Vero and I recently finished the latest chapter in the comic series Y: The Last Man - Kimono Dragons. I’d spoken of the series before, and kindly referred to it as literary crack. This latest episode doesn’t change that perspective.
I’m now convinced that Vaughan is going nowhere fast, or at least has no bloody clue where the story will take him. He has his formula down pat, and follows it with surgical precision to weave one page turner of a series, but much like the series 24 it’s basically a long string of cliffhangers and surprises, with little else going for it.
Will I keep reading it? I’m not sure, but I might. The series comes out ahead of most movies in book cost vs. hourly recreation value, plus the series is entertaining enough that it keeps me hooked, no matter how empty I may consider it. I can always act as a palate cleanser between the Vernor Vinges and Alan Moores. There are worst things that could be said about a one’s efforts, I suppose.