* The Sage's dog: During the Marvel / Epic run of Groo, the question of what the Sage named his dog became one of the most frequently asked questions in the comic's letters page.

Eventually, after a storyline in which the Sage's dog had been kidnapped and Groo aided him in recovering the dog, the " secret " was revealed in a throw-away moment, with Groo asking in a " by-the-way " manner what the dog's name was, and the Sage replying with the nondescript name, " Mulch " ( in itself a reference to another running gag in the Marvel / Epic run, see above ).

It should be noted that when Groo was with Pacific, he was not portrayed as a bumbling idiot like was in future issues starting with Epic line.

* The Death of Groo ( Epic / Marvel 1990-Second & Third Printings )

* The Groo Adventurer ( Epic, 1990 ; collecting Epic / Marvel issues 1-4 )

* The Groo Bazaar ( Epic, 1992 ; collecting Epic / Marvel issues 5-8 )

* The Groo Carnival ( Epic, 1992 ; collecting Epic / Marvel issues 9-12 )

* The Groo Exposé ( Epic, 1993 ; collecting Epic / Marvel issues 17-20 )

* The Groo Festival ( Epic, 1993 ; collecting Epic / Marvel issues 21-24 )

* The Groo Garden ( Epic, 1994 ; collecting Epic / Marvel issues 25-28 )

* The Groo Houndbook ( Dark Horse, 1999 ; collecting Epic / Marvel issues 29-32 )

* The Groo Inferno ( Dark Horse, 1999 ; collecting Epic / Marvel issues 33-36 )

* The Groo Jamboree ( Dark Horse, 2000 ; collecting Epic / Marvel issues 37-40 )

* The Groo Kingdom ( Dark Horse, 2001 ; collecting Epic / Marvel issues 41, 42, 43, 46 )

* The Groo Library ( Dark Horse, 2001 ; collecting Epic / Marvel issues 44, 45, 47, 49 )

* The Groo Maiden ( Dark Horse, 2002 ; collecting Epic / Marvel issues 50-53 )

In 1992 he became the first Mexican ever to win the Eisner Award for his work in Groo the Wanderer, along Mark Evanier.

* 1992: Won " Best Humor Publication " Eisner Award for Groo the Wanderer

He began his career by lettering comic books ( notably Groo the Wanderer by Sergio Aragonés and Mark Evanier ) and wrote and illustrated The Adventures of Nilson Groundthumper and Hermy ; a comic series with a medieval setting, influenced by Sergio Aragones's Groo the Wanderer.

Groo likes Taranto, beyond his own memory capacity, and Taranto delights in attempting to manipulate Groo ; hence their lopsided friendship renews near the beginning of each plot arc featuring them both.

* The Groo Nursery ( Dark Horse, 2002 ; collecting Epic / Marvel issues 54, 55, 56, 48 )

* The Groo Odyssey ( Dark Horse, 2003 ; collecting Epic / Marvel issues 57-60 )

* Groo: The Most Intelligent Man in the World ( 1998 ; collecting the 1998 four-issue comic book series Sergio Aragonés Groo )

* Groo & Rufferto ( 2000 ; collecting the 1999 four-issue comic book series )

* Groo: Mightier than the Sword ( 2002 ; collecting the 2000 four-issue comic book series )

* Groo: Death and Taxes ( 2003 ; collecting the 2002 four-issue comic book series )

* Groo: Hell on Earth ( 2008 ; collecting the 2007-2008 four-issue comic book series )

* Groo: The Hogs of Horder ( 2010 ; collecting the 2009-2010 four-issue comic book series )

* The Groo Chronicles ( Six graphic novels, Epic, 1989-1990, collecting the Pacific and Eclipse series )

* The Groo Chronicles ( Hardcover limited to 1500 printings, collecting The Groo Chronicles )

Groo the Wanderer is a fantasy / comedy comic book series written and drawn by Sergio Aragonés, rewritten, coplotted and edited by Mark Evanier, lettered by Stan Sakai, and colored by Tom Luth.

At the 2007 WonderCon, the creators revealed that since 2005 they've been trying to produce a Groo / Conan crossover ( both titles are published by Dark Horse ) which would have the Wanderer encountering the Barbarian whom he has parodied.

On September 9, 2007, Longtime Groo writer, Mark Evanier revealed that the Groo / Conan project is a go with no official release date as of yet.

* Sergio Aragonés ' Groo the Wanderer: Artist's Edition ( IDW, July 2012 ; 12 " x 17 " Hardcover B & W, collecting the four-issue mini-series " Wager of the Gods " Epic / Marvel issues # 96-99 ) also published in a limited edition ( 250 copies ) with variant cover

After the 1984 collapse of Pacific, many of its creator-owned publications moved to Eclipse Comics: Bruce Jones ' Twisted Tales, Alien Worlds, and Somerset Holmes ; Dave Stevens ' Rocketeer Special and a one-shot of Mark Evanier / Sergio Aragones ' Groo the Wanderer.

Groo ( the epithet " the Wanderer " is informal and rarely mentioned within the stories ) first appeared as a parody of the brutal sword & sorcery heroes who were popular at the time of his creation in the 1970s, especially Conan the Barbarian as presented in Marvel Comics.

In 1994, with Marvel facing financial difficulties, the title switched to Image Comics and was retitled Groo.

This resulted in the longest run of Groo the Wanderer with 120 issues.

* Gilgamesh, fifth king of the First Dynasty of Uruk, immortalized in the world's first literary work the Epic of Gilgamesh ( c. 26th century BC )

The famous poet and playwright Kālidāsa also wrote two epics: Raghuvamsha ( The Dynasty of Raghu ) and Kumarasambhava ( The Birth of Kumar Kartikeya ), though they were written in later Classical Sanskrit rather than Epic Sanskrit.

The famous poet and playwright Kālidāsa wrote one epic: Raghuvamsha ( Dynasty of Raghu ) ; it was written in Classical Sanskrit rather than Epic Sanskrit.

The famous poet and playwright Kālidāsa wrote two epics: Raghuvamsha ( Dynasty of Raghu ) and Kumarasambhava ( Birth of Kumar Kartikeya ); they were written in Classical Sanskrit rather than Epic Sanskrit.