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Groo: The Hogs of Horder Kindle & comiXology

by Mark Evanier (Author), Various (Illustrator) Format: Kindle Edition
4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 29 ratings
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You probably think Groo the Wanderer is the most destructive force in his world. Not so! Even at his most inept, Groo cannot destroy a village faster than the hogs of Horder. Theirs is an evil species that has existed forever and that spreads death and annihilation to this day. They control your mind, they control your body, and worst of all, they control your money. So what happens when Groo comes nose to nose with them? Find out in this latest Groo adventure!

Collects the four-issue miniseries Groo: The Hogs of Horder. The prior Groo miniseries, Hell on Earth, was nominated for the 2009 Best Limited Series Eisner Award!
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    July 20, 2010
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The once-great land of Horder is facing rough times. King Hordes is greedy and blind to the plight of his people, who suffer while their economy languishes under unemployment and inflation. In fact, things seem to be rough everywhere Groo goes, and even though he doesn’t quite understand what the problem is, Groo tries to help. This, of course, leads to the usual levels of destruction; things get so bad Groo isn’t even sure what to make of the local “frays,” but he throws himself into them anyway. Sardonic and slapstick, the story tackles all measure of the world’s problems from the economy to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and while the political satire is thinly veiled, this wink-and-grin lampooning tells a joke that everyone is in on. Aragonés’ art maintains its usual flair for chaotic detail without tripping up the flow of the story, and this standout volume shows why he is such a legend in comics circles. --Tina Coleman

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00INB65N4
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Dark Horse Books (July 20, 2010)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 20, 2010
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 416811 KB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 120 pages
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    4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 29 ratings

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James D Crawford
5.0 out of 5 stars Came as described by seller.
Reviewed in the United States on May 4, 2019
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Another Dark Horse collection of groo. Some great stuff here.
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regular joe
5.0 out of 5 stars I love Groo!!
Reviewed in the United States on December 25, 2013
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I really loved this character while growing up. Nice to have something that I enjoyed growing up. Groo is an incredible character with an amazing group of people/characters that help make his tales funny.
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Old Baby Boomer
5.0 out of 5 stars Yay! Sergio! Yay! Mark!
Reviewed in the United States on August 22, 2010
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Excellent work and excellent reproduction. A simple parable about a complex world. Or is it a complex parable about a simple world. Or is it a simple parable about a simple world. I am not sure, but something like that. Whatever.
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M.B.
4.0 out of 5 stars Art shines above all
Reviewed in the United States on September 15, 2021
Each "Groo" comic follows a bumbling knight errant named Groo who travels from one kingdom to the next, innocently causing trouble like a fantasy Gomer Pyle. "Hogs of Horder" is no exception. In it, Groo hacks and slashes his way through various problems.

The catalyst for this edition is a thinly-veiled metaphor of the United States in 2008: one kingdom is unsuccessfully rules a foreign land while facing a rising trade deficit at home and finanial crisis at home. Poorly thought-out interventions by the king lead to more problems. While many "Groo" comics play on similar metaphors, this one was a bit thick, though every angle was valid.

Most "Groo" comics are ballasted by Sergio Aragonés' lovely cartoon art. Every page is filled to the edge with fun drawings that capture the reader's eye. It is not clear to me who writes each comic. I believe most comics are started by Aragonés and then polished by Mark Evanier.

"Groo" is one of the longest-running comics of all time. It started as an independent venture before being picked up by various publishers. The past few years, it has gone to a mini-series format, which is to say that three or four issues are released a year that, when put together, comprise a full story arc.
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Jon Sigmund
5.0 out of 5 stars As advertised
Reviewed in the United States on March 5, 2015
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Well packaged and delivered on time, grow is always a good comic to read. Many more pages than a regular issue. It came new.
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Lawrence Adams
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on August 7, 2014
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Perfect
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Sam Thursday
5.0 out of 5 stars Art just gets better and better; plot is pretty funny, too
Reviewed in the United States on October 28, 2010
Sergio Aragones' artwork is gorgeous and funny as always, and the storyline - which parallels the financial crisis - is make-you-think funny. It's not the straight-up slapstick readers of the original series have come to know and love, but it's just as amusing if you're willing to go along for the ride.
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N. Bright
1.0 out of 5 stars Poor binding quality
Reviewed in the United States on May 28, 2014
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I love Groo but the binding on the book is poor. It did not survive 4 days with my 8 year old, who owns many books and has not blown out the binding on any of them. Very disappointing.
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james 007
4.0 out of 5 stars smile
Reviewed in Canada on December 24, 2013
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i enjoyed the product a lot... pretty much like it was advised and even more... i can say im satisfied
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Mark Anthony Pritchard
3.0 out of 5 stars It’s the end of the world, and I feel fine
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 16, 2015
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On the surface this book is about a big old twit of a man (Groo) and his funny little dog (Rufferto) as they travel around the world causing chaos and mayhem whether they go, having fights, destroying factories (or wherever they work) and sinking every ship that they sail on. That’s the surface, but what this big old twit of a man actually represents is random chaos and the likelihood that what can go wrong will go wrong. It’s the reaction of the people around them to these disasters that’s telling. The catastrophes that befall them in ‘The Hogs Of Horder’ sound very familiar to me. Here’s what I spotted.

- USA entering a period of truce with China after the civil war and eventual victory of Mao Zedong’s Communist party in October 1949.
- USA beginning to outsource it’s manufacturing base to China, in order to cut costs of wages.
- USA seeing beginning of mass unemployment caused by this policy of outsourcing.
- The idiocy of the US car industry, insisting on making big cars that nobody wants, or can even afford as the jobs have now all been outsourced.
- Managers and executives of US corporations caring only about their own inflated salaries, and not thinking about their workers.
- US industry thinking they can solve problems caused by their outsourcing policies by borrowing money from bankers.
- Business owners deliberately destroying their businesses in order to apply for loans.
- US going to war in order to protect the business interests of their wealthy elite. Justifying it by calling the dictator that they themselves installed, a ‘Despicable Madman,’ even though he was a valuable ally just a week previously.
- Ridiculous propaganda used to justify these wars for the rich.
- The continued idiocy of the US car manufacturing industry, insisting that customers want something that they neither want, nor can afford.
- Products flooding western markets cannot even be purchased as nobody has any money to buy them.
- Bankers stop giving out loans, as they are not being repaid.
- US industry destroyed by outsourcing, with the knock-on affect of unemployment and businesses not being able to repay their loans to the banks.
- Banks go belly up, and get bailed out by US government.
- Big businesses also go belly up, and are bailed out by US government.
- US government backs itself up with wars for resources.
- US wars cause tribal battles between competing religious factions (Sunni/Shiaa) in the countries that have been liberated/destroyed.
- US war propaganda makes less and less sense as reality kicks in.
- Price of oil for normal people does not go down, despite all of the wars that were based on oil.
- US begins to borrow money from China.
- Refugees from war-zones start to flee to US in order to escape from the tribal conflicts stirred up by the US invasions.
- Huge problems in US, the public looks for scapegoats, and immigrants are blamed.
- Banks are charging huge interest rates for loans, and average people are still broke despite government bailouts of banks and industry.
- People can’t afford homes.
- Or anything really.
- There are no jobs.
- Wages are going down because of immigration and influx of cheap labour.
- Army/Police is sent in to beat up the people, ‘I am only following orders Mother.’
- Sports and theatre are used as distractions in order to pacify an angry population.
- US goes to China asking for loans.
- China, scared of the US war machine, and eager to get Americans to buy their goods, agrees to loan US the money.
- Loaned money goes to the people who caused all of the problems, not the suffering people.
- Average US people still broke.
- Wealth inequality grows.
- China buys up everything of value in the US.
- China now owns the US.
- The end of the United States.
- Centralised control system of wealthy elite’s operating out of China own everything and everybody.
- A New World Order?

That sounds pretty depressing doesn’t it? It’s the tale of the decline of an entire country, and we’re not just talking about the US here, we’re talking about all of Europe as well. An entire western civilisation collapsing because of stupidity, greed, war and debt. All to be replaced by a Chinese system of centralised control system slavery. That’s not the future, it’s what’s happening right now, but this book ends on an optimistic note. It leaves the reader with a final message that, yes we are collapsing, but just because we are coming to the end, that doesn’t mean that we can’t begin to start again. And how do we start again? We do things on a local level, we start our own businesses, learn skills, and trade with each other on a local level.

It’s a great way to finish the book, giving real solutions to the mess that the world is currently in. It’s not the end of the world, it’s the beginning of a new one, so let’s do a better job this time. You don’t have to join the armies of this collapsing system, you don’t have to join their control systems, and you don’t have to go to them with a begging bowl, like a servant, like a slave. You can do things for yourself. Stop being reliant, and start being independent and self-sufficient.

That’s what I took from this daft comic book about a big old twit of a man and his funny little dog. It’s a fantastic achievement to have so much content and real world analysis in what is ostensibly a silly little comic book. This book really is outstanding. Funny, silly, ridiculous ‘The Hogs of Horder’ is as good an analysis of the causes for the impending collapse of western civilisation as you’re likely find not just in a comic book, but in any book.
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Red
2.0 out of 5 stars Groo not as its best
Reviewed in Germany on June 1, 2014
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Der erste Groo Band, der deutlich abfällt. Wo sonst die Sozialkritik und Philisophischen Gedanken wunderbar geschickt verpackt sind, ist in diesem Band keine Verquickung gelungen. Man merkt erst dadurch, wie geschickt, durchdacht und clever die anderen Bände sind. Überdeutlich mit dem Holzhammer und ohne den üblichen Witz.

Ich war deutlich enttäuscht, es kommt kein Groo Feeling auf. Alle anderen (älteren Bände) haben für mich 5 Sterne Qualität.
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