Groo question

[pleiades3]

I have never read Groo but previewed an issue on Dark Horse's website and thought I would give it a try.

It has been around for a while...If I pick up a trade paperback, can I jump in anywhere?

[Usagi-chan]

I would recommend starting at Friends and Foes (that's where I started), although it hasn't been collected in a trade paperback because it is a mini-series that is still going on. It is very good, if you can find the single issues!

[pleiades3]

Thanks, I will look for it!

[maichan]

Groo is fun!
Full of cheese dip and mulch!

Probably the best place to start would be one of the TPB reprints by Epic or Dark Horse (but I think they are mostly out-of-print):

Reprint collections[edit]
Epic/Marvel
The Groo Adventurer (Epic, 1990; collecting Epic/Marvel issues 1-4)
The Groo Bazaar (Epic, 1992; collecting Epic/Marvel issues 5-8)
The Groo Carnival (Epic, 1992; collecting Epic/Marvel issues 9-12)
The Groo Dynasty (Epic, 1992; collecting Epic/Marvel issues 13-16)
The Groo Exposé (Epic, 1993; collecting Epic/Marvel issues 17-20)
The Groo Festival (Epic, 1993; collecting Epic/Marvel issues 21-24)
The Groo Garden (Epic, 1994; collecting Epic/Marvel issues 25-28)
The Groo Houndbook (Dark Horse, 1999; collecting Epic/Marvel issues 29-32)
The Groo Inferno (Dark Horse, 1999; collecting Epic/Marvel issues 33-36)
The Groo Jamboree (Dark Horse, 2000; collecting Epic/Marvel issues 37-40)
The Groo Kingdom (Dark Horse, 2001; collecting Epic/Marvel issues 41, 42, 43, 46)
The Groo Library (Dark Horse, 2001; collecting Epic/Marvel issues 44, 45, 47, 49)
The Groo Maiden (Dark Horse, 2002; collecting Epic/Marvel issues 50-53)
The Groo Nursery (Dark Horse, 2002; collecting Epic/Marvel issues 54, 55, 56, 48)
The Groo Odyssey (Dark Horse, 2003; collecting Epic/Marvel issues 57-60)

I've been patiently waiting for The Groo Parade and future volumes, but not sure if we'll ever see them.

Original comics are still fairly easy to find, and relatively cheap... at least that was my experience when I filled up my back-catalog of books.

Wikipedia has a good basic rundown on Groo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groo_the_Wanderer and of course there is the official Groo site - http://groo.com/

[pleiades3]

Wow!

I knew there would be a slew of books out there! Why I thought of looking into his books after WonderCon is beyond me!

I look forward to checking out Groo!

[Steve Hubbell]

Personally, I would say that you can start reading Groo just about anywhere. Marvel did a handful of four issue mini-series but the majority of the 120 issues they published are single issue stories. Everything published by Pacific, and Image are also stand alone stories. Since moving Groo to Dark Horse, Sergio and Co. have done a whole bunch of four issue mini-series, with the new Groo: Friends and Foes series being a return of what seems to be the stand alone story.

[pleiades3]

Thanks Steve,

Will check out Groo at my next comic shop visit!