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Sugar and Spike 100 Cover featuring the Groo crew by Sergio Aragones

Location: My Art Collection - Sheldon Mayer Tributes - Faux Sugar and Spike #100 Covers
Artist: Sergio Aragones (All)

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Sugar and Spike 100 Cover featuring the Groo crew by Sergio Aragones

Location: My Art Collection - Sheldon Mayer Tributes - Faux Sugar and Spike #100 Covers
Title: Sugar and Spike 100 Cover featuring the Groo crew by Sergio Aragones*
Artist: Sergio Aragones (All)
Media Type: Pen and Ink
Art Type: Commission
For Sale Status: NFS
Views: 2000
Likes on CAF: 15
Favorited on CAF: 2
Comments: 17
Added to Site: 10/13/2022

Sergio Aragonés' Groo the Wanderer made his debut in 1982 in a story in the anthology comic Destroyer Duck #1, a fundraising effort to help Steve Gerber in a battle for the ownership of Howard the Duck.

Groo may have been a backup that day, but he has headlined hundreds and hundreds of comics and has met many historic figures like Tarzan, Greek Gods, Conan, and who knows who/what else.

But he has never met anyone like the fabulous team of Sugar and Spike.

In this scene, S&S meet Groo and company somewhere between issues 92 and 93 of the Epic Comics series Sergio Aragonés Groo the Wanderer.

In those issue, Groo and most of the crew get "babyfied." As you might expect, it involves the discovery of the fountain of youth and its destruction (there's a lot of destruction in Groo comics).

As you can tell, the kids are confused by their appearing in the middle of this odd assortment of characters (or is it an assortment of odd characters?). I suspect that Bernie the Brain made a mistake like the one that had them meet the Muppet Babies on an earlier cover.

I've wanted a commission from Sergio for some time. I got close twice. So, close he called me about it (and I thought it was Sergio our handyman at first). The second time, I got a quote, but I didn't have the money. Then, I decided to start selling comics and some of the proceeds went here.

Starting in the upper left, moving clockwise in an inward spiral, we have most of the Groo crew:

Sergio can be found on Facebook on the Aragonés Cartoons. The page is run by his daughter Christen and the transaction was smooth.

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James Bella Member Since 2014

Posted On 10/13/2022

This is a great commission, as any fool can plainly see.

Rabid Ferret Member Since 2005

Posted On 10/13/2022

WOW!!!! That is truly amazing!!! Score...

Bill Lait Member Since 2009

Posted On 10/13/2022

You did not err. This is fantastic!

Michael McIsaac Member Since 2020

Posted On 10/13/2022

This is a pure delight. Well worth any comics you may have sold to help get it.

Rob Stolzer Member Since 2004

Posted On 10/13/2022

Alex, that is truly fantastic! A gem in your wonderful collection! Congrats!

* bronze-is-gold Member Since 2007

Posted On 10/13/2022

Mind blown!!!

Best artwork choice for 2022 locked in for me.

Steve Lipsky Member Since 2008

Posted On 10/13/2022

Alex, I love all your Sugar And Spike 100 covers but this one stands above the rest! Just the layout alone takes me back to my early days of reading MAD Magazine and enjoying Sergio's marginals. And, Sergio is not only a superb cartoonist but a hell of a nice guy to boot. Congrats on a great addition to the collection!

Marcus Wai Member Since 2005

Posted On 10/13/2022

When Aragones is on and loves the theme and subject matter, he can keep adding to the artwork just by impulse! A stellar demonstration of this effect!

Jovi Neri Member Since 2011

Posted On 10/14/2022

That is really awesome sir!

Ron S Member Since 2007

Posted On 10/14/2022

Another awesome one! Congrats!

Timothy Finney Member Since 2006

Posted On 10/14/2022

That turned out well.

Marvel Two-in-One Guy Member Since 2003

Posted On 10/14/2022

Genius!

Bob Kopman Member Since 2007

Posted On 10/14/2022

Great commission. I really like it.

Jeffrey Streeter Member Since 2009

Posted On 10/15/2022

LOVE this! Congrats!

David Grisez Member Since 2009

Posted On 10/15/2022

A magnificent and fun work of art. I love Sergio. What a great commision from this marvelous madman.

Duke Fleed Member Since 2013

Posted On 10/17/2023

Possibly my favorite Sergio commission I have ever seen. Wow!

R Shur Member Since 2004

Posted On 9/2/2025

So cool and Groo would not stand a chance against Sugar

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