{"id":16329,"date":"2015-03-09T13:52:58","date_gmt":"2015-03-09T21:52:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/?p=16329"},"modified":"2015-03-10T08:10:58","modified_gmt":"2015-03-10T16:10:58","slug":"marvel-announces-groot-solo-comic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/marvel-announces-groot-solo-comic\/","title":{"rendered":"Groot Has Danced His Way Into Our Hearts and Now His Own Comic Series"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“We are Groot.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That certainly seems to be the thought process over at Marvel<\/strong><\/a> right now, at least. <\/p>\n

The company has announced that the most beloved character from their recent hit film, Guardians of the Galaxy<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, will be getting his own comic series.<\/p>\n

Indeed, the Monarch of Planet X a.k.a. Groot<\/strong> will be getting his first-ever ongoing solo series. Drax is now the only member of the team to not have his own solo title – but who knows? That could change any minute.<\/p>\n

Writer Jeff Loveness and artist Brian Kesinger are going to be taking on the series, set to debut in June. Loveness addresses the complications I’m sure you’ve already thought of regarding a Groot comic series:<\/p>\n

“There\u2019s a huge language barrier between Groot and the rest of the Marvel Universe. He may be a kind-hearted soul to us, but to a stranger, he\u2019s just a terrifying tree-monster. He\u2019s bound to get in trouble because of people judging him before they know him\u2026 But Groot\u2019s an optimist. He\u2019s a wide-eyed optimist in a universe that doesn\u2019t always reward such an attitude. Groot\u2019s going to be in the worst situation of his life, but maybe Groot knows something about the universe that we don\u2019t. Maybe he knows what it\u2019s actually all about\u2014that\u2019s what gives him the strength to be an optimist.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That’s a lovely sentiment to have about Groot and one that makes me feel positive about this series already. Certainly for an alien that can only speak variations of one sentence, you would think a solo series would be difficult to accomplish, but Groot is<\/em> a character deserving of exploration. And also… space sharks?<\/p>\n

“Overall, it\u2019s a story about overcoming your own handicaps in life. Maybe you\u2019re lonely. Maybe you can\u2019t speak properly. Maybe you\u2019re a giant space tree who\u2019s best friends with a raccoon. Every Marvel character, no matter how big or outlandish, is based on an emotional truth, and I\u2019m really looking forward to exploring the truth behind Groot\u2026 Also, they\u2019re going to fight space sharks.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yup, space sharks.<\/p>\n

And not to worry, based on the first couple of pages from the run, which you can see below, Rocket will be part of this title. So there’s bound to be some<\/em> dialogue. Colorful dialogue, most likely.<\/p>\n

Groot was first introduced to the comic world as a villain, intending to capture humans for experimentation. In 2006, however, he was reintroduced as a more heroic character. It’s hard to imagine him as a villain, isn’t it?<\/p>\n

Groot #1<\/em> is set to come out in June.<\/p>\n

What do you think of Groot getting his own series? Are you excited? Let us know in the comments!<\/p>\n

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“We are Groot.” That certainly seems to be the thought process over at Marvel right now, at least. The company has announced that the most beloved character from their recent hit film, Guardians of the Galaxy, will be getting his own comic series. Indeed, the Monarch of Planet X a.k.a. Groot will be getting his […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":16335,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[126,11,388,558],"tags":[3150,3145,112,249,161,1154,2277],"yst_prominent_words":[8617,18105,6240,6720,7458,6115,18102,8659,18103,18104,6073,5852,6869,7470,18100,11022,18101,6291,7909,7057],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16329"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16329"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16329\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16337,"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16329\/revisions\/16337"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16329"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=16329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}