Friday, July 09, 2004

y the last man

inspired by a theory of my friend jason, i've decided to reread the whole series this weekend. although this is one of my favorite current-running series, many of the single issues have annoyed me b/c of their extreme cliffhanger endings. i'm one of those people who prefers beginnings of new storylines, with endless possibilities for what'll happen next, and i find cliffhangers to be pretty frustrating. Y has certainly has more than its share--i guess most comics do, now that i think about it, but i notice them more with this series for some reason (or maybe it's that they all seem sort of similar here--Y and his companions getting into trouble w/ some large group of women or another). the point there being that i haven't generally reread any single issues of this book (i do reread most comics i buy) and i haven't read them all en masse either (which, again, i usually do with the comics i buy). but now that i have every issue all together in a clump (b/c jason has just returned them to me), there is no excuse. tonight, fortified with garden burgers and blueberries, i settle down to read all 24 issues and see if i think jason's theory holds water. more later.

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