Ill Met in Lankhmar

Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser (comics) #1

by Fritz Leiber (Adaptation), Mike Mignola (Artist), Al Williamson (Illustrator)

Back to back, eyeing their foes over the gleam of sharpened steel, stand the two greatest heroes ever to walk the world of Newhon: Fafhrd, the giant barbarian warrior from the Cold Waste; and the Gray Mouser, novice wizard, master thief and unparalleled swordsman. This is their story.

Genres: Comics, Fantasy, Graphic Novels, Comic Book, Fiction

48 pages, Comic

First published January 1, 1990

About the author

Fritz Reuter Leiber Jr. was one of the more interesting of the young writers who came into HP Lovecraft's orbit, and some of his best early short fiction is horror rather than sf or fantasy. He found his mature voice early in the first of the sword-and-sorcery adventures featuring the large sensitive barbarian Fafhrd and the small street-smart-ish Gray Mouser; he returned to this series at various points in his career, using it sometimes for farce and sometimes for gloomy mood pieces--The Swords of Lankhmar is perhaps the best single volume of their adventures. Leiber's science fiction includes the planet-smashing The Wanderer in which a large cast mostly survive flood, fire, and the sexual attentions of feline aliens, and the satirical A Spectre is Haunting Texas in which a gangling, exo-skeleton-clad actor from the Moon leads a revolution and finds his true love. Leiber's late short fiction, and the fine horror novel Our Lady of Darkness, combine autobiographical issues like his struggle with depression and alcoholism with meditations on the emotional content of the fantastic genres. Leiber's capacity for endless self-reinvention and productive self-examination kept him, until his death, one of the most modern of his sf generation.

Used These Alternate Names: Maurice Breçon, Fric Lajber, Fritz Leiber, Jr., Fritz R. Leiber, Fritz Leiber Jun., Фриц Лейбер, F. Lieber, フリッツ・ライバー

Reviews

[Angela Randall]

We own the omnibus of Ill Met in Lankhmar and The fair in Emain Mancha: Ill Met in Lankhmar/The Fair in Emain Macha

[Benjamin Chandler · Rating 3 out of 5]

More depressing than I remember it being.

Still, Mignola + Williamson is lovely.

[Sebastien · Rating 3 out of 5]

Mignola is coing great fantasy art .I was expecting more from the store ,character are good but no a lot is happening

[Etain · Rating 3 out of 5]

Eh that wasn't too bad. I like some of the dialogue but it was really boring and somehow both too long and too short.

[Skallagrimsen]

In a review or a comment thread somewhere, someone once compared Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser to the cartoon characters Scooby Doo and Shaggy. As one who loathed Scooby Doo as a kid, but loved Fafhrd and the Mouser in his teens, I couldn't agree. I even found the comment a bit offensive. Maybe if Scooby and Shaggy had accidentally got Daphne and Velma devoured by giant rats in the first episode, then spent the rest of the series whoring, drinking and thrill seeking in an effort to get over the guilt. Otherwise, the comparison is just too much of a stretch.