Groot's oldest friend

March 3, 2017 12:19 PM

A nice short comic about Groot. [slimgur from Groot #6 (2015, Marvel); Jeff Loveness (script), Brian Kesinger (pencils, inks, colours), Jeff Eckleberry (lettering)]
posted by crocomancer (25 comments total)

OK, so I'm at work, but I'm the boss, so nobody can give me any grief if I shed a tear or two.
#weareallgroot
posted by signal at 12:39 PM on March 3, 2017 [5 favorites]

Nice callback to his first appearance.
posted by Artw at 12:40 PM on March 3, 2017 [7 favorites]

(Groot got better after that ill fated human-menacing mission and fought the Hulk, because comics)
posted by Artw at 12:41 PM on March 3, 2017

I...am Groot. I am Groot, I am Groot I am Groot. I am Groot! I am Groot.
posted by capricorn at 12:45 PM on March 3, 2017

I am Groot
am Groot
I am Groot
I amGroot

I am
I am Gro-oo-oot
am Groot
I am Groot

I am Groot
I am Groo-oo-oot
am Groot
and so Groot.
posted by explosion at 12:56 PM on March 3, 2017 [4 favorites]

I lik the Grut
posted by Greg_Ace at 1:05 PM on March 3, 2017 [5 favorites]

Groot I am.
posted by leotrotsky at 1:18 PM on March 3, 2017

they're good trees Broot.
posted by Four Ds at 1:28 PM on March 3, 2017 [4 favorites]

nice to meet you, Groot; I am Messy Crying
posted by The otter lady at 1:31 PM on March 3, 2017 [5 favorites]

Nice callback to his first appearance.

So to be a comic write these days you need to have some serious research chops.
posted by GuyZero at 1:39 PM on March 3, 2017

Groot be a bit loquacious.
posted by cjorgensen at 1:43 PM on March 3, 2017

Soon: Groot vs. Poppy!
posted by GenjiandProust at 1:47 PM on March 3, 2017

So to be a comic write these days you need to have some serious research chops.

Heh. Google and Wikipedia works in most cases.
posted by Artw at 2:00 PM on March 3, 2017 [2 favorites]

Ugh. ❣️
posted by oh posey at 2:09 PM on March 3, 2017

Groot got better after that ill fated human-menacing mission and fought the Hulk, because comics

Blame Xemnu the Titan. And that wasn't really Groot, that was a clone he created, alongside all the other Atlas monsters, to fight the Hulk.

Xemnu later ended up as a teddy bear in the collection of the world biggest (physically and otherwise) collector after he took on the Hulk's cousin Jen.
posted by MartinWisse at 2:17 PM on March 3, 2017 [1 favorite]

I.Am.Groot.

I will fight you if you deny me.

Also? I teared up a little.

I ♥ Groot.
posted by Lynsey at 2:19 PM on March 3, 2017

oh messy bananas, here I am tearing up at work
posted by pipoquinha at 2:19 PM on March 3, 2017 [1 favorite]

Xemnu later ended up as a teddy bear in the collection of the world biggest (physically and otherwise) collector after he took on the Hulk's cousin Jen.

And that giant alien was in turn a spoof of comics writer and teddy bear collector Len Wein.

It's amazing to go back tot he original appearances of many of the Guardians and see just how successfully they were reinvented by Keith Giffen, Dan Abnett, and Andy Lanning. Star-Lord was a pontificating Claremont space opera hero, Rocket Raccoon was a fairly cookie-cutter protagonist used mostly so Bill Mantlo could make endless animal puns and references to a Beatles song, and Groot was a B-movie monster.
posted by kewb at 2:26 PM on March 3, 2017 [2 favorites]

Don't diss the Rocket Raccoon miniseries. That featured some of Mike "Hellboy" Mignola's earliest comics work.

Speaking of credits, would've been nice if those were listed either here or at the "original" Imgur post. This is actually an extract from a larger story from Groot (2015) #6 and features the talents of Jeff Loveness (script), Brian Kesinger (pencils, inks, colours) and Jeff Eckleberry (lettering). Please credit your comics finds before some chancer decides to use them as raw material for their pop art again and makes millions ripping off better artists.
posted by MartinWisse at 2:40 PM on March 3, 2017 [12 favorites]

Thanks MartinWisse. I tried to check for a source, didn't find one, so I thought it was original. Should have been more suspicious.
posted by crocomancer at 2:55 PM on March 3, 2017 [1 favorite]

I loved the art on the old Rocket Raccoon mini, but the story was only OK and Rocket's current personality is more fun. I did miss the supporting cast and especially the "Halfworld" origin, which was apparently changed quite a bit by Abnett and Lanning.

Now, the less said about Prince Wayfarer, the better.....
posted by kewb at 4:49 PM on March 3, 2017

Mod note: Added credit info per poster's request; thanks, crocomancer and MartinWisse.
posted by taz (staff) at 2:07 AM on March 4, 2017

I think Groot works better and is more fun as a character when the audience can't read or hear his thoughts and has to infer his meaning from the responses of people who understand him. (Although this can be pretty bad in the hands of a hack; "What's that LassieGroot? You say Billie is stranded at the bottom of a well?!")
posted by straight at 2:28 PM on March 4, 2017 [1 favorite]

I'm sure it's been linked here before but I need to link, again, to AO3's most kudos'd fic of all time.

(just be warned, this is a very intense read)

I am Groot
posted by Cozybee at 1:06 AM on March 5, 2017

This world needs more Groots.
posted by prepmonkey at 5:13 PM on March 6, 2017