Last Man: The Stranger

Reviewed by: Mary Lehmer - Freeport Community Library, Freeport, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: May 1, 2015

Review

This graphic novel is about a young boy named Adrian that is training in martial arts. He wants to compete in the annual Games that are this contest where teams of two fight each other in a ring and the winner of the match moves onto fight another team until an ultimate winner is picked. The problem for Adrian is that he is that he doesn’t have a partner to compete. But just as he is ready to give up a stranger shows up and offers to be his partner. Now Adrian can compete, that doesn’t mean he’ll win, but at least he can try.

This fun graphic novel is from France. It looks a lot like the manga novels from Japan but it reads from-left to right- not right to left. The drawings are great and the fight scenes are good but not over done. It ends on a cliffhanger BUT book 2 is out this summer and 3 in October. If you like action graphic novels with a bit of humor, you will like this one.

Overall Book Score: very good