cover of Ampersand in the Victorian garb holding the skull is from Shakespeare's Hamlet, right? (I hope this isn't obvious to everyone... )

 

"Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio: a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy"

 

More info HERE

 

Meaning

 

A meditation on the fragility of life.

 

Hamlet says this in a graveyard as he looks at the skull of Yorick, a court jester he had known as a child, and grieves for him. In this complex speech, which is one of the best known in all dramatic works, Hamlet goes on to consider the fate of us all when he compares the skull to those still living: "let her paint [her face] an inch thick, to this favour [state] she must come”

 

As a child Hamlet found the jester Yorick amusing and entertaining. They used to play and frolic in an intimate but innocent way. Now that Yorick is a stinking corpse the memory of touching him seems revolting and makes Hamlet feel ill.

[ItsJustRyan]

You realize that cover of Ampersand in the Victorian garb holding the skull is from Shakespeare's Hamlet, right? (I hope this isn't obvious to everyone... )

 

"Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio: a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy"

 

More info HERE

 

Meaning

 

A meditation on the fragility of life.

 

Hamlet says this in a graveyard as he looks at the skull of Yorick, a court jester he had known as a child, and grieves for him. In this complex speech, which is one of the best known in all dramatic works, Hamlet goes on to consider the fate of us all when he compares the skull to those still living: "let her paint [her face] an inch thick, to this favour [state] she must come”

 

As a child Hamlet found the jester Yorick amusing and entertaining. They used to play and frolic in an intimate but innocent way. Now that Yorick is a stinking corpse the memory of touching him seems revolting and makes Hamlet feel ill.

 

 

"All the world's a stage,

And all the men and women merely players:

They have their exits and their entrances;

And one man in his time plays many parts."

[HarveySwick]

(thumbs u

[ItsJustRyan]

A meditation on the fragility of life.

 

One more...

 

"We are such stuff

As dreams are made on;

and our little life

Is rounded with a sleep."

 

Another meditation on the fragility of life (humans are fragile such as dreams and sleep [death] is all around us... Waiting).

[ThoseBackPages]

If I could own any page from any series, it would be this one.

 

My favorite series of all time, my favorite character of the series, and my favorite page from the series.

 

Still miss you Amp

 

 

if you dont get choked up during that part, you have no soul