Minstrel

The Minstrel is a poet and storyteller who wanders the same chaotic world as Groo, chronicling the bumbling swordsman's misadventures in verse. He serves as a narrative companion and sardonic observer of Groo's endless trail of unintended destruction.

Few characters in comics are as perfectly suited to their world as Minstrel, the bardic presence who has wandered through Sergio Aragonés and Mark Evanier's beloved Groo universe since 1986. Emerging in the Copper Age and enduring across three decades of comic misadventure, Minstrel has graced the pages of Sergio Aragonés Groo the Wanderer, Sergio Aragonés' Groo, and Groo: Friends and Foes — a testament to just how deeply embedded this character is in one of comics' most warmly comic and inventive long-running series. Sharing those chaotic pages with Groo himself, the faithful Rufferto, the wise Sage, and the scheming Arba and Dakarba, Minstrel is part of a rich ensemble that makes this corner of Dark Horse's catalog so irresistible. With 28 catalog appearances spanning 1986 to 2017, this is a character who rewards the dedicated reader willing to dive into the full, gloriously silly sweep of the Groo saga.