sergio aragones - an appreciation
In a bid to widen his appeal, allow Forenoon Filings to introduce you to the work of Sergio Aragones.
A regular contributor to Mad magazine, and creator of Groo, Aragones has been drawing some of the most side-splittingly humorous comics for many years.
His most well known creation Groo, has been a firm favourite for a very long time, and although it had ceased to be a regular monthly title for quite some time now, there's a sufficient supply of mini-series that continue to pop up from time to time to keep fans happy.
One remarkable aspect of Aragones’ work (which will be appreciated by any aspiring cartoonist) is just the sheer work rate that he has managed to sustain over these years. Highly detailed pages of art teeming with people, movement and action, spout from his pen. If you are eagle eyed as you read the pages of Groo you will sometimes spot in tiny lettering at the bottom of the page, the location that the page was drawn when Aragaones is ever away from his studio – proof that his pen is ever busy!
His cartoon style is also just as strong when the words are taken away – long time fans from the Marvel/Epic days may remember issue 117 when the whole issue was speechless. In more recent years, two more collections of shorter speechless cartoons were published under the titles Actions Speak and Louder Than Words.
Aragones’ shorter strips can still be regularly found in Mad magazine, while the majority of his longer comic works are now published by Dark Horse Comics.
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