Y: The Last Man: Cycles

Brian K. Vaughan

Vaughan's Y: The Last Man saga continues with Cycles, the second book in the series (which is so far at five). The plot thickens, and we get a closer look at Vaughan's ideas of what a post-apocalyptic America looks like.

The main problem with the book is that some of what we came to consider major characters in the first book don't get nearly enough screen time (Alter and her crew); that said, what's here is certainly intriguing enough. Yorick, Ampersand, 355, and the Doc have to get to California by rail. That, of course, will be less than easy. This book (and, I assume, at least the next two) cover their adventures during that journey, both with the new people they meet and some old adversaries.

Y: The Last Man is turning into something very good. Check it out.