In the first volume of Y: The Last Man, we were given the premise: a mysterious virus / curse / wtf has caused every mammal with a Y chromosome to die spontaneously, all at the same time. Not just adults, either: kids, embryos, even sperm are all toast. All except for Yorick, a hapless escape artist intent on finding his fianceé last seen in Australia, and his helper-monkey Ampersand. The first volume dealt with the immediate aftermath of such an event, the instant massacre of half the world’s population. Y: The Last Man, Vol. 2: Cycles sets its sights a little farther into the future.Cycles, written by Brian K. Vaughan and illustrated by Pia Guerra, starts with an introduction that dispenses some cold hard facts about men: how many of us are incarcerated compared to women, how many of us are crazy compared to women, how many of us serve in combat roles in the military compared to women, and so forth. It then follows the story of Yorick, 355 and Dr. Mann as they gain passage on a train to California, their subsequent “derailment” and their short but eventful stay in the town of Marrisville.
Of course the Amazons show up, and Yorick gets to confront his sister Hero, and there is the reverse sexism bit from the first volume (to be fair, it would be a bit boring if all the women in the world just felt sad for poor Yorick), but the story is well told follows the original well. If you are a fan, then you should definitely keep on reading.
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