Y: The Last Man is a guilty pleasure. Last year I completed the published series by reading Volumes 4-8. The books are graphic novels (comix) about the adventures of Yorick, the literal last man on earth.
I posted at length on volumes 1-4 here. I’ll only add that the series continues to be spectacular. The creators keep adding cool new twists and wrinkles. The internet movie database says it will be a movie in 2008. At this point I think all comic book series are required to become movies.
OK. I showed you mine. What are your guilty reading pleasures? The books that you’d post about only under duress? You can tell us.
February 2nd, 2007 at 8:40 am
I may regret this confession. (What will you think of me!!??) Your guilty pleasure seems esoteric and cool - mine is slick, commerical and just plain fun. I read the Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich - in paperback only, of course. They make me smile, I can read them in one night and hey, everyone needs a “light” read once in a while. Right???
(I’m debating whether to submit this comment. Oh, heck, here goes…)
February 2nd, 2007 at 9:53 am
Hey, I like your assessment of my guilty pleasure. I’m going to re-write that first sentence: “Y: The Last man is an esoteric and cool pleasure.” Definitely reads better that way. We definitely need light reading to cleanse our palettes before/after tackling the heavy stuff.
February 2nd, 2007 at 1:30 pm
I read James Lee Burke’s Dave Robicheaux mysteries. Dave, a St. Iberia Parrish sheriff’s detective, and his old buddy Clete Purcell, kick some serious ass in every installment. Then, if they feel like it, they take names. But only if they feel like it. That’s just how they roll.