Y: The Last Man by Brian K. Vaughan
(ongoing series)

I’ll be honest with you: There is an extremely slim chance you will ever find yourself in the same predicament as Yorick Brown, the wisecracking amateur escape artist at the center of the comic book Brian K. Vaughan began writing in 2002. I mean, maybe, just maybe, a strange plague will attack the planet, wiping out (almost) every male of every species in existence. I don’t want to say it will never happen. But even if it never does, you still might be inspired to go see the world by following the exploits of Yorick and his ragtag band of sisters as they travel back and forth across the country — and eventually across the sea — looking for answers to the mysterious epidemic. — Z.C.