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Groo (PICS)

Quantum

13:39 / 20.09.05

Did anybody else really love Groo: The Wanderer? Or was it just me?

adamswish

13:46 / 20.09.05

it's not just you Quantum. Finding an issue of Groo the Wanderer in a Coventry branch of Asda was what started me getting into comics all over again.

FinderWolf

21:15 / 20.09.05

I absolutely loved Groo. Somehow the repeated gags and same set-ups never got old for me - just a terrific comedy book. I attribute the fact that it didn't get old to very well-executed clever silly-style comedy. Cheese dip, Rufferto, Groo always screwing things up, always being an idiot, etc.... pure joycore. I imagine I'd still chuckle or laugh if I were to sit down and read an issue today.

Solitaire Rose as Tom Servo

22:10 / 20.09.05

Groo was a wonderful comic and I could look at Sergio's artwork every day of the week. I only quit reading it when it got too expensive. I didn't mind paying 75 cents for it when other comics were 60, but when comics were around $1.50 and it was $2.25, I just gave up on in.

doctorbeck

10:18 / 21.09.05

i also liked Groo very much but i was wondering if someone could exlain what is meant by mulching?

matsya

10:27 / 21.09.05

Mulching is a process by which plant matter is shredded and placed on top of soil to keep the moisture in the soil. Mulch is usually scattered around plant beds and vegetable patches and the like. Some mulch doesn't require shredding, like lucerne hay or grass clippings. Depends on what you're doing, garden-wise. But within the context of Groo, I believe that the mulch references were meant to evoke shredded vegetable matter or perhaps the process of shredding itself.

A fall of geckos

11:58 / 21.09.05

I've seen some of Aragones's work, and I like his style, but I know absolutely nothing about Groo.

Can someone fill me in on what it's about & why it's supposed to be a classic.

Quantum

16:54 / 21.09.05

Hang on while I fix the pic in the first post *sticks tongue out of corner of mouth and frowns*

Okay, Groo is a comedy piss-take of all the Barbarian warriors you've seen (see also the Little Book of Barbarian Wisdom thread) who's sidekick is an intelligent dog named Rufferto. He is all brawn and no brain, and lo many comic adventures follow from this simple premise.

Noteworthy are Evanier's poems when the Minstrel is in an issue, the detailed Aragones intricacies (including hidden messages in each issue, curiously satisfying to find) and the long, long running in-jokes including mulching, boats sinking and what *is* that in the Sage's flask?

Trust me, it's funny. Check out Groo.com.

grant

17:44 / 21.09.05

As a note on the "detailed secret messages" thing, Aragones now does a "Hidden Pictures" page in the Weekly World News -- a big spread with lots of tiny details, in which, say, on a pirate raid spread you have to find all 9 hidden skull-and-crossbones or similar.

Benny the Ball

19:49 / 21.09.05

I loved Groo. I used to pick up Mad as a kid, most of it completely over my head, but Aragones little margin cartoons were great, so when Groo came out, I got it as often as I could find it in the local shop - which seemed quite regular. Was the restart any good?

adamswish

08:29 / 22.09.05

in regards to mulch: it was also the name of the sage's dog.

And what do you mean slow of mind?

Quantum

17:45 / 22.09.05

(Drumm to Pal) What Pirates?

Wikipedia, great as ever although do check out the Groopedia too.

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