Y: The Last Man #16 is an issue of the series Y: The Last Man (Volume 1) with a cover date of January, 2004. It was published on November 5, 2003.
Synopsis for "Comedy & Tragedy, Act One: “Comedy”"
In rural Nebraska, young girl Manda misses her mark in a play rehearsal and interrupts professional actress Edie. Director Cayce Thomas calls for a break. Her troupe travels and performs across small towns and the receive a request to act out dangling storylines from a soap opera. While struggling to figure out how to entertain the local community that night, Manda shrieks that she's heard a monster. The monster is a wounded Ampersand, whom the troupe takes in to care for. They change his diaper and discover he's male. They are inspired to do a play about the last man on earth. Unbeknownst to them, a Toyota|woman watches them in a tree.
Appearing in "Comedy & Tragedy, Act One: “Comedy”"
Featured Characters:
- Fish & Bicycle Traveling Theater Troupe:
- Edie (First appearance)
- Manda (First appearance)
- Henrietta Spencer (First appearance)
- Cayce Thomas (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Toyota (First appearance) (Cameo)
Other Characters:
- Daughters of the Amazon (Mentioned only)
Locations:
Notes
- This issue is reprinted in Y: The Last Man: One Small Step, Y: The Last Man: Book Two, Absolute Y: The Last Man Vol. 1, and Y: The Last Man Omnibus.
- This is one of only three issues of Y: The Last Man, where the title character, Yorick Brown, does not appear at all.
Trivia
- Cultural references include:
- Pirates of Penzance
- Stella Adler
- Broadway
- Little Orphan Annie
- "A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle"
- As the World Turns
- Soap Opera Digest
- Gilbert & Sullivan
- Moulin Rouge
- Glengarry Glenn Ross
- Arcadia
- William Shakespeare
- Black Death
- Julia Roberts
- Banshees
- Jane Goodall
- Helper monkeys
- Dr. Dolittle