My first comic from Image, Free Comic Book Day 2017 I Hate Image is a dark, violent, and humorous story that uses many of the company's well known characters. Gertrude, the main character from I Hate Fairyland by Skottie Young, is a woman in her late 30s but having not physically aged since she was 10 due to being in this fantasy world. After decades of not finding her way home, Gertrude resorts to violent and bloody methods against all the inhabitants of Fairyland until she can go back. This one-off sees Gertrude learning about a new way to bring her home, which has her go into the universes of other Image properties like The Walking Dead, Spawn, and Invincible. Through her wacky and cartoonish ways, she either kills some of the other characters or manages to get them to help her. The end has Gertrude break into the offices of Image and demand the creators, like Robert Kirkman and Todd McFarlane, to help her. When they refuse, though, Gertrude just kills all of them and must continue in her path to find a way home. Even though I wasn't that familiar with the works of Image, especially the series from this comic is from, I'd say this draws me in into wanting to read more from them. Young, being both the writer and artist of this and the entire series, gives such a fun and over the top story that manages to make the excessive violence seem so comical. What especially gives it such a Looney Tunes-esque quality is the coloring by another regular, Jean-Francois Beaulieu. Free Comic Book Day 2017 I Hate Image is not only a well made and hilarious comic, but is a great way to start a series through a story that isn't even canon. Over all: 100%
Top list so far for 3rd set of comics:
1. Free Comic Book Day 2017 I Hate Image
1. Free Comic Book Day 2017 I Hate Image
2. Green Lantern Vol. 2 #76
3. DC Retroactive: Green Lantern - The 70s #1
4. Star Wars: Doctor Aphra (2020-) #1
5. Showcase (1956-1978) #17
6. Free Comic Book Day: Bongo Comics Free For All 2018
7. Free Comic Book Day 2017: Riverdale
8. Marvel Comics (1939) #1
5. Showcase (1956-1978) #17
6. Free Comic Book Day: Bongo Comics Free For All 2018
7. Free Comic Book Day 2017: Riverdale
8. Marvel Comics (1939) #1