Seattle teenagers of the 1970s are suddenly faced with a devastating, disfiguring, and incurable plague that spreads only through sexual contact.

As the last remaining Y-chromosome carriers on the planet, Yorrick and his pet monkey are the key to the fate of humanity. Teamed up with a government agent and the world's premier bioengineer, they travel across the country, dodging the man-hating Daughters of the Amazon, who are determined to kill the last man on Earth.

"This is the world of the wicked righteous&And the children will lead them all. A mysterious plague has ushered humanity to the edge of extinction and left two distinct groups of survivors in its wake. Anyone who has ever take another life has gone unaffected by the illness&and so has every single child on earth. Four teenage brothers set in motion a whirlwind of danger when they rescue a girl from a brutal group of thugs. Their actions attract an...

Teens June, a military prodigy born into wealth, and Day, a criminal from the slums, are brought together and face plague, war, and a powerful, common enemy.

"The world is dying. Chaos bubbles out of the sewers of an anonymous, desolate city, ravaged by war and plague. There is little humanity to be found in the diseased, deranged mobs that roam the streets. Pulitzer-finalist Adam Rapp's first graphic novel is an unflinching meditation on art and human nature. Perceptive, disturbing, and ultimately heartbreaking, Ball peen hammer offers us an unforgettable tale of brief human connections, violently severed"...