Sergio Aragonés

Sergio Aragonés the character is a fictionalized version of the real-life cartoonist, appearing within the comics he creates — most notably alongside his own creation Groo the Wanderer — blurring the boundary between author and cast member in a running meta-comedic tradition.

Few figures in comics blur the line between creator and character quite like Sergio Aragonés, who has been immortalized within the very pages he's famous for filling — debuting in 1968 during the Silver Age and popping up across nearly five decades of comics history. His in-universe appearances span a delightfully eclectic range of titles, from Sergio Aragonés Groo to Epic Graphic Novel: The Death of Groo, where he shares the page with the likes of Groo, Rufferto, Mark Evanier, and even Alfred E. Neuman and Bruce Wayne. It's a wonderfully meta corner of comics where the cartoonist himself becomes part of the story, and with 28 catalog appearances stretching from 1968 to 2016, this is one creative personality whose presence on the page is as warm and irreverent as the work itself. For collectors who love comics that wink knowingly at their own nature, tracking down issues featuring Aragonés-as-character is a genuinely joyful rabbit hole.