I just adored this, it's so sadistically adorable! It takes a seemingly innocent enough story of Gertrude falling into Fairyland where she has to find a key to get out, simple enough. However after thirty years of looking she's still stuck there, she has poor Larry trying to help her find the key and they are adorable as they travel across Fairyland killing everything and anything in their paths. Plus the Queen of fairyland is sick of the sight of this woman who is stuck looking like a kid, and

THIS WAS SO FLUFFING GOOD.

Once upon a time, a little girl called Gertrude wished to visit a magical fantasy land - and then promptly found her wish granted! But when young Gertrude wished herself home, she discovered it not nearly as easy to leave Fairyland as it was to enter it… Twenty-seven years later - she’s still looking for the way out.Physically Gertie remains the cute ten year-old girl she was when she arrived in Fairyland; mentally, she’s thirty-seven and has become very, very disenchanted with how her life has

So, this is the story of a little girl that gets sucked into a magical fairyland, and 30 years later is still stuck there...as a little girl.The concept is cute and the art is cute.<--gory but cute!However, after a while, I was sort of bored with not only Gertrude's attitude but with the overuse of words like fluffer & mother duckling to take the place of curse words.Skottie Young is an awesome artist, but I'm just not always a big fan of the way he writes. The plot in this one was sort of (to m...

3.5ish stars. I'm a long time fan of Skottie Young. He pencilled one of my favorite (short) runs of Chris Yost and Craig Kyle's New X-Men series, and it was such a refreshing change to see his interpretation of superhero teenagers actually looking like teenagers (superpowers aside, of course) and not all like 'roided out Mr. Olympias. As such, I've been eagerly awaiting my chance to pick up this title of which Skottie Young is both the artist and writer! And the art is absolutely perfect. His ca...

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA! This was simply BRILLIANT!When we think about all the stories ever written about girls getting transported to a magical land, we think of this:And yes, some might be tired of the same-old same-old trope of happy child going on magical adventures, which is why the creators instead came up with this:Meet Gertrude. She was a normal girl until Fairyland sucked her in. She was supposed to go on a quest to find the key so she can go home. She was even given a map and a companion ... b...

This was exactly what I was hoping it would be. Quirky, violent, chaotic, and entertaining. I love the concept and the contrast of the happy, vibrant fairyland to how psychotic and murderous Gertrude is. I'll definitely be continuing with this one.

I wouldn't let kids read this one! It's extremely gory and funny to boot!Poor Gertrude it just a normal little girl playing into her room when she falls into fairyland. She ends up being stuck there for 27 years because she can't find the key that will lead her home. And she's not a happy camper! The Queen wants Gertrude out of fairyland because all she does is reek havoc! I mean she's inside of a little girls body still and she's in her 30's! The Queen sends all kinds of things her way but it j...

Once upon a time, a little girl wished to journey to a magical land full of candy and pixie dust. Her wish was granted.Twenty-seven years later . . . she's still trying to find her way out of the FLUFFING place!If you have a wicked sense of humor, and don't mind seeing adorable, big-eyed cute things horribly mutilated by axes, and beams of evil green light . . . this one is for you.

I really liked this. It's weird and seriously gory

Why Lovely Gertrude, the enchantingly charismatic main character in this graphic novel, is my dream child :① She has the mostest awesomest name ever in the history of mostest awesomest names ever.② She is a 37-year-old in a sometimes slightly damaged super cute 10-year-old's body.Such a youthfully gorgeous heroine indeed.③ She has the sweetest disposition ever.Gertrude dear, you are such a darling. Why aren't all children like you, I wonder?④ Her delightfully flowery language would make Lord

This was everything! It's such a crazy, twisted and amazingly fun adventure. I love the idea of a 30-something trapped in a child's body and stuck in a happy, sugar-coated world and has been driven completely homicidally insane because she has been trying to finish her quest and go back home for years. Our protagonist, Gertude, is one violent chick and I loved every minute watching her hack and slash her way through too many creatures than I can count. I think a lot of us can relate to the chara...

"KITTY-BALLS-TASTIC!"The most fun, creative, hallucinogenically-colored comic I've read all year. While this isn't the "deepest" plot, it's actually more than I expected, and it works perfectly for the fairytale genre it's beating the living shit out of. This is Ren and Stimpy meets Disney, and it's obvious Skottie Young is sick to death of all the cutesy dancing and singing. What this breaks down to is a quest fantasy. Gert is looking for THE KEY, literally, to her escape. And she's not necessa...

THE REVIEWWhy this book?It seemed funWhat I thoughtThis was a fun read! It was entertaining and the artwork was awesome! Definitely going to check out more from Skottie Young.

"Is anyone ever really ready for a riddle? They're kind of the worst, right?" Who never dreamed of getting sucked into the Wonderful World of Fairyland? That would be Gertrude. Do not fear, though, because as always in Wonderland (or whatever its name) she only has to find the Key to come back to her world. Meanwhile, Gertrude can embrace all the joy and fluff and RIDDLES and - IT'S BEEN TWENTY-SEVEN FLUFFING YEARS, during which Gertrude offered the worst better of her awful wonderful persona

Once upon a time the was a girl named Gertrude who wished she could be taken away to an amazing world filled with magic and wonder. This review contains *spoilers*.That was nearly thirty years ago. Gertrude, a forty year old woman, is now stuck in her eight year old's body that’s been trapped in the magical world of Fairyland. Along with the help of a magical maggot (named Larrigon), she has to find the key to escape— but, of course, not without consequences and difficulties along thei...

probably 3.5 - i'm not sold-sold yet, but i will certainly continue with the series.review to come...

I'll be honest; I don't think I've ever appreciated a lettering designer before Nate Piekos in this bind-up. I know that sounds awful, but I always get so wrapped up in the story, the art, the coloring, that I get too distracted to pay the proper respect to the lettering. But in I hate Fairyland, Vol. One: Madly Ever After the lettering completely made this graphic novel for me. I don't mean to sell the story, art, or coloring short; they are also amazing. This story is whimsical and hilarious,

What a bloody, brutal, and beautiful graphic novel. The art style is gorgeous and the storyline is both hysterical and deeply troubled. I fluffing loved it and can’t wait to dive into more of the series. Gertrude wishes to go to fairyland and her eight-year-old self is rewarded with a trip to the magical land. When she wants to go home she’s told she had to find a key to her doorway and she sets upon her quest. 27 years later she’s still looking and has aged to a 37-year-old jaded woman inside a...

More manic craziness from the mind of Scottie Young. An inventive and disturbing take on the Wizard of Oz. Gert's been on a quest to find the key to leave Fairyland for 27 years, completing quest after quest. Now she's fed up and taking it out on Fairyland.Received an advance copy from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.