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war child has been the first indie book i read when i came back into the comics fold,
after the compulsory pause upon discovery of girls at age 12/13. i saw the simon bisley
cover on the store's rack and went "oh f*ck! what the hell is that?": sure there
was a certain difference from the good ol' wholesome spiderman i was used to and the
hulking, clawed behemoth i had in front of me at that moment. i picked the issue up, paid
for it, got out of the store and sat on my ducati to read it: i got hooked on the spot!
little did i know then that there
were many other grendels, but the friendly retailer directed me towards the back issues
aisle where i found many comico issues and discovered hunter rose, christine spar, brian
li sung and the numberless other characters of the centuries-spanning saga.
fast forward a few years to the san diego comic-con, where i find
out that artists are actually available for sketches and commissions (yes, i was that
naive then, so sue me!), so i get me a nice sketchbook and start asking around for
anyone's take on matt wagner's creation. what was kind of surprising (not that much tho,
given the level of grendel's stories) was the enthusiasm with which artists contributed
their vision of this character that -even without the mass appeal of, say, batman- enjoys
a fanatical following.
up 'til now, the most glaring hole in the collection is matt wagner
himself: for some reason, i never managed to get him to fill the first page, but i've sure
not given up...
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