Sistas are Comic Heroes too! or is that Heroine?

Y The Last Man

I'd like to highlight a comic(oops..graphic novel)that I think serves as a great example of where the future lies with this form of literature slowly being taken seriously by Hollywood as well as the literati. Y The Last Man, written by Brian K. Vaughan is a post apocalyptic piece that essentially asks the question what would you do if you were the last man on earth. The protagonist, Yorick is literally the last man on earth (hence the double entendre Y for "Yorick" and the Y chromosome) who somehow survives a biological mishap that wipes out the world's male population. He is protected by a African American female government agent, simply dubbed Agent 355. One would think that being the last man on earth would have its carnal benefits but the reader slowly realizes that many women in this scenario may prefer for there to be no men and eradicating any vestige of a patriarchal influence would require Yorick's death. Y has been optioned for a motion picture and I surely will be the first in line to see Tinseltown's translation. If you haven't read this book do yourself a favor and pick up the trade issues to finally see a fully realized fictional Black female character that redefines the superheroine genre. Now that's a strong Black woman.