I was compelled recently to go buy a bunch of Matt Wagner's Grendel stuff, specifically the Hunter Rose stories, for no particular reason (maybe some nostalgia). Picked up some random issues and the Grendel Archive, a hardcover compendium that contains the earliest Grendel stories (essentially what I would like to do with the entire Bobu Leene series thus far).
I had not read Grendel while I was drawing and writing Bobu Leene, but their superficial similarities--mob assassins weilding spear-like weapons with a penchant for rooftop acrobatics and crashing through windows--just goes to show you...the power of the idea of mob assassins weilding spear-like weapons who have a penchant for rooftop acrobatics and crashing through windows.
More Wagnerism and Grendel: http://www.mattwagnercomics.com/
