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01: What is Grendel?
ANSWER: Grendel is a comic created by Matt Wagner. Under the
Grendel title, Wagner has published some 60 odd stories about the
character. The book is highly experimental in terms of story-
telling, but under Wagner's guidance has still managed to maintain
a consistent quality. Wagner, a somewhat sporadic creator, has
done his most work with the Grendel character to date.
Currently the series is continuing under the banner "Grendel Tales"
with little to no direct involvement by Wagner. However several
Wagner reprints have been issued by Dark Horse, and most feature
new Wagner covers.
There was a Grendel in Beowulf - the book. In the book
Grendel (descendant of Cain, son of Dam) was a beast (like Argent),
and the book doesn't provide much of a description with the expection
of his sharp claws. Basically, there was this tower built to honor
a hero called Herot. Grendel stormed into Herot every now and then,
snatching up men and killing them (sometimes 30 men at a time).
He crushed the men and drank their blood (vampire). Consequently,
Herot was abandoned for 12 years until Beowulf came along and brawled
it out with Grendel. Beowulf won.
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02: Who is Grendel?
ANSWER: This is a far more difficult question to answer than
01, for there have been MANY Grendels throughout the history of the
title (see 03). But all the Grendels to date have at least two
things in common:
1) All the Grendels have worn the same mask, or a variation of
thereof. The mask is all black with two large white oval eyes, and
a small white circle over the nose. Running perpendicular through
the ovals are two spear shapes which run the height of a head. The
mask is generally attached via a set of straps, tied at the base
of the skull. Later versions of the mask have dropped the circle,
relying far more on the oval/spear shape displayed over top the
wearer's eyes.
2) All of the Grendels have been refereed to by Wagner as "The
Spirit of Aggression." Despite some argument as to whether this
applies to the current situation of a Grendel in the current
storyline, to date all Grendels have certainly been portrayed as
aggressive people.
In addition, the majority of the Grendels to date have used a
weapon refereed to as a "Fork". The weapon appears as a staff,
with twin parallel blades perched upon one end. Many variations of
the weapon have appeared in the title.
For those of you who are not familiar with Grendel, here is a short description of the character(s):
There have been MANY Grendels throughout the history of the title. But all the Grendels to date have at least two things in common:
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http://www.hytti.uku.fi/~vaisala/GRENDEL/faqgrend.htm
http://www.geocities.com/wmnoe/grendel.html
http://www.grendel.org/grendel/
Its the Grendel from "Warchild" not the classic Hunter Rose
Warner Bros. Pictures-based John Wells Prods. has optioned the graphic novel "Grendel" from its creator, Matt Wagner, in association with Dark Horse Entertainment and Arsenal Entertainment. Scribe Carl Lund is attached to adapt the project through his blind script deal with JWP. An award-winning comic creation, "Grendel" spans several decades with its story encompassing various generations of characters. Lund's script will focus on the story line of Christine Spar, the adopted granddaughter of the notoriously sadistic yet rich and graceful Hunter Rose -- aka the original Grendel. Spar was the focus of Wagner's book "Grendel: Devil's Legacy."
ANSWER: Grendel is a comic created by Matt Wagner. Under the
Grendel title, Wagner has published some 60 odd stories about the
character. The book is highly experimental in terms of story-
telling, but under Wagner's guidance has still managed to maintain
a consistent quality. Wagner, a somewhat sporadic creator, has
done his most work with the Grendel character to date.
Currently the series is continuing under the banner "Grendel Tales"
with little to no direct involvement by Wagner. However several
Wagner reprints have been issued by Dark Horse, and most feature
new Wagner covers.
There was a Grendel in Beowulf - the book. In the book
Grendel (descendant of Cain, son of Dam) was a beast (like Argent),
and the book doesn't provide much of a description with the expection
of his sharp claws. Basically, there was this tower built to honor
a hero called Herot. Grendel stormed into Herot every now and then,
snatching up men and killing them (sometimes 30 men at a time).
He crushed the men and drank their blood (vampire). Consequently,
Herot was abandoned for 12 years until Beowulf came along and brawled
it out with Grendel. Beowulf won.
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02: Who is Grendel?
ANSWER: This is a far more difficult question to answer than
01, for there have been MANY Grendels throughout the history of the
title (see 03). But all the Grendels to date have at least two
things in common:
1) All the Grendels have worn the same mask, or a variation of
thereof. The mask is all black with two large white oval eyes, and
a small white circle over the nose. Running perpendicular through
the ovals are two spear shapes which run the height of a head. The
mask is generally attached via a set of straps, tied at the base
of the skull. Later versions of the mask have dropped the circle,
relying far more on the oval/spear shape displayed over top the
wearer's eyes.
2) All of the Grendels have been refereed to by Wagner as "The
Spirit of Aggression." Despite some argument as to whether this
applies to the current situation of a Grendel in the current
storyline, to date all Grendels have certainly been portrayed as
aggressive people.
In addition, the majority of the Grendels to date have used a
weapon refereed to as a "Fork". The weapon appears as a staff,
with twin parallel blades perched upon one end. Many variations of
the weapon have appeared in the title.
For those of you who are not familiar with Grendel, here is a short description of the character(s):
There have been MANY Grendels throughout the history of the title. But all the Grendels to date have at least two things in common:
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http://www.hytti.uku.fi/~vaisala/GRENDEL/faqgrend.htm
http://www.geocities.com/wmnoe/grendel.html
http://www.grendel.org/grendel/
Its the Grendel from "Warchild" not the classic Hunter Rose
Warner Bros. Pictures-based John Wells Prods. has optioned the graphic novel "Grendel" from its creator, Matt Wagner, in association with Dark Horse Entertainment and Arsenal Entertainment. Scribe Carl Lund is attached to adapt the project through his blind script deal with JWP. An award-winning comic creation, "Grendel" spans several decades with its story encompassing various generations of characters. Lund's script will focus on the story line of Christine Spar, the adopted granddaughter of the notoriously sadistic yet rich and graceful Hunter Rose -- aka the original Grendel. Spar was the focus of Wagner's book "Grendel: Devil's Legacy."
