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Grit
GRIT is a Southern-fried sword and sorcery comic book series following the misadventures of a working-class monster hunter and a hot-tempered witch, written by Brian Wickman and illustrated by Kevin Castaniero, published by Scout Comics.
When a routine troll hunting gig takes a gruesome turn, the curmudgeonly Old Man Barrow finds himself in the company of a wannabe backwoods doomsday cult. Faced with a problem that can’t be solved with the swing of his axe, he’s forced to deal with the unintentional consequences of his brutal style of problem solving with the help of Ari, a wandering witch with a short fuse and a firm stance against ultra-violence. Things are bound to get strange for these begrudging traveling companions!
Both a love letter to pulp fantasy and a critical look at the heroes they feature, GRIT is a breakneck adventure story with an abundance of action and a big goofy heart. With everything from goblin gangs to botched necromantic rituals and trash-talking song birds to dream-eating nightmare witches, GRIT juggles grim and urgent action with the inherent silliness of high-fantasy derring-do.
Collects GRIT #1-3 and two all-new short comics.
When a routine troll hunting gig takes a gruesome turn, the curmudgeonly Old Man Barrow finds himself in the company of a wannabe backwoods doomsday cult. Faced with a problem that can’t be solved with the swing of his axe, he’s forced to deal with the unintentional consequences of his brutal style of problem solving with the help of Ari, a wandering witch with a short fuse and a firm stance against ultra-violence. Things are bound to get strange for these begrudging traveling companions!
Both a love letter to pulp fantasy and a critical look at the heroes they feature, GRIT is a breakneck adventure story with an abundance of action and a big goofy heart. With everything from goblin gangs to botched necromantic rituals and trash-talking song birds to dream-eating nightmare witches, GRIT juggles grim and urgent action with the inherent silliness of high-fantasy derring-do.
Collects GRIT #1-3 and two all-new short comics.
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70 pages, Paperback
Published December 14, 2021
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October 25, 2021
Pretty basic story about a monster hunter who screws up and lets a blood demon escape. Most of the book was just mindless butchery.
August 23, 2021
Grit Vol. 1 collects issues 1-3 of the series written by Brian Wickman, illustrated by Kevin Castaniero, and colored by Simon Gough.
Barrow has taken a routine troll hunting job when things take a grisly turn.
I picked this book up at AwesomeCon because the cover really caught my eye and the vendor sold me on the description. The book reminds me of Hellboy/BRPD and Hillbilly. It is a fun book with a lot of dark humor and monster blood and guts. It's definitely worth a pick-up if you can find it!
Barrow has taken a routine troll hunting job when things take a grisly turn.
I picked this book up at AwesomeCon because the cover really caught my eye and the vendor sold me on the description. The book reminds me of Hellboy/BRPD and Hillbilly. It is a fun book with a lot of dark humor and monster blood and guts. It's definitely worth a pick-up if you can find it!
March 22, 2022
This comic just wasn't for me.
Grit collects a 3 issue mini about a monster hunting seeking to kill a blood demon with the help of an errant witch of sorts. The issues are primarily made up of lots of well-done gore and action, with very little character development or worldbuilding. I found myself longing for a bit more backstory on the monster hunter "Barrow", the witch who helped him, why the blood demon was summoned in the first place... but none of that came to pass. It felt a bit like a D&D story adaptation and some of the humor felt more early 2000s than current.
The two additional stories "The Cellar" and "Mutt" were much more to my liking, both in story construction, characterization, and art style. I felt more connected to the character in them, and would have loved to have seen more of that in general. Perhaps the comic would continue in that vein?
Either way, I don't regret grabbing this from the library and I wouldn't be against reading more of it. This volume just didn't overly impress me.
Grit collects a 3 issue mini about a monster hunting seeking to kill a blood demon with the help of an errant witch of sorts. The issues are primarily made up of lots of well-done gore and action, with very little character development or worldbuilding. I found myself longing for a bit more backstory on the monster hunter "Barrow", the witch who helped him, why the blood demon was summoned in the first place... but none of that came to pass. It felt a bit like a D&D story adaptation and some of the humor felt more early 2000s than current.
The two additional stories "The Cellar" and "Mutt" were much more to my liking, both in story construction, characterization, and art style. I felt more connected to the character in them, and would have loved to have seen more of that in general. Perhaps the comic would continue in that vein?
Either way, I don't regret grabbing this from the library and I wouldn't be against reading more of it. This volume just didn't overly impress me.
June 24, 2021
Love the art and the story. Even in the short amount of time I really enjoyed the characters and their chemistry j just wish this was longer.
March 14, 2023
Not much of a story and the characters are pretty standard. Good for some gory mayhem. The most interesting part for me was the little four page side story about relocating a walking corpse.
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