Sergio Aragones' Groo: Mightier than the Sword (Paperback)

by Sergio Aragones (Author), Mark Evanier (Author)

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Product Description
There's no accounting for taste. That must be why so many accountants are buying Groo collections! This collects the latest adventures of Groo, the world's stupidest barbarian. In a savage land of another era, a goodly segment of the world has long been under the heavy thumb of the evil, power-mad despot known as Pipil Kahn. The tyrant wants nothing more than to name an heir and shuck his mortal coil, but one thing stands in his way: Groo! Eisner-Award winning cartoonist Sergio Aragonés and - Award-winning wordsmith Mark Evanier bring you more moronic mayhem from the barbarian who made `mulch` a household word.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9-12
  
• Paperback: 112 pages
• Publisher: Dark Horse (November 30, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1569716129
• ISBN-13: 978-1569716120
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 6.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #700,527 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars More Destructive Silliness, October 20, 2005

By	Paula L. Craig (Falls Church, VA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

A colorful and ridiculous graphic novel. This time Groo goes to work for an information pamphlet, but business is slow because nothing much is happening. So Groo whips out his sword and destroys everything in sight. Then he interviews the survivors on how they feel. Beneath the silliness, there's some serious commentary on the place of the media in society, and the power of well-meaning people to do immense harm. Kind of reminds me of the idiots who got us into the war in Iraq.

Be warned that like other Groo books, this one is extremely poorly bound. It is guaranteed to fall apart after just a few readings. Sort of like "this message will self-destruct . . . ."

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Hilarious!, April 2, 2002

By	Dr. Zoidberg (New York, NY) - See all my reviews

I've always seen those Groo comic books, yet never bought one (figuring I don't know the background, etc, so I won't understand it fully). So yesterday, when I saw a Groo graphic novel lying around in my local comic book store, I knew I had to buy it. What can I say? It was worth the wait!

The plot: Groo is a mighty warrior, a barbarian, who just roams the earth with his loyal dog, looking for adventure and trouble. The thing is, Groo is really, really, quite stupid. In this graphic novel, Pipil Khan, a tyrant whose schemes were foiled many times by Groo, is on his death bed. Pipil Khan, however, declares he won't name his heir because he keeps being tormented by memories of Groo. So he issues a quest for his three sons: the son who brings the head of Groo, will be the named heir. So, Etrufio, a great warrior, Ogamio, a great wizard, and Relmihio, a great schemer, start hunting for Groo. The plot gets complicated by the fact that Groo's tales by now reached mythological stature, and everyone think of him as a six headed giant - nobody really knows how he looks like, and also because Groo is just too plain stupid to know somebody actually wants to kill him..
This leads to a very amusing tale..

I wholeheartily recommend this graphic novel, it was very amusing - and I definitely will be reading more about Groo's adventures.

4.0 out of 5 stars Graphic SF Reader, September 3, 2007

By	Blue Tyson "- http://freesf.blogspot.com" - See all my reviews

An ancient ruler named Khan doesn't like his family much, or he is the dumbest Khan that ever lived. Or was smoking some of the same stuff as Kublai. Anyway, for some odd reason he wants to get rid of Groo. Who does he pick to do it? Some of his own flesh and blood, whom he actually does purport to care for.

Oh, the tragedy.