REVIEW: 'I Hate Fairyland' #1 by Skottie Young, Brett Bean, and Jean-Francois Beaulieu

I HATE FAIRYLAND #1

Writer: Skottie Young

Artist: Brett Bean, Jean-Francois Beaulieu

Letters by Nate Piekos

Publisher: Image Comics

Release Date: November 16, 2022

Cover Price: $3.99

Eisner Award-winning writer SKOTTIE YOUNG (MIDDLEWEST, TWIG, THE ME YOU LOVE IN THE DARK) and artist BRETT BEAN (Marvel's Rocket & Groot) bring back the hit comic I HATE FAIRYLAND for an all-new ONGOING SERIES!

Everyone's favorite green-haired, axe-crazed maniac returns in this Deadpool meets Alice In Wonderland adventure! Gert is all grown up and living in the real world. Times are tough, and the only job she's qualified for has her trying to find her way back to the place she hates the most...Fairyland.

Score:

★★★★1/2 (4.5/5)

QUICK REVIEW: Gert is back! Well, not exactly. She's all grown up and back in the real world. Unfortunately, she's not adjusting well to the daily grind and social norms of society. She's actually spiraling as she goes from one job to the next. In Fairyland, she handled all her problems by swinging an axe but despite daydreaming about such things, it's a lot more complicated in a world that frowns upon mass murder. Gert has fallen on tough times and frankly, it's pretty sad. One could find deeper meaning here when one considers how people in the real world have their childhoods taken from them whether it's trauma from abuse or incarceration, they're unable to function as adults once they're forced to fend for themselves. 'I Hate Fairyland' is meant to be gruesome fun which fans have been waiting for in this sequel but there lie some dark sad truths about the parallels of Gert's journey, albeit a fantasy, with the traumas suffered by people in the real world. Intentionally or not, Skottie Young has created a satire that cuts to the bone. As for fans of Gert, this is the continuation of her story that is ready to take off once again and shouldn't be missed.

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