I love, love, love this comic. I love, love, love, this concept (sorry fellaz). This comic is hawt and awesome and well-drawn and keeps me on the edge of my seat. I haven’t enjoyed a new-to-me title so much in YEARS! I bought the first 5 TPs with a gift certificate, I’m waiting for the rest from the library as we speak.
Download issue #1 if you don’t believe me! And that’s just the start, the writers surprise and tantalize me at every turn.
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From the intro to Book 2:
In the summer of 2002, a plague of unknown origin destroyed every last sperm, fetus, and fully developed mammal with a Y chromosome (with the apparent exception of one young man and his male pet).
This “gendercide” instantaneously exterminated 48% of the global population, or approximately 2.9 billion men. 495 of the Fortune 500 CEOs are now dead, as are 99% of the world’s landowners.
In the United States alone, more than 95% of all commercial pilots, truck drivers, and ship captains died… as did 92% of violent felons.
Internationally, 99% of all mechanics, electricians, and construction workers are now deceased… though 51% of the planet’s agricultural labor force is still alive.
14 nations, including Spain and Germany, have women soldiers who have served in ground combat units. None of the United States’ nearly 200,000 female troops have ever participated in ground combat. Australia, Norway and Sweden are the only countries that have women serving on board submarines.
In Israel, all women between the ages of 18 and 26 have performed compulsory military service in the IDF for at least one year and nine months. Before the Plague, at least three Palestinian suicide bombers had been women.
Worldwide, 85% of all goverment representatives are now dead… as are 100% of all Catholic priests, Muslim imams and Orthodox Jewish rabbis.
