[Groop]Favorite groo issues

[Daniel Bron]

At the risk of rehashing an old topic:

 >This reminds me of one of my favorite (visual-wise) Groo issues: the one
 >where our hero is on an island where there is no currency.. and he starts
 >trading shells and screws up the environment

Yeah, I liked this one a lot.  The different animals ('specially the birds) 
and colors were awesome. Yeah, that and the Isagul mummy issue (around 
#110), are my favorite Groo issues aesthetically (desert at night  - 
spooky!).  Color adds so much to a comic, IMO.

For visual-GAGs, though, my favorites are:

1) Groo falling off a cliff futily kicking his legs, with a heard of 
wildebeast (or something) right on top of him [Pacific #1, if I'm not 
mistaken] and  2) the Groofish (mid-30s); that thing had me on the floor.

For writing, I can't pick a favorite.  The best jokes are kinda strewn 
throughout ALL of Groo:

"Groo is not the ugliest of all uglies!  He is nowhere near the top!"
"Ha!  You take me for the fool I am!"
"Groo is not feckless!  He has plenty of feck!"
"Fly, chicken!"

Story-wise,  if I had to pick a favorite, it would be the one where 
Rufferto "dies" [somewhere around #112].  The plot was one of the best (x 
blames y, y blames z, and so on, up to the King) and really suited for a 
comic book.  The reason it tops my list, though, is that there's just one 
line in there - when Groo has been told that Rufferto is not dead, and will 
wake in a day - that I really liked.

He says (to a comatose Rufferto) "If you do not wake up, I will be so sad 
... and this town will be so FLAT...".  This line really strikes me.  It is 
the only time we ever see Groo express understanding of his own power.  I 
know, he's often expressed confidence, and knows he can take on entire 
armies, and he's pretty much fearless.  But this isn't the same, the intent 
is different - revenge.

Let me try to be more clear:  Groo is a mass murderer.  He enjoys 
killing.  Sometimes he kills by accident, but he does it mostly on 
purpose.  Why, then, don't we view him as evil?  I think because his lack 
of understanding of what he does makes him seem innocent somehow.  But this 
line denies that belief somewhat.  It makes him, briefly, a darker character.

I know, I'm reading too much into it - but I still think it's kinda cool.

-TGD

PS: If you want to see the REALLY spectacular effects of color on Sergio's 
work, you have to get a copy of the Buzz & Bell collection book.

PPS:  My spell-checker refused to acknowledge the word "feck".