Comments on: 365 Reasons to Love Comics #137

By: Apodaca

Apodaca — Sat, 19 May 2007 20:42:52 +0000

Mr. Aragones most definitely belongs in this column.

By: John

John — Sat, 19 May 2007 06:33:36 +0000

Sergio Aragones is such a great cartoonist that I can’t even be mad that he killed Marty Feldman.

By: Lucion

Lucion — Sat, 19 May 2007 03:18:09 +0000

I used to spend as much, if not more, time just absorbing the little marginals he drew in MAD as the rest of the magazine. I love his imagination and he has a style all his own.

Groo is fun for the whole family!

By: Flush it all away

Flush it all away — Sat, 19 May 2007 00:05:50 +0000

Great call.

I was never into Groo much, but I adored his Mad work.

By: Enrique SaldaÃ±a

Enrique SaldaÃ±a — Fri, 18 May 2007 22:03:31 +0000

Although Mr. AragonÃ©s is indeed awesome, Fun fact #3 is completely wrong, AragonÃ©s doesn’t mean “awesome” but “From AragÃ³n, born in AragÃ³n” (a Spanish province).

By: Scavenger

Scavenger — Fri, 18 May 2007 20:06:02 +0000

What’s sad is neither Marvel or DC or the kinds of companies who’d do a Massacres or Destroys book today:(

By: DubipR

DubipR — Fri, 18 May 2007 15:20:51 +0000

Sergio used to live down the street from my grandparents. Everytime I used to visit them, my dad would take me over to his place to say hello. What a dear sweet man he is…and the best sketch artist around.

Excellent Reason Why We Love Comics!

By: Matt Bird

Matt Bird — Fri, 18 May 2007 13:50:52 +0000

I don’t know who all’s been reading those “Showcase presents House of Mystery” trades, but I was surprised and delighted to discover that Sergio had a regular spot in that comic as well in the early seventies, contributing Charles Addams-like grisly humor cartoons. Check ‘em out, they’re great!

By: John Seavey

John Seavey — Fri, 18 May 2007 13:25:16 +0000

Mark Evanier told a great anecdote about Sergio’s legendary speed–he was so fast, he appeared in two comics panels on two different floors of a con at the same time. Someone would ask him to do a sketch, he’d say, “Sure, let me just go get my drawing pad,” then race to the elevator, slip down to the other panel (doing sketches for fans all the while), answer a quick question, then slip back to the original panel with drawing pad in hand. Did this the entire time, managed his departures so seamlessly nobody knew he was doing it, and confused a lot of people who were arguing about what panel he’d been on that day.

By: The Mad Monkey

The Mad Monkey — Fri, 18 May 2007 12:24:30 +0000

Mr. Aragones’ art was even featured (in cartoon form) on the Dick Clark/Ed McMahon show “TV’s Bloopers And Practical Jokes”.
For those who don’t know, the ‘toons were much the same as the marginals in Mad Magazine…only animated.
Is there nothing that Sergio can’t do?
I should think not!

By: DanCJ

DanCJ — Fri, 18 May 2007 10:20:42 +0000

Good call!

By: Philip Ayres

Philip Ayres — Fri, 18 May 2007 10:11:56 +0000

Sergio is indeed superb. More Groo trades – especially of the later Epic stuff.

By: J To The AAP

J To The AAP — Fri, 18 May 2007 08:45:01 +0000

Ah! The Seagoing Soarer finally gets his fair share of glory!

By: Rohan Williams

Rohan Williams — Fri, 18 May 2007 05:46:04 +0000

Aragones would have to be one of the world’s best known cartoonists- I mean, the average man on the street can easily avoid the work of Jim Lee or Frank Quitely or whoever their entire lives, but EVERYBODY has seen Aragones’ work in MAD. As a kid, I remember his work always being, by far, the best part of that magazine.

By: kirbydotter

kirbydotter — Fri, 18 May 2007 03:55:14 +0000

Now you are talking Bill!
You have restored my faith in you!

I’ve been a fan of Groo since the very first days at Pacific Comics! I hate most 90′S comics, but those small publisher of the 80′s! First, Comico, Eclipse, Pacific, etc… There was some cool stuff in those days! Mike Grell’s original run on JON SABLE, Scott McCloud’S ZOT!, Bill Willigham’s early issues of ELEMENTALS, Matt Wagner’s GRENDEL, Bruce Jones’s TWISTED TALES and ALIEN WORLDS anthologies, etc.

But back on Sergio, I recently aquired a complete set of BAT LASH on Ebay and the only bad thing about this fun and original take on the western was that it didn’t last more than 7 issues…

Without GROO I would have no idea what “mulch” is all about.
Without GROO I would have not been aware that cheese dip is the greatest food ever invented.
Without GROO, I wouldn’t have learn that important lesson of life: even if you have done the worst blunder ever, no one deserves to be called a “mendicant”

By: stephen cade

stephen cade — Fri, 18 May 2007 03:49:11 +0000

I also enjoyed his Batman in one of the special issues around Batman’s 50′s Anniversary–it was priceless.

By: Adam Jones

Adam Jones — Fri, 18 May 2007 03:15:15 +0000

Wait a minute… this isn’t the 1990′s gun toting badass Solo!

Awww brusslesprouts!!! I’ve been Hornswaggled!

By: Graeme Burk

Graeme Burk — Fri, 18 May 2007 03:14:09 +0000

Dude you left an important piece of work that Sergio did that was awesome– the brilliance that is Bat Lash which employs a much more ‘conventional’ comic book style and yet is just as funny and just as stunning as the Sergio’s cartooning work.

By: stealthwise

stealthwise — Fri, 18 May 2007 02:38:16 +0000

Aragones IS Awesome. I love the story about him and Debartolo going up to pick up *ahem* women in South America.

By: Bill Burns

Bill Burns — Fri, 18 May 2007 01:48:21 +0000

If you’re going to mention Groo you should also give credit to Aragones’s collaborator Marc Evanier, whose wonderful scripts are essential to the greatness that is Groo.