This wonderful little comic, concerning the aftermath of the attack of the Alice Monsters on the great Queen of Hearts and all of Wonderland, is from Slave Labor's new line of Disney comics. Sonny Liew's gorgeous pencils are over-laid with delicate watercolor.
The title primarily concerns Mary Ann, the White Rabbit's maid who he mistook Alice for, who is about to experience the trouble that comes with being a girl creature with hair and a dress thing after a similar girl creature brings havoc to the land. Wonderland is one of the results of collaboration between SLG and Disney to create comics that continue the stories of some of Disney’s beloved yet more fringe properties like Haunted Mansion, Gargoyles, Tron and Alice in Wonderland. Wonderland picks up the story where the Disney’s Alice in Wonderland left off. Inspired by that animated film and its source material by Lewis Carroll, Wonderland manages to be fantastical and whimsical, menacing and playful, a real combination of flavors that will appeal to both young and mature fans of the material. Wonderland’s characters exhibit the otherworldly sensibilities originated in Lewis Carroll’s book, yet Kovac maintains that quality without simply rehashing the original material. Tommy Kovac scripts this impossible task, writing a book for children that does not talk down to them or feature mindless, repetitive rubbish like Dora the Explorer or Teletubbies. Have a child that you would like to share your love of comicbooks with? Wonderland is the place to start. I can think of no better way to get a child hooked on comic books than to hand them a copy of Wonderland #1 and tell them that this is what the medium offers when creators enjoy and care about their work. Very highly recommended.