I discovered this series around the same time I first picked up the Walking Dead. Y: The Last Man is an epic tale about the last two males on the entire earth after a plague knocked out every other organism with a Y chromosome. Twenty something escape artist Yorick Brown and his pet Capuchin monkey Ampersand are some how spared and are left alone in a world that is now (almost) 100% female. At first blush, that may not sound so bad, but for Yorick, more often than not he is fighting for his life. This story has everything from epic action, to a terrific love story and amazing humor. The characters are terrifically fleshed out and incredibly awesome. Without giving too much of the plot away, it involves a cross country trip from Boston to California so a doctor that is accompanying Yorick can conduct research at her lab to discover the cause of the plague. A lot happens along the way, to say the least. The best comic series of all time? I say possibly yes. I could not recommend this book enough. I've made people read this that were not interested in comics prior, and now have become avid comic/graphic novel readers.
