# Y: The Last Man **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [March 17, 2004, 6:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/y-the-last-man/164938 "2004-03-17T18:27:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ShalerPunk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shalerpunk/32/5976_2.png) [@ShalerPunk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ShalerPunk)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 6:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/y-the-last-man/164938/1 "2004-03-17T18:27:54Z")
Okay…I know I’m going to get some shit for this… I read comic books. I’ve been trying to break into writing comics for a living, and aside from getting a deal with a company that went bankrupt three weeks later, I’ve been unsuccessful. Every Wednesday I pick my books up at Bill & Walt’s in North Hills. I read _New X-Men_, _Uncanny X-Men_, _The Authority_, _Ultimate X-Men_, and random various Vertigo, WildStorm, and other books… which leads me to the topic of this post: _Y: The Last Man_. I’ve been picking this up in trade paperbacks collecting five issues each. If anyone here’s remotely interested in reading anything other than car magazines and factory service manuals, I highly recommend picking it up. It reads like an action movie. A plague kills every man on Earth except one: Yorick Brown. Instead of it being like a bad porno where he’d have to screw thousands of chicks, he’s spending his time running from radical feminists who want him dead, mercenaries from other countries who want to kidnap him to repopulate their countries, and all kinds of other bizarre bullshit… _okay…i feel like a dork now…_ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![BlkP42E](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blkp42e/32/5938_2.png) [@BlkP42E](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BlkP42E)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 6:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/y-the-last-man/164938/2 "2004-03-17T18:28:59Z")
you are a dork :duh: ---
**Author:** ![TwoForty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f9b8f/32.png) [@TwoForty](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TwoForty)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 6:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/y-the-last-man/164938/3 "2004-03-17T18:36:17Z")
ive never read a comic book in my life or heard of someone wanting to become an aspiring comic book writer! its different:bigok: ---
**Author:** ![ShalerPunk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shalerpunk/32/5976_2.png) [@ShalerPunk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ShalerPunk)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 6:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/y-the-last-man/164938/4 "2004-03-17T18:38:31Z")
> _Originally posted by TwoForty_ > **ive never read a comic book in my life or heard of someone wanting to become an aspiring comic book writer! its different:bigok:** it pays well… the guy who spent millions on mark mcguire’s home run balls a few years ago (Todd McFarlane) created Spawn and used to draw Spiderman and The Incredible Hulk. He also has a massive action figure corporation. ---
**Author:** ![flyinglow57](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/flyinglow57/32/5978_2.png) [@flyinglow57](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/flyinglow57)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 6:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/y-the-last-man/164938/5 "2004-03-17T18:41:29Z")
yes being a comic book writer is different and i guess that also takes good drawign skills. you comfortable showin any drawings?a kid that i went to highschool with was fuckin amazing. i like those types of drawings just never read any comics in my life. watched an episode of x-men once though. ---
**Author:** ![TwoForty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f9b8f/32.png) [@TwoForty](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TwoForty)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 6:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/y-the-last-man/164938/6 "2004-03-17T18:42:39Z")
> _Originally posted by flyinglow57_ > **watched an episode of x-men once though.** 🤣🤣🤣🤣 ---
**Author:** ![ShalerPunk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shalerpunk/32/5976_2.png) [@ShalerPunk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ShalerPunk)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 6:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/y-the-last-man/164938/7 "2004-03-17T18:45:17Z")
> _Originally posted by flyinglow57_ > **yes being a comic book writer is different and i guess that also takes good drawign skills. you comfortable showin any drawings?a kid that i went to highschool with was fuckin amazing.** the writer and penciler are usually two different guys…usually it’s a hell of a lot easier to find one good writer and one good artist than someone who’s good at both. the writer writes the script, the penciler draws it, then the inker embellishes the pencils, then the colorist colors the art, then the letterer letters the dialogue balloons and narration. ---
**Author:** ![TwoForty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f9b8f/32.png) [@TwoForty](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TwoForty)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 6:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/y-the-last-man/164938/8 "2004-03-17T18:47:03Z")
> _Originally posted by ShalerPunk_ > **the writer and penciler are usually two different guys…usually it’s a hell of a lot easier to find one good writer and one good artist than someone who’s good at both. the writer writes the script, the penciler draws it, then the inker embellishes the pencils, then the colorist colors the art, then the letterer letters the dialogue balloons and narration.** and i thought it all came from one dude at a desk with a pencil! this comic talk reminds me over the movie Cool World, you guys see that? ---
**Author:** ![ShalerPunk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shalerpunk/32/5976_2.png) [@ShalerPunk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ShalerPunk)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 6:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/y-the-last-man/164938/9 "2004-03-17T18:49:36Z")
> _Originally posted by TwoForty_ > **and i thought it all came from one dude at a desk with a pencil! this comic talk reminds me over the movie Cool World, you guys see that?** a loooooong time ago… Chasing Amy is actually a fairly realistic representation of the comic book production process… without the lesbians and the angst… Kevin Smith (who wrote + directed all of the Jay + Silent Bob movies, and also plays Silent Bob) has written quite a few comics himself. ---
**Author:** ![TwoForty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f9b8f/32.png) [@TwoForty](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TwoForty)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 6:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/y-the-last-man/164938/10 "2004-03-17T18:57:51Z")
> _Originally posted by ShalerPunk_ > **a loooooong time ago…** > > > > Chasing Amy is actually a fairly realistic representation of the comic book production process… without the lesbians and the angst… > > **Kevin Smith (who wrote + directed all of the Jay + Silent Bob movies, and also plays Silent Bob) has written quite a few comics himself.** i have a friend that is obsessed with jay and silent bob.i never thought they were that funny ---
**Author:** ![ShalerPunk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shalerpunk/32/5976_2.png) [@ShalerPunk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ShalerPunk)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 6:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/y-the-last-man/164938/11 "2004-03-17T18:59:53Z")
> _Originally posted by TwoForty_ > **i have a friend that is obsessed with jay and silent bob.i never thought they were that funny** a friend and i drove to Jersey to go to the Quik Stop from Clerks… I got a Mountain Dew there… that was all we did there… other than go to the Secret Stash and not spend a cent. ---
**Author:** ![Sight\_N\_Sound](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sight_n_sound/32/5950_2.png) [@Sight\_N\_Sound](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Sight_N_Sound)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 7:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/y-the-last-man/164938/12 "2004-03-17T19:00:50Z")
oh you just trace what he draws :tounge: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![TwoForty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f9b8f/32.png) [@TwoForty](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TwoForty)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 7:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/y-the-last-man/164938/13 "2004-03-17T19:02:15Z")
> _Originally posted by ShalerPunk_ > **a friend and i drove to Jersey to go to the Quik Stop from Clerks… I got a Mountain Dew there…** > > > > **that was all we did there… other than go to the Secret Stash and not spend a cent.** ok obsessed? ---
**Author:** ![ShalerPunk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shalerpunk/32/5976_2.png) [@ShalerPunk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ShalerPunk)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 7:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/y-the-last-man/164938/14 "2004-03-17T19:04:48Z")
> _Originally posted by TwoForty_ > **ok obsessed?** trying to get my mind off of shit. my 1984 Civic 1500S blew up (my ultra-pimp $300 carb’d ‘racecar’) and i just about had a nervous breakdown, so we drove to Jersey because I was freaking out and stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Sight\_N\_Sound](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sight_n_sound/32/5950_2.png) [@Sight\_N\_Sound](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Sight_N_Sound)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 7:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/y-the-last-man/164938/15 "2004-03-17T19:14:16Z")
Okay, now see this? This is a four way road, okay? Banky draws a four-way stop. He illustrates according to his voice-over. ``` BANKY V.O. And dead in the center, is a crisp, new, hundred dollar bill. Now at the end of each of the streets, are four people, okay? You following? Up here, we got a male-affectionate, easy- to-get-along-with, no political agenda lesbian. Okay? Now down here, we have a man-hating, angry-as-fuck, agenda-of-rage, bitter dyke. To this side, we got Santa Claus, right? And over to this side - the Easter Bunny. ``` Banky finishes drawing. Holden’s shaking his head ``` BANKY Which one's going to get to the hundred dollar bill first? HOLDEN What is this supposed to prove? BANKY I'm serious. This is a serious exercise. It's like an S.A.T. question. Which one's going to get to the hundred dollar bill first - the male-friendly lesbian, the man-hating dyke, Santa Claus, or the Easter Bunny? HOLDEN (beat; then pissed) The man-hating dyke. BANKY Good. Why? HOLDEN I don't know. BANKY (wildly crossing out the other three) BECAUSE THESE OTHER THREE ARE FIGMENTS OF YOUR FUCKING IMAGINATION! ``` this has to be one of the best parts 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ShalerPunk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shalerpunk/32/5976_2.png) [@ShalerPunk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ShalerPunk)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 7:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/y-the-last-man/164938/16 "2004-03-17T19:17:01Z")
> _Originally posted by Sight N Sound_ > **this has to be one of the best parts 😃** wow…we agree on something!! :eek3: ---
**Author:** ![Darkstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@Darkstar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Darkstar)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 8:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/y-the-last-man/164938/17 "2004-03-17T20:13:52Z")
Mallrats, Dogma, J&SB\>\* ( ive never watched clerks the whole way through, and i havent yet seen chasing amy… ) ---
**Author:** ![ShalerPunk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shalerpunk/32/5976_2.png) [@ShalerPunk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ShalerPunk)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 8:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/y-the-last-man/164938/18 "2004-03-17T20:19:46Z")
> _Originally posted by Darkstar_ > **Mallrats, Dogma, J&SB\>\*** > > > > **( ive never watched clerks the whole way through, and i havent yet seen chasing amy… )** Mallrats \> Clerks \> Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back \> Chasing Amy \> Dogma ---
**Author:** ![StangGirl5.0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@StangGirl5.0](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/StangGirl5.0)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2004, 2:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/y-the-last-man/164938/19 "2004-03-18T14:13:31Z")
DORK…how old are you?😉 ---
**Author:** ![ShalerPunk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shalerpunk/32/5976_2.png) [@ShalerPunk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ShalerPunk)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2004, 8:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/y-the-last-man/164938/20 "2004-03-18T20:35:59Z")
> _Originally posted by StangGirl5.0_ > **DORK…how old are you?😉** me? 21.