Sergio Aragonés details Groo, Conan crossover

Sergio Aragonés has discussed the details of his crossover between Groo the Wanderer and Conan the Barbarian.

The cartoonist is working on the four-issue miniseries that portrays the meeting between his own creation and Robert E. Howard's classic hero for Dark Horse Comics. The story also features an appearance by Aragonés himself.

"Because of something that happens to me inside the comic while I'm trying to defend a comic book shop that is going to be torn down, I get beat up on the head and, of course, I start fantasizing about the whole thing and that's funny," he told Comic Book Resources. "I think that I'm Conan. But then I go into the fantasy and the real Conan is there, drawn by Thomas Yeates. Thomas is an excellent artist who draws Zorro and does an enormous amount of wonderful work. He draws a very serious Conan.

"The people of Groo's world are trying to hire the real Conan to defend them against Groo. So we have this mix of styles, which in the beginning, I thought was going to be a little strange, but it just works wonderfully. I was so surprised to see both drawings together. [I said], 'My God, it works.' "

The miniseries was first teased at WonderCon in 2007. At Emerald City Comicon, Aragonés revealed that the first two issues of the title have been completed.

Aragonés is also working on Sergio Aragonés Funnies, a monthly title for Bongo Comics.

Sergio Aragonés's Groo vs. Conan is expected to debut at Comic-Con International in July.

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