Don't Forget to Order I HATE FAIRYLAND by Skottie Young

You might recall back in August we posted an advanced review for Skottie Young's I HATE FAIRYLAND #1. If you missed it, check it out now right HERE.

The story deals with Gertrude, a young girl that gets what many young children might wish for, the chance to journey to a magical place known as Fairyland. Sounds like it'd be fun and exciting but Gert immediately and painfully discovers it's not quite everything you would think it'd be.

The story then cuts to twenty-seven years later. She's still stuck in Fairyland. To make things worse, she's also stuck in the body of a ten-year-old. You can imagine how frustrating and annoying that could all be.

The Final Order Cutoff date for the first issue is TODAY, September 21. That means if you're a comic shop retailer, you need to place your orders by today. If you're a comic book reader, that means you need to contact your comic shop today and ask or beg them to order you a copy for your pull list. There's even a “F*CK FAIRYLAND” cover (censored version below) you can pre-order.

You know how we felt about the issue. Here's the press release with what others thought.

I HATE FAIRYLAND IS ONE FLUFFIN’ GOOD READ

The tongue-in-cheek fantasy romp charms (and battle-axes) its way into fan hearts

Bestselling artist Skottie Young (Fortunately, the Milk, Rocket Raccoon, Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz) and Jean-Francois Beaulieu (Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz) debut the creator-owned series, I HATE FAIRYLAND—which was first announced at Image Expo in July—nears its launch date of Wednesday, October 14th with growing enthusiasm within the comics industry and has collected high praise from critics early on.

Early praise for I HATE FAIRYLAND:

"Young gives readers a fun, fast-paced story that covers a lot of ground in the fantasy world... Readers looking for the lost tone of classic animation work will consider a visit to Fairyland time well spent." —Comic Book Resources

"Watching childhood dreams brutally slaughtered has never been more enjoyable." —ComicBook.com

"It's not often books like I Hate Fairyland come along. You'll be both disturbed and entertained at the same time." —Comic Vine

"One of the sickest, twisted, and most subversive comic books I've ever read. When I turned the last page, I was offended, grossed out, and shocked—but all I wanted in life was the next issue in my hands." —Vox.com

“Pure, distilled FUN from cover to cover” —Francesco Francavilla

“Awesomely twisted—irreverent and inventive and crazy fun.” —Scott Snyder

"A masterpiece." —Jonathan Hickman

“Funny, smart and incredibly original. One of the most imaginative and entertaining comics I have ever read.” —Brian Lynch, writer of the Minions movie

“I Hate Fairyland is sculpted out of Skottie Young’s rainbow-colored brain meat and then hammer-smashed into the pages of a comic book.” —Dennis Hopeless

“Pure uncut Skottie Young awesomeness. Like a bag of Angel Dust in comic book form. Only Crazier.” —Jason Aaron

“I Hate Fairyland is so damn good that I now kinda hate Skottie Young a little. It’s SO much fun.” —Gerry Duggan

“Top notch, man.” —Jim Mahfood, Grrl Scouts, Miami Vice

“I haven’t seen this much cartoon violence since that fever dream when I was six.” —Kaare Andrews

“Verdict: SO FLUFFING INCREDIBLE! Slug Lord FTW!” —Ryan Ottely

“A fulfillment of the promise of Image Comics, the pure creative vision of a writer/artist at the top of his game. It’s Skottie Young unleashed to do what he was born to do, make awesome and stuff it into comic pages.” —Jason Howard

“I don't know who snuck into Skottie Young's mind and unleashed its darkest specters all across I Hate Fairyland, but I would like to shake their hand and buy them a flagon of flapper-fluff blood beer. Gorgeous, technicolor-twisted and fun as hell, this is a book handcrafted by a maniac for maniacs… with a soft cuddly side.” —Joe Kelly

Satirizing the typical Alice in Wonderland/Wizard of Oz fantasy tale of a young girl dropped in a magical, irritatingly joyful kingdom, I HATE FAIRYLAND explores what would happen if someone was kept on steady diet of gumdrops and sunshine for years.

I HATE FAIRYLAND introduces readers to Gertrude, a snarky, slightly deranged 40-year-old with a battle axe who happens to be trapped in a Shirley Temple-esque body and confined to the technicolor funworld that is Fairyland. This is an all-new series full of morbid, dark humor and snark—perfect for fans of Invader Zim and Fight Club.

I HATE FAIRYLAND hits stores on Wednesday, October 14th and can be pre-ordered with Diamond Code AUG150474. Cover B “F*CK FAIRYLAND” cover available to pre-order with Diamond Code AUG150475.

The final order cutoff for retailers is today, Monday, September 21.

Also note, Skottie has redrawn these pages as original shown HERE.

Maniacs killing their way through life is not my idea of fun

glad skottie young is finally doing some creator owned, its been a long time coming.

unfortunately, this isn't quite what i was hoping for.

I like!

Ditto

I think I'd like this series more if the girl had actually aged phsyically too, as being an actual adult in a fairyland like this would be something else.

Any book with that much hype behind it before issue one comes out is sure to disappoint. I find it odd that most of Young's fans like his cutesy art work but for his first creator owned he is making a sociopath murder cartoon animals and moons. I don't see this meeting his target audience wants or likes, In fact I don't see this book doing very well it.

I said it in the last article on this subject, this reminds me of an edgy Care Bears story I started when I was in High School (or Middle School, one of the two). I stopped a few paragraphs in because, after I stopped laughing at my own cleverness, I realized I wasn't clever and the idea was stupid. Still, I wish him the best.

@br_havoc: Im a huge skottie young fan and really dig the cartoony "cutesy" style and couldnt be more excited for this one.

@themantisshrimp: Okay that is great for you. It's just my opinion many of the fans I sell Youngs books to, Seem to let his cartoonish borderline innocent drawings. Now doing this satire and making it ultra violent with promises it will shock and offend people is odd it's going against his normal demo and a large group of his fans.

Then again, with this much press perhaps presales are not strong and they have already found this stuff out.

@themantisshrimp: He was just speaking generally, and I personally agree.

@project_worm: I bet this book sells pretty well. There is definitely a lot of social media buzz around it. It's just one shop but mine ordered a bunch for subscribers and unsubscribers. Personally I'm surprised more comicvine comments don't reflect excitement.

Something tells me I'm gonna hate this comic. *Pun intended*