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Groo vs. Conan #0-3
Groo vs. Conan
One is a cross-hatched Hyborian from the unforgiving steppes of Cimmeria. The other is a big-nosed buffoon from a land of cartoony chaos. Only in the addled brain of Sergio Aragones could these two mismatched warriors ever cross swords! Thomas Yeates lends his able pen to Mark Evanier's story of worlds colliding, as the indomitable barbarian Conan meets the insufferable birdbrain Groo. An epic crossover centuries in the making! Twice as much brawn as brains! Fantasy comics will never be the same! Collects #1 - #4 of the Dark Horse miniseries.
104 pages, Paperback
First published April 14, 2015
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Sergio Aragonés
576 books97 followersSergio Aragonés Domenech is a cartoonist and writer best known for his contributions to Mad Magazine and creator of the comic book Groo the Wanderer.
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December 14, 2016"Great art and a surprising story, lots of laughs -- what more do you want? If that's not enough, all I can say is gee, you're hard to please." -- Chuck's Comic of the Day, and the back cover of Groo vs. Conan
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April 12, 2016
It's been years since I last read a Groo the Wanderer comic book and I was thrilled to see him finally take on the legendary Conan in the time-honored tradition of comic book crossover.
Groo hasn't gotten any smarter since the last time I read his adventures and there are still lots of mendicant and cheese dip jokes (unfortunately, the mulch joke was retired years ago). There are also lots of people slain (in a funny, not graphic, way) and his loyal companion Rufferto is still by his side. However, Conan is involved this time, thanks to a clever narrative device where creators Sergio Aragones and Mark Evanier are caught up in a protest over a comic book store's closing, Sergio is injured and starts imagining a world of Groo and Conan.
Silly? Of course, but that's what makes Groo so enjoyable. Even after all of these years, I still find him to be hilarious. The crossover with Conan isn't the best Groo story ever, but it produced enough chuckles for me to consider tracking down more of his stories that I'd missed.
Groo hasn't gotten any smarter since the last time I read his adventures and there are still lots of mendicant and cheese dip jokes (unfortunately, the mulch joke was retired years ago). There are also lots of people slain (in a funny, not graphic, way) and his loyal companion Rufferto is still by his side. However, Conan is involved this time, thanks to a clever narrative device where creators Sergio Aragones and Mark Evanier are caught up in a protest over a comic book store's closing, Sergio is injured and starts imagining a world of Groo and Conan.
Silly? Of course, but that's what makes Groo so enjoyable. Even after all of these years, I still find him to be hilarious. The crossover with Conan isn't the best Groo story ever, but it produced enough chuckles for me to consider tracking down more of his stories that I'd missed.
August 2, 2024
I was a little disappointed by this one. I'm a huge Conan fan, and a big fan of Groo as well, but the crossover just didn't work for me. It was entertaining, and as silly as you'd expect, but I was expecting more. I think my expectations were just too high. It's still worth a read if you're a fan of the characters.
November 13, 2015
via NYPL - Honestly, putting Conan on the cover is almost just marketing. This is a Groo story with a serious and noble barbarian playing against Groo's inanity. But it works. I've never found Groo especially funny, but I've always enjoyed the madcap whimsy of Evanier and Aragones' work. And it's in full effect here, with overlapping narratives about Mark and Sergio in the "real" world where a comic shop is about to lose its lease and Sergio has brain damage, Conan's kingdom falling into unworthy hands, and Groo being ... well, Groo. Great art, a fun script. Maybe not for all Conan fans though.
August 28, 2016
Have read parts one and two of this four part series. It warms my heart to see Groo back on the shelves and I could not pass up a chance to read this crossover. I'm digging into part three and will have to wait another week or so for part 4. I can't imagine either of these mighty warriors on the losing end of a fight but I shall wait and see. I'm on team Groo!
December 24, 2015
Lo único que tenía más claro que el que no me iba a gustar es que no iba a poder resistirme a comprarlo.
August 30, 2024
"I like progress so long as nothing changes."
Groo the Wanderer gets confused which side of a legal dispute he is on, and he begins to indiscriminately attack innocent civilians who are trying to save their local bakery. Conan the Cimmerian rushes in to stop the carnage…
This trade paperback collects all four issues of the 2014 crossover miniseries featuring Dark Horse's two popular barbarians.
It is an inspired idea to pair Conan with his silly, buffoonish (but equally talented at swordplay) comic book counterpart after nearly forty years. The result is a light amusing farce to please fans of both series.
[Note: Most of the Conan material from the Dark Horse years 2004-2017 has been collected into the Epic Collection trade paperbacks, which runs to 10 volumes. However, some of the miniseries and one-shots are omitted, so I am delving into out-of-print collections to complete the series. This is first of four Dark Horse crossovers for Conan.]
There is a frame story in which Sergio appears (a common trope in Groo), first pooh-poohing the idea of a crossover, then suffering a concussion and coming to believe he is the great Cimmerian himself. This provides the chance for a bit of self-deprecating humor while also sidestepping any continuity issues.
Aragonés provides all the Groo art. Thomas Yeates steps in to draw the Conan panels. The resulting mishmash of styles is a running in-joke within the story.
3 stars.
Groo the Wanderer gets confused which side of a legal dispute he is on, and he begins to indiscriminately attack innocent civilians who are trying to save their local bakery. Conan the Cimmerian rushes in to stop the carnage…
This trade paperback collects all four issues of the 2014 crossover miniseries featuring Dark Horse's two popular barbarians.
It is an inspired idea to pair Conan with his silly, buffoonish (but equally talented at swordplay) comic book counterpart after nearly forty years. The result is a light amusing farce to please fans of both series.
[Note: Most of the Conan material from the Dark Horse years 2004-2017 has been collected into the Epic Collection trade paperbacks, which runs to 10 volumes. However, some of the miniseries and one-shots are omitted, so I am delving into out-of-print collections to complete the series. This is first of four Dark Horse crossovers for Conan.]
There is a frame story in which Sergio appears (a common trope in Groo), first pooh-poohing the idea of a crossover, then suffering a concussion and coming to believe he is the great Cimmerian himself. This provides the chance for a bit of self-deprecating humor while also sidestepping any continuity issues.
Aragonés provides all the Groo art. Thomas Yeates steps in to draw the Conan panels. The resulting mishmash of styles is a running in-joke within the story.
3 stars.
April 2, 2019
I groaned a bit when this was first announced, since I'm generally not a big fan of the "novelty team-up" trend in comics. But this was good. Sergio found a way to make it work.
The pages that are all-Sergio or all-Yeates are as good as you'd expect from either of them. The pages where they're combining Conan and Groo don't always mesh too well. But that's fine. It's, overall, a really funny story.
For anyone wondering, this is basically a Groo story with a bit of Conan tossed in. Maybe 80% Groo, 20% Conan. So if you're more a Conan fan than a Groo fan, you might be disappointed.
The pages that are all-Sergio or all-Yeates are as good as you'd expect from either of them. The pages where they're combining Conan and Groo don't always mesh too well. But that's fine. It's, overall, a really funny story.
For anyone wondering, this is basically a Groo story with a bit of Conan tossed in. Maybe 80% Groo, 20% Conan. So if you're more a Conan fan than a Groo fan, you might be disappointed.
June 15, 2023
Si en feia d'anys que no llegia res de Groo, un dels còmics més divertits dels que llegia quan era petit.
Retrobar-lo m'ha molat més per tot el que significa de retrobament que per la història en si, un garbuix inofensiu de metareferències, acudits sobre humoristes gràfics i un argument bàsic de crossover que només serveix per fer l'acudit.
Però és que, a mi, l'acudit m'ha fet molta gràcia.
Conan i Groo s'enfronten. I Groo continua sent tan idiota com sempre. A partir d'aquí, s'amaneix amb gags selfdeprecating de Sergio Aragonés. Tot sona anacrònic, però ningú li demana que sigui modern.
Retrobar-lo m'ha molat més per tot el que significa de retrobament que per la història en si, un garbuix inofensiu de metareferències, acudits sobre humoristes gràfics i un argument bàsic de crossover que només serveix per fer l'acudit.
Però és que, a mi, l'acudit m'ha fet molta gràcia.
Conan i Groo s'enfronten. I Groo continua sent tan idiota com sempre. A partir d'aquí, s'amaneix amb gags selfdeprecating de Sergio Aragonés. Tot sona anacrònic, però ningú li demana que sigui modern.
October 5, 2018
The story is framed in an odd manner as it all exists in the drug addled head of Sergio Aragones after he is beaten up a drugged in the hospital. As such there is a strong Don Quixote aspect to the story. As parts of Groo’s saga mirror me check of what the artist is experiencing.
As you might expect a tale such as this is surreal beyond the norm. The parts of Conan are drawn by Yeats in an entirely different style. It creates an Alice in Wonderland mixture of delusion and seriousness.
As you might expect a tale such as this is surreal beyond the norm. The parts of Conan are drawn by Yeats in an entirely different style. It creates an Alice in Wonderland mixture of delusion and seriousness.
February 17, 2023
Mad dergisinin efsane çizeri Sergio Aragonés'in peynir düşkünü şapşal kahramanı Groo'nun, Kimeryalı Barbar Conan ile karşılaştığı bir macera. Metinlerarası bu öykü, Aragonés'in kendisini de çizdiği, gerçek ile kurgunun çakıştığı, hatta kurgunun başka bir kurguyla daha çakışarak üç katmanlı bir şekilde yeniden inşa edildiği eğlenceli bir macera.
December 10, 2017
Susret dva legendarna barbarina nije najsretnije završio za ovog čitatelja. Vjerovatno jer Conan stiže iz varijante koja mi nije naročito draga. Bar ne crtački. Nekoliko zgodnih situacija, pokoja fora i evo kraja.
December 14, 2025
Another great issue by Sergio Aragones.
January 23, 2018
Loved Groo back in the day but in the end this ones too meta for its own good.
April 4, 2016
This one was epic.The immovable force which is Conan vs the whirling dervish that is Groo.Only Sergio Aragones could articulate the encounter of these two magnificent warriors and include himself in the fray with hilarious results.The battle was one of the greatest in history and after hours of fighting their could only be one victor.Who won you might ask that is not for me to say but ill leave you with this quote from Conan himself "How can you defeat what you cannot understand".
Exactly Conan for Groo does what Groo does and even he does not understand why he does what he does.Think on that sentence for a minute.Only loyal Rufferto understands the genius which is Groo.
Exactly Conan for Groo does what Groo does and even he does not understand why he does what he does.Think on that sentence for a minute.Only loyal Rufferto understands the genius which is Groo.
November 23, 2015
A Conan vs. Groo story is bound to disappoint somewhat. / Paljon porua, vähän villoja. Pitää kyllä digata Rashomon-tyylistä kerrontaa. Aikatasoja on vähän liikaa, vaikka hyvän asian puolesta taistellaan (ei siis Groo). Tästä kyllä huomaa, että realistisesti piirretty Groo olisi vastenmielisen sadistinen. Kun kaksi aivan erilaista piirrostyyliä kohtaa, jännittää kuinka ne istuvat yhteen. Tässä on enimmäkseen onnistuttu.
April 15, 2015
Everything I expected and then some.
Funny, witty, stupid... All of the above? Read it wih an open mind because this is more Groo than Conan. Well, maybe a bit of MAD thrown in there. The book was expensive for the size (thanks Dark Horse...), but was an amusing read while it lasted.
Funny, witty, stupid... All of the above? Read it wih an open mind because this is more Groo than Conan. Well, maybe a bit of MAD thrown in there. The book was expensive for the size (thanks Dark Horse...), but was an amusing read while it lasted.
December 5, 2014
Muy divertido, sobre todo para fans de Groo y del humor absurdo de Aragonés.
December 22, 2014
One of the weirdest and most enjoyable comics I have ever read. Sure, it's high concept, but it's actually also high art. A classic even for Groo.
April 29, 2015
Sergio should be a national treasure in either US or Mexico. What a lovely man!
This is going right next to my Superman vs Muhammad Ali comic.
This is going right next to my Superman vs Muhammad Ali comic.
March 13, 2016
Kinda funny.
March 20, 2016
Matching Groo with Conan......its not even a fair a fight. A hero of legend. The greatest barbarian of all time. How can Conan stand a chance against that. Hilarious as usual.
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