Gert is down on her luck. She does have some highly needed knowledge, she knows Fairyland. She’s been offered a job, head to that world and bring back the son of a very wealthy man. But, as we see in I Hate Fairyland #2, the mission is more complicated and there’s much more at play here.

Skottie Young continues the misadventures of his foulmouthed antisocial heroine as she’s given offer she can’t refuse. Literally, she has nothing else going for her. This is pretty much it. But, the offer is from a billionaire who has more sinister wants from her mission. All of it comes together for another issue full of low brow humor that’s like Looney Tunes on drugs… and really funny.

I Hate Fairyland #2 wears everything about itself on its sleeve. It’s an over-the-top hack and slash-ish story that has no trouble of dropping a censored swear and insult and playing off it’s saccharine infused sweetness. It’s putting the Punisher into Wonderland and letting him go nuts. Things are going to die and do so in brutal ways and that’s part of the entertainment. Young knows that and anyone who has read the series does too. This issue is more focused on the setup though as we learn why Gert has been chosen, what she brings to the table, and clearly she’s going to be double-crossed at some point.

The insanity is delivered through the art of Brett Bean which continues the goofiness of the original series. Bean is joined by Jean-Francois Beaulieu on color and lettering by Nate Piekos and the trio emphasizes the over-the-top nature of it all. Everything is exaggerated, as it should be. This isn’t some grounded story, this is one where the hero wields weapons twice her size and creates bloody mayhem with it. Exaggeration is the name of the game and the visuals nails that down perfectly in every way.

I Hate Fairyland #2 continues that line of humor that goes back to Looney Tunes and then fed drugs in Ren & Stimpy until it’s stretched further today. This is a comic where everything is so amplified that it becomes part of the joke, if not the joke. Everything emphasizes that, things are taken to the extreme. It’s the exact type of silly escape so many of us need and only comics can deliver.

Story: Skottie Young Art: Brett Bean
Color: Jean-Francois Beaulieu Letterer: Nate Piekos
Story: 8.25 Art: 8.25 Overall: 8.25 Recommendation: Buy

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