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Title: The Wedding of Groo
Series:
Groo the Wanderer
#42
Author:
Sergio Aragones
Rating: 3.5 of 5 Stars
Genre:
Comics
Pages: 24
Words:
2K
Publish: 1988
Hahahahahaahahaa, another fine kettle of fish Stanley! (that’s a Laurel and Hardy reference there by the way).
Granny Groo is at her worst, scheming away and just like in the previous issue, seems to succeed at the beginning. Of course, as was shown in that issue, Groo always messes up her scams in the end. And he does so spectacularly here :-D It all centers around marriage scams and man, when Aragones wants to draw an ugly woman, he can draw an UGLY woman. I was shuddering.
I included this picture because of the last panel. I know I always go on about how skilled Aragones is with his drawings, but man, LOOK at the last panel. With only two speech bubbles and his art, he totally conveys how much Groo and Brunda do NOT want to be there. Look at the rug, look at their posture, their faces. It ALL says “no, we don’t want to do this”. And that is one of the reasons I keep on reading Groo. Aragones is a skilled tradesman in the comic craft and it shows. Plus, his style of humor just clicks with me :-)
★★★✬☆
From Bookstooge
Granny Groo and the Gypsies use Groo to run more scams. First they have him “marry” an ugly woman with a large dowery using one of the gypsies as a priest, thus invalidating the wedding legally. They then use that dowery to buy themselves enough props to look like royalty and Groo is turned into the Prince of Chichester. Granny then schemes to have Groo marry a princess, thus setting the Gypsies up for life. Of course, Groo ruins everything at the end and is chased off scene by the Princess, her father the King AND Granny Groo.
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