I Hate Fairyland Volume 1: Madly Ever After

Its Bloody, it's Gory and it is Brilliant This book is beautifully illustrated with bright colours, funny with a dark sense of humour and with a delightful twist on common fairy-tale like adventures To give you an idea of this book Often the main character resolves differences between characters by telling them "To go Fluff themselves", before showing the reader their entrails (no swear words but lots of violence and murder) The illustrations are graphic to a comical level that reflexes the fairy-tale world, however this is not for children I recommend Teens and Up (no age guidance in the book). This is a brilliant book and I would easily recommend it to a friend.

I don't usually write reviews for books, but after reading this one I had to! Fantastic art that is colorful and detailed - effort has been put into drawing/writing this book and it definitely shows. The story is very funny, with snappy dialogue that manages to keep in stride with the mature theme of this comic without the use of a single swear word - it just goes to show how much effort the writers have put in when considering the tone of each of the incredibly memorable characters. Packed with action and laughs throughout, I will be on the lookout for volume 2! P.S (NOT suitable for children!)

I loved every day-glo page of this OTT fairytale horror splatfest. Imagine a graphic novel drawn in the style of Happy Tree Friends meets Ren & Stimpy with buckets of gore, marshmallows, brains and candy canes and a mid 30 year old maniacal protagonist stuck in the body of an 8 year old and you are some way to understanding the basic idea. Full of fabulous multi coloured illustration and imaginative uber-violence, this had me smiling and chuckling madly for hours on end. I simply can't wait to see what mayhem is in store for the lead character Gertrude as she cleaves and splatters her way through the forthcoming storyline. Sheer sugar coated genius!!!

Synopsis. Charming small girl magically hoiked out of her bedroom and into fairy land. The character is drawn as homage to botn Dorothy and Alice at least. Queen of fairies sends her on a two day quest with a magic map and a maggoty Jiminny Cricket as a guide to find a magic key to take her home. Twenty seven years later we discover that the (still) little girl is a bit more than a bit crap at quests, has become very grumpy and is an invincible psychopathic mass murderer who just wants to go home to Mummy and Daddy. I loved it. There was a hint of Python in the stupidity of it all. It was exremely inventive systematically turning huge tracts of fairy story and fantasy novel tropes into a wine dark ocean of blood in so many unexpected was. It has a few really funny bits but it is more amusing than laugh out loud funny. Good solid four but I don't see them getting another three high quality volumes out of this idea. We shall see.

Love this book. I'm more into the art than the comics but found myself drawn into this crazy adventure and will be getting more of this series!

Nice book

LOVE THIS COMIC! I am absolutely in love with the art style and storyline! I recently bought book 1 that contains this volume and volume 2 combined as well as the stand alone volume. Not for kids though as some of the content is a bit mature

I'll be honest. I've never really loved comic books. I don't know why, because i love Art and love to draw. BUT I Hate Fairyland i so UNIQUE. Violent, but funny, like "Quentin Tarantino meet Happy Tree Friends". Skottie Young's style is expressive and cool. He is one of my favourite artists, its out of question. Because of him, I do have faith in comics. Wait for more!

I bought this book after a friend suggested it. I was not disapointed. Such a funny take on the Fairyland trope.

That was awesome And I will write seven teen words so it's a real review , go read it's fantastic

Mi piace scottie young quindi anche il fumetto

I Hate Fairyland ist genau so abgefahren, wie man es vom Cover her vermuten kann. Es wird geflucht, gemetzelt und Alkohol und Drogen sind natürlich auch im Spiel. Wie? Ein kleines Mädchen betrinkt sich und mäht reiheweise Märchengestalten nieder? Klar, macht sie das, denn das kleine Mädchen Getrude ist in Wirklichkeit nur noch äußerlich ein kleines Mädchen, da sie schon seit fast 30 Jahren im Fairyland umherirrt ohne äußerlich zu altern. Und sie ist mächtig angepisst, denn eigentlich will Getrude nur zurück nach Hause, aber sie kann ihre vertrickte Quest nicht erfüllen. Tja, und das sie sauer ist, bekommt natürlich jeder zu spüren, der ihr über den Weg läuft, seien es sprechende psychedelische Pilze oder der Mond und die Sterne des Fairyland - sie alle Fallen Getrudes Raserei zum Opfer. Kein Wunder also, dass die Königin des Fairyland Getrude lieber heute als morgen loswerden würde und deshalb allerlei Pläne schmiedet, um sich des grünhaarigen Mädchens zu entledigen. So abgedreht die Geschichte, so lustig ist auch die Umsetzung, zahlreiche derbe Sprüche, brutale Running Gags und viel Wortwitz bilden zusammen mit ordentlich Blut und Innereien einen krassen Kontrast zur ansonsten netten, bonbonfarbenen Märchenwelt und es macht einfach Spaß, Getrude bei ihrem Abenteuer zu begleiten. Optisch liegt der Comic irgendwo zwischen Powerpuff-Girls, Happy-Tree-Friends, The Goon und Ran and Stimpy (allerdings ohne die 'porentiefen Close-Ups') - das ist lustig, passt voll zur Geschichte und lädt an vielen Stellen zum Endecken von witzigen Details ein. Insgesamt ist I Hate Fairyland vielleicht nicht immer ganz geschmackssicher, aber wer sich für Comics wie The Goon, Deadpool oder die Rat Queens oder Serien wie Happy Tree Friends oder Rick und Morty begeistern kann, für den ist der Band auf jeden Fall eine klare Kaufempfehlung.

I saw this comic in passing at a local book store. I didn't think much of it but out of curiosity I skimmed through it. It drew me in immediately. If your a fan of dark humor or just looking for a lighthearted tale with the occasionally spurt of giblets pick this book up. I've read ALOT of comics and really I cannot think of a comic like this one. It's a parody on classic tales like Alice in Wonderland or The Wizard of Oz, but the main character Gertrude gets trapped in Fairyland and wants nothing more than to go back to the real world. Its unique, different and the art is amazing. The drawings remind me of 90's cartoons but the coloring is beautifully vibrant. If this was a TV show it would be on Adult Swim next to Rick & Morty. Actually while I write this Rick & Morty is probably the closest thing I can compare this comic to. It's great just get it!