<i>Y: The Last Man</i>

Y: The Last Man

<p><i><b>Y: The Last Man</b></i> is a <a href="/en/Apocalyptic_and_post-apocalyptic_fiction" title="Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction" class="wl">post-apocalyptic</a> <a href="/en/Science_fiction" title="Science fiction" class="wl">science fiction</a> <a href="/en/Comic_book" title="Comic book" class="wl">comic book</a> <a href="/en/Ongoing_series" title="Ongoing series" class="wl">series</a> by <a href="/en/Brian_K._Vaughan" title="Brian K. Vaughan" class="wl">Brian K. Vaughan</a> and <a href="/en/Pia_Guerra" title="Pia Guerra" class="wl">Pia Guerra</a> published by <a href="/en/Vertigo_(DC_Comics)" title="Vertigo (DC Comics)" class="mw-redirect wl">Vertigo</a> from 2002 through 2008. The series centers on <a href="/en/Yorick_Brown" title="Yorick Brown" class="mw-redirect wl">Yorick Brown</a> and his pet <a href="/en/Capuchin_monkey" title="Capuchin monkey" class="wl">Capuchin monkey</a> Ampersand, the only males who survived the apparent  global <a href="/en/Androcide" title="Androcide" class="wl">androcide</a>. The series was published in sixty issues by <a href="/en/Vertigo_Comics" title="Vertigo Comics" class="wl">Vertigo</a> and collected in a series of ten paperback volumes (and later a series of five hardcover "Deluxe" volumes).  The series' covers were primarily by <a href="/en/J._G._Jones" title="J. G. Jones" class="wl">J. G. Jones</a> and <a href="/en/Massimo_Carnevale" title="Massimo Carnevale" class="wl">Massimo Carnevale</a>. The series received three <a href="/en/Eisner_Award" title="Eisner Award" class="mw-redirect wl">Eisner Awards</a>. A <a href="/en/Y:_The_Last_Man_(TV_series)" title="Y: The Last Man (TV series)" class="wl">television series adaptation</a> premiered on September 13, 2021, on <a href="/en/FX_on_Hulu" title="FX on Hulu" class="mw-redirect wl">FX on Hulu</a>.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-1"><a href="#cite_note-1" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[1]</span></a></span></p>

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<ul><li>Monthly (issues 1–55)</li>
<li>Bimonthly (issues 56–60)</li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Format</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Ongoing_series" title="Ongoing series" class="wl">Ongoing series</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genre</th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="plainlist ">
<ul><li><a href="/en/Apocalyptic_and_post-apocalyptic_fiction" title="Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction" class="wl">Post-apocalyptic</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Science_fiction" title="Science fiction" class="wl">Science fiction</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Publication date</th><td class="infobox-data">September <a href="/en/2002_in_comics" title="2002 in comics" class="wl">2002</a> – March <a href="/en/2008_in_comics" title="2008 in comics" class="wl">2008</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Main character(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="plainlist ">
<ul><li><a href="/en/List_of_characters_in_Y:_The_Last_Man#Yorick_Brown" title="List of characters in Y: The Last Man" class="mw-redirect wl">Yorick Brown</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/List_of_characters_in_Y:_The_Last_Man#Agent_355" title="List of characters in Y: The Last Man" class="mw-redirect wl">Agent 355</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/List_of_characters_in_Y:_The_Last_Man#Doctor_Allison_Mann" title="List of characters in Y: The Last Man" class="mw-redirect wl">Dr. Allison Mann</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/List_of_characters_in_Y:_The_Last_Man#Ampersand" title="List of characters in Y: The Last Man" class="mw-redirect wl">Ampersand</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Creative team</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Written by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Brian_K._Vaughan" title="Brian K. Vaughan" class="wl">Brian K. Vaughan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/en/Penciller" title="Penciller" class="wl">Penciller(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="plainlist ">
<ul><li><a href="/en/Pia_Guerra" title="Pia Guerra" class="wl">Pia Guerra</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Goran_Sudžuka" title="Goran Sudžuka" class="wl">Goran Sudžuka</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Paul_Chadwick" title="Paul Chadwick" class="wl">Paul Chadwick</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/en/Inker" title="Inker" class="wl">Inker(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Jose_Marzan_Jr." title="Jose Marzan Jr." class="mw-redirect wl">Jose Marzan Jr.</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><a href="#Collected_editions" target="_blank">Collected editions</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><i>Unmanned</i></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1133582631" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:#d33}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:#d33}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#3a3;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}</style><a href="/en/ISBN_(identifier)" title="ISBN (identifier)" class="mw-redirect wl">ISBN</a><span>&nbsp;</span><a href="/en/Special:BookSources/1-56389-980-9" title="Special:BookSources/1-56389-980-9" class="wl">1-56389-980-9</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><i>Cycles</i></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/ISBN_(identifier)" title="ISBN (identifier)" class="mw-redirect wl">ISBN</a><span>&nbsp;</span><a href="/en/Special:BookSources/1-4012-0076-1" title="Special:BookSources/1-4012-0076-1" class="wl">1-4012-0076-1</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><i>One Small Step</i></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/ISBN_(identifier)" title="ISBN (identifier)" class="mw-redirect wl">ISBN</a><span>&nbsp;</span><a href="/en/Special:BookSources/1-4012-0201-2" title="Special:BookSources/1-4012-0201-2" class="wl">1-4012-0201-2</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><i>Safeword</i></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/ISBN_(identifier)" title="ISBN (identifier)" class="mw-redirect wl">ISBN</a><span>&nbsp;</span><a href="/en/Special:BookSources/1-4012-0232-2" title="Special:BookSources/1-4012-0232-2" class="wl">1-4012-0232-2</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><i>Ring of Truth</i></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/ISBN_(identifier)" title="ISBN (identifier)" class="mw-redirect wl">ISBN</a><span>&nbsp;</span><a href="/en/Special:BookSources/1-4012-0487-2" title="Special:BookSources/1-4012-0487-2" class="wl">1-4012-0487-2</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><i>Girl on Girl</i></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/ISBN_(identifier)" title="ISBN (identifier)" class="mw-redirect wl">ISBN</a><span>&nbsp;</span><a href="/en/Special:BookSources/1-4012-0501-1" title="Special:BookSources/1-4012-0501-1" class="wl">1-4012-0501-1</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><i>Paper Dolls</i></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/ISBN_(identifier)" title="ISBN (identifier)" class="mw-redirect wl">ISBN</a><span>&nbsp;</span><a href="/en/Special:BookSources/1-4012-1009-0" title="Special:BookSources/1-4012-1009-0" class="wl">1-4012-1009-0</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><i>Kimono Dragons</i></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/ISBN_(identifier)" title="ISBN (identifier)" class="mw-redirect wl">ISBN</a><span>&nbsp;</span><a href="/en/Special:BookSources/1-4012-1010-4" title="Special:BookSources/1-4012-1010-4" class="wl">1-4012-1010-4</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><i>Motherland</i></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/ISBN_(identifier)" title="ISBN (identifier)" class="mw-redirect wl">ISBN</a><span>&nbsp;</span><a href="/en/Special:BookSources/1-4012-1351-0" title="Special:BookSources/1-4012-1351-0" class="wl">1-4012-1351-0</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><i>Whys and Wherefores</i></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/ISBN_(identifier)" title="ISBN (identifier)" class="mw-redirect wl">ISBN</a><span>&nbsp;</span><a href="/en/Special:BookSources/1-4012-1813-X" title="Special:BookSources/1-4012-1813-X" class="wl">1-4012-1813-X</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <footer class='mobile-collapse-footer mobile-collapse-btn'><b>Close</b> <span class='arrow'>▲</span></footer></div>



Y: The Last Man is a post-apocalyptic science fiction comic book series by Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra published by Vertigo from 2002 through 2008. The series centers on Yorick Brown and his pet Capuchin monkey Ampersand, the only males who survived the apparent  global androcide. The series was published in sixty issues by Vertigo and collected in a series of ten paperback volumes .  The series' covers were primarily by J. G. Jones and Massimo Carnevale. The series received three Eisner Awards. A television series adaptation premiered on September 13, 2021, on FX on Hulu. 