Groo: Friends and Foes

by Sergio Aragonés

As the bird-brained wanderer Groo and his loyal mutt Rufferto crisscross the countryside, they encounter various acquaintances from years past. Sometimes, it's a friend. Other times, it's a foe. Most of the time, it doesn't matter! From Arba and Darkarba to Granny Groo, Chakaal, Taranto, and even the melodic narrating Minstrel, the bumbling Cheese Dip Eater crosses paths with fan favorite characters on his quest to reunite Kayli with her long-lost father. Can Groo do even that one little thing right? The award-winning team of Sergio Aragonés and Mark Evanier are joined by Tom Luth on colors and Stan Sakai on letters! This hardcover collects over 300 pages of Dark Horse's full 12-issue series.   •  A wild cast of characters that will delight long-time fans and ensnare new readers!   •  Three Eisner Award winners (Sergio Aragonés, Mark Evanier, and Stan Sakai) working on an Eisner Award winning series! (Tom Luth was nominated for an Eisner, too!)   •  Amid all the chaos and lunacy, Friends and Foes still has a touching story to tell!   •  This beautiful hardcover collects a full year of Groo over 300 pages!. (Collects Issues 1-12 of Friends and Foes!)

Genres: Comics

332 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 12, 2019

About the author

Sergio Aragonés Domenech is a cartoonist and writer best known for his contributions to Mad Magazine and creator of the comic book Groo the Wanderer.

Reviews

[Scott · Rating 4 out of 5]

This collection of the 12-issue "Friends and Foes" arc was a really fun return to what has always made Groo great - plenty of little adventures mixed with the colorful cast of secondary characters. Two of the three previous arcs - Death & Taxes and Hell on Earth - were the least fun of any Groo storylines in the charaters' then-30-year history, having dropped any type of subtlety in their overt and ham-fisted social commentary. The commentary was often there in Groo, but it was often very light of touch and added the right hint of occasional spice. Friends and Foes gets back to that formula, and it actually adds a nice amount of heart in the story of newcomer Kayli and her search for her lost father. It's a sweet tale that brings the many titular friends and foes of Groo together by the end.

This was originally published back in 2015, when master cartoonist Sergio Aragones was pushing 80 years old. Despite this, the man's artistic talent is still on full display, with plenty of splash pages jam-packed with great detail and all of his little unique flourishes.

[Viggo Pedersen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Groo. Fantastic as always!

[Brian · Rating 5 out of 5]

I hope to see the complete run of Groo the wanderer in omnibus , epics or library editions one day as I loved this