Image Firsts: I Hate Fairyland

Skottie Young writes and draws this gleefully violent Image series, which launched in 2016 and follows a woman trapped for decades in a pastel-colored fantasy world who finally decides to fight her way home by any means necessary. This single-issue debut collects the start of a run that gleefully skewers fairy-tale tropes with hyper-gory, Looney Tunes-style slapstick. Young’s distinctive, cartoonish art and pitch-black humor made the series an immediate cult favorite for readers who like their whimsy with a side of carnage.