When A Little Gert Becomes Too Much: Reviewing ‘I Hate Fairyland’ #3
Opening up an issue of I Hate Fairyland is very much a situation where you’re going to get what you
Read moreOpening up an issue of I Hate Fairyland is very much a situation where you’re going to get what you
Read moreFairyland is calling again, but Gertrude/Gert would rather do anything than answer that call & revisit her trauma site. Too
Read moreOnce upon a time (more like 2015) there was a series called I Hate Fairyland where a young woman named
Read moreWritten by Rob Guillory Art by Rob Guillory, Jean-Francois Beaulieu Local demon-possessed woman Monica Thorne wants the corpse of Ezekiel
Read moreWritten by Rob Guillory Art by Rob Guillory, Jean-Francois Beaulieu Ezekiel Jenkins is transforming into something not quite human. And
Read moreIn Twig, Skottie Young (Middlewest, I Hate Fairyland) and Kyle Strahm (Spread, Unearth) team up for an all-new epic fantasy/adventure
Read moreThe merc with a mouth is turning thirty this year and Marvel is celebrating in style with Deadpool Nerdy 30
Read moreWhen COVID-19 brought the comics industry to a screeching halt, my colleague Tony Thornley and I decided to dive deep
Read morePrison breaks are a time honored trope in fiction. Middlewest takes the trope to do more than just put its
Read moreBatgirl #44 by Cecil Castellucci, Cian Tormey, Chris Sotomayor, Andworld Design comes out next Wednesday 26th February with Batgirl going up against … a
Read moreAbel’s journey in Middlewest has been parallel to growing up, starting with a child facing his fears and progressing to
Read moreConan and Dark Agnes learn the location of a vault belonging to the Set cultists, and Moon Knight and Solomon Kane do the same in their time. They must destroy the powerful bracelets within the vaults simultaneously to loosen Set’s foothold on our world. Can it be done?
Read moreAbel’s story in Middlewest has evolved in the past year, just like the character has grown up. However, one of
Read moreIf there’s been one constant in Middlewest, it’s been forward momentum. Ever since the series began, Abel and Fox have
Read moreMiddlewest has been many things- a fantasy story, a family drama, and a road trip adventure. When the story has
Read moreMiddlewest has had a streak of darkness the entirety of its run so far. However, with this new arc that
Read moreJorge Corona is a Venezuelan sequential artist and the winner of the 2015 Russ Manning Award. A writer and illustrator,
Read moreThe first arc of Middlewest ended in tragedy as Abel lost control to his strange abilities. As the second arc
Read moreThe concept of found family is a common one in comics, and it’s a powerful theme to explore, especially for
Read moreAfter five issues, our hero Abel has gotten precious few answers, but Middlewest #5 finally gives him hope that they
Read moreThere’s a classic trope in American media–the road trip. We’ve seen it in media as varied as Of Mice And
Read moreAfter a whirlwind of a first issue (sorry, I had to), Middlewest settles back a little more with world building
Read more[*Mild Spoilers Ahead!] The attacks from the Veldar continue, and the band needs to get the third of its trio:
Read moreWhen last we saw Abel and his traveling companion the fox (he’s not big on the whole name thing, apparently)
Read moreI have long loved the genre of urban fantasy–taking the tropes and trappings for classic fantasy and transposing it into
Read moreDaniel Warren Johnson and his Image comic series Murder Falcon has done it again and released some more Heavy Metal LP
Read moreFor two issues, we’ve been building up to the titular event–a literal war amongst bullies to see who is the
Read moreAnyone who’s ever told you they weren’t bullied is lying. Even the worst bullies end up getting bullied themselves in
Read moreEisner-winning writer Sean Kelley McKeever (The Waiting Place, Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane), artist Alexandre Tefenkgi, colorist Jean-Francois Beaulieu will release
Read moreMiddlewest is a new ongoing series written by Skottie Young (I Hate Fairyland) and drawn by Jorge Corona (Feathers). I had
Read moreSkottie Young has built up a reputation in the comics industry for telling high energy, colorful fantasy stories. In his
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