Review: Okay Setup Issue
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 02 12, 2014
We have all wondered what it would be like to be the last man on earth, and this comic takes that idea and runs with it.  I'd heard people rave about this series, so I decided to give it a try, and I suppose it is a decent story.  However, it was lacking in certain areas to me; areas that turned this into just a mediocre comic in my opinion.First, the main character's whole attitude about being the last man on earth seemed really strange.  I won't go into details since it would be a spoiler, but his actions after the sudden extinction event for the male species on earth did not ring true to life for me.  Perhaps it will for you though.Second, I hate stories that time jump after an epic event.  While I understand this story is not focused on the extinction event but our heroes reactions to it, I still thought it was a bit ridiculous to just skip all those frantic days after the event.  There were loads of survivor stories there that could have been briefly focused on and helped explain the why of our heroes decisions.Third, the hero is the exact same guy after the extinction event as he was before it.  This is just unrealistic in the extreme.  You watch as all males in the world go extinct, see the devastation to civilization that this does, journey through a "post-apocalyptic" world, and yet it does not change you at all.  Get real!  The main character's whole viewpoint was very unrealistic to the point it made me think of him as a complete idiot.In summation, I suppose this is a decent first issue.  Perhaps the series gets better from here, but after reading this comic, I personally have no interest in reading further about the last man on earth.  Try it yourself though.