** spoiler alert ** 
 The 'literary' allusions the first book had mostly wane by the third volume of the series. The main thread of the plot itself comes a little undone as certain characters play into obvious typecasts like the power hungry Israeli commander who wants to use our protagonist to repopulate Israel and simultaneously deny the rest of the world the ability to 'resurrect its armies'. Two surviving men in the International Space Station come down to earth, giving the world new hope, only to be consumed by a freak accident while they land (that was the spoiler, you can read on now). 
 Yorick, our hero, is now on a quest to the West to find the back up samples Dr. Mann has saved up just in case her lab in New York blew up (which it did in vol 1 courtesy the Israelis). He is obviously on a quest of self discovery as he progresses. We can see him slowly go from a boy to man, as its conveyed in a not too subtle way. 
 All important characters are built like Greek gods and goddesses. The artist uses physical form as an instrument to convey things like strength, weakness, innocence and power. For example the fierce Amazonian warriors all sport a self mutilated breast that serves to symbolize their uber-feminist violent confusion in a world suddenly devoid of men (the oppressors). I don't really have a problem with this i suppose, but it makes you hunger for an additional layer of complexity. 
 I'll stick with my initial impression, Y the last man is like Tintin for adults. With most of the juvenile elements like humor and obvious symbolism thrown in. Its still a good story and the plot is still intriguing. But my initial interest has waned a bit, so i might take a break before continuing this. In the meanwhile, the graphic novels of Robert Jordan's brilliant 'Wheel of Time' series awaits! 
 UPDATE: I seem to have missed a couple of issues. Originally thought vol 3 was only for issues 11-15. but turns out it incorporates 16 and 17 as well. I liked the last two much better. A troupe of actors want to confront the post-man world by creating art that forces women to confront the truths of their new situation in order to overcome it. To bust the 'myths about feminism'. pretty good. Maybe .5 stars more for this then.