Why You Should Love ‘I Hate Fairyland’
Ever wonder what Alice would have been like if she never left Wonderland? How about Dorothy and Oz? Or better yet — ever wonder what would happen if Deadpool got dropped into Candyland? Well, look no further, all your inquiries and questions can be answered right here in I Hate Fairyland.
The first page of this comic is extremely misleading. The idea that this will be a happy-go-lucky, vomit-inducing story is so far off right field. Well the happy-go-lucky part was, vomit-inducing was still a little on the ball — at least for the main character, sweet little Gertrude (who curses like a fluffing sailor who hasn’t seen land in fluffing years). Broken bones, scrambled brains, and “shroom” tripping is what you get instead of rainbows, unicorns, and skipping. I, for one, am definitely not upset at all (then again I read comics such as Crossed).
The artwork is fantastic. It mixes old time cartoons, let’s say ’90s, and a little bit of Disney to create a world of vivid color and crazy characters. Sounds corny right? Well it was better than saying that this comic book is trippy as fluff and looks like an artist on an acid trip decided to just sit and draw for hours. A very talented artist, who happens to also be a very talented writer. The story that unfolds in a very different way than anything that I’ve read (this is me trying not to ruin the comic with spoilers, sweeties). The ones that are supposed to be the “good guys” are worse than most bad guys. Skottie Young did a fantastic job with the story and art. My hat off to you, sir!
By the way, all that above, was the take away from the first issue. Just the first, which sets up the main character for one fluff of an adventure, even though she’d been stuck in this world for 26 years now. That’s the best part by the way. A 26 year-old mind stuck in a six year-old body with a Jiminy Cricket-like conscious smoking cigarettes. In Technicolor.
Overall? This is one sick comic, and I mean the slang term (not the medical one). I absolutely adore the storyline, which is all over the place with who’s good and who’s evil (or even if that damn notion exists). The fact that colorful cartoon drawings are so seamlessly integrated with blood and destruction makes it a go-to read for me. Honestly, at this point, I’ve read the ones I do have at least five times over. It’s a hoot! As a girl who enjoys the gore-ish comics, I Hate Fairyland is definitely at the top of my list now. I might actually start purchasing individual comics again.
