Pia Guerra – författare

In this issue, Gary Groth conducts a career-spanning interview with Y: The Last Man comics artist Pia Guerra about her turn to editorial cartooning and future projects. John Jennings explores the vision behind the graphic imprint Megascope, devoted to 'rediscovering powerful speculative work by and about people of colour.'

The story of the last man on Earth and his quest to find love, hope, and answers in a world turned upside down.In a single moment, the world’s men are wiped out by a mysterious plague, leaving only women behind—except for one. Yorick Brown, an unassuming escape artist, and his pet monkey Ampersand become the focus of humanity’s hopes and fears as they embark on a perilous journey to uncover why they’ve survived.Yorick’s quest to find his girlfriend and discover the truth of the plague leads him into a radically transformed world full of political intrigue, desperate alliances, and terrifying dangers. Can Yorick navigate this new society while holding on to his humanity, or will the weight of being the last man standing crush him?This volume collects Y: The Last Man #1-10.

Y: The Last Man stands as a defining work from Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra, a visionary collaboration that transformed post-apocalyptic storytelling. Now, the saga’s opening movement is presented in a definitive Absolute Edition worthy of its legacy.In 2002, the world changes forever. Every man, every boy, every mammal with a Y chromosome everywhere on Earth suddenly collapses and dies. In the aftermath, a world of women is left to piece together the wreckage and keep civilization from collapsing completely.The "gendercide," however, is not absolute—a single man named Yorick Brown and his pet monkey are spared. So begins an extraordinary journey as the world’s two remaining males set out to solve the mystery of the sex-specific plague and preserve the future of mankind. But how can one man save an entire species when his heart belongs to only one woman—and she’s on the other side of the globe?Created by the acclaimed team of writer Brian K. Vaughan and artist Pia Guerra, the Eisner Award-winning saga of Y: The Last Man is presented here in a stunning Absolute Edition. This first of three volumes collects issues #1-18 of the groundbreaking Vertigo series and includes a special sketchbook section from Guerra as well as the original script for issue #1.