Fluff My Life

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Fluff My Life
Date
  • June 15, 2016 (Part 1)
  • July 20, 2016 (Part 2)
  • August 17, 2016 (Part 3)
  • September 21, 2016 (Part 4)
  • October 19, 2016 (Part 5)
No. of issues5
Main characters
  • Gertrude "Gert"
  • Larry Wentsworth III
  • Duncan Dragon
Publisher Image Comics
Creative team
Writers Skottie Young
Artists Skottie Young
Jeffrey "Chamba" Cruz (Part 3)
Letterers Nate Piekos of Blambot
ColouristsJean-Francois Beaulieu [1]
Creators Skottie Young
Jason Howard [2]
Editors Rian Hughes
Original publication
Published in I Hate Fairyland
ISBN 978-1-6321-5887-1
Chronology
Preceded by Madly Ever After
Followed by Good Girl

Fluff My Life is a graphic novel written and illustrated by Skottie Young that was released in five parts throughout 2016 by Image Comics as the second volume of the American comic book series I Hate Fairyland , set in the Image Universe. Part 1, Fluff My Life was released on June 15, 2016, Part 2, How to Drain Your Dragon, was released on July 20, 2016, Part 3, Put Your Quarter Up (co-illustrated by Jeffrey "Chamba" Cruz), was released on August 17, 2016, Part 4, Splat in the Hat, was released on September 21, 2016, and Part 5, Final Fantasy, was released on October 19, 2016.

Contents

The series follows Gertrude "Gert", a bitter, hard-drinking, sarcastic, murderous young woman who has spent decades on a "one-day quest" through Fairyland on being transported there for the key that will allow her to go home, trapped as her unageing six-year-old self with pretty green curls and a bow, and accompanied by her equally sarcastic, top-hat-wearing housefly quest companion Larry. Now the Queen of Fairyland, Gert inadvertently brings ruin to the kingdom before seeking out a new route of returning home. Preceded by Madly Ever After , it is followed by the story arc Good Girl . [3]

The series has received a universally positive critical reception. [4]

Development

In April 2016, Skottie Young revealed the second story arc of I Hate Fairyland , ultimately entitled Fluff My Life, would be set in a "weird Bloodsport , Street Fighter Arcade Land – doing a little bit more, I don't want to call them "one and dones," but maybe just a little bit more episodic nature of storytelling allows", [5] [6] on consulting with uncredited I Hate Fairyland co-creator Jason Howard from having Madly Ever After as "your movie" with Madly Ever After, subsequent arcs would comprise "your television show", [2] featuring guest artist Jeffrey "Chamba" Cruz in a "fun stylized story sequence" in the third part, and publishing imagery of I Hate Fairyland cosplayers who had taken to Madly Ever After with the first, [2] while describing the narrative as:

"[Something] I didn’t get to do in the first arc of the series [was to] explore the weirdness of Fairyland, so in [Fluff My Life] I'm going to do that. It's going to be less driven by big plots. Each issue will be a little story with an overall thing to tie the stories together over time. In one issue, we might catch Gert playing poker in Las Fugus and end up lost inside Larry's hat. In another issue, we could see her end up in a Street Fighter blood sport tournament. All these things can happen because the world is endless. We’re going to focus on the character and her mishaps and adventures. We're going to slow down and unfold a big plot slowly over the next couple arcs rather than stuff it into five issues– like a TV show. It keeps things fresh for me and for readers." [2]

In October 2016, Young retrospectively described Fluff My Life as having been about "building up Gert's [own] stamina for this world [strolling] along, taking time to look around the place, soaking in the scenery. Also a blast [like Madly Ever After], just in a different way. Treating the first two arcs completely differently [having been] my way of showing the different ways I'll be approaching this book for the rest of the run. It's a free-for-all, and anything goes!". [7]

Reception

Issue #Publication dateCritic ratingCritic reviewsRef.
1June 20168.8/107 [8]
2July 20168.1/105 [9]
3August 20168.8/102 [10]
4September 20168.0/102 [11]
5October 201610/101 [12]
Overall8.7/1017 [13]

Collected editions

TitleMaterial collectedPublished dateISBN
I Hate Fairyland: Fluff My Life I Hate Fairyland (vol. 1) #6–10 [14] December 7, 2016 [15] ISBN   978-1632158871
I Hate Fairyland Book One I Hate Fairyland (vol. 1) #1–10 ( Madly Ever After and Fluff My Life)December 12, 2017 ISBN   978-1534303805

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