Why? What possessed me to review another issue of Sergio Aragones' Groo: The Hogs of Horder?Of course, I have to review something if I'm going to live up to the title of the blog. And Groo was the next issue in the stack.
But Groo reviews are all the same: Aragones is a genius, his art is fantastic, the comic features lots of laughs and clever bits of dialogue by writer Mark Evanier, and Groo does what he does best! What more could you ask? (Well, maybe more cheese dip jokes, if you're into that sort of thing.)
Of course, Groo's comics can be deceptive - as Bill Cosby used to say, you might just learn something before it's done.
For example, the slapstick and pratfalls might keep you from noticing that the story is actually an economic lesson about what's going on right now. (But you have to substitute horses for cars. And Khitai for China. And Kopins for Dollars. And... well, you get the idea.)
That this book manages to balance between saying important things and making us laugh is just another tribute to the amazing skills of the creators involved.
Now go away, Groo, and don't make me review you again.
Grade: B+
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