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In 1999 a two-part series, Grendel: Devil Child, written by Diana Schutz and drawn by Tim Sale, told the harrowing story of Stacy Palumbo and the birth of her daughter, Christine Spar. A hardcover collection of the story was released in June 2008.
Diana Schutz was born on February 1, 1955 [5] in Canada. [6] She read comics as a child. By her early teens, she began drifting towards romance titles, and then away from comics altogether until college, where she studied philosophy and creative writing.
Grendel is a figure in the poem Beowulf, preserved in the Nowell Codex. [2] Grendel, being cursed as the descendant of the Biblical Cain, along with elves and other eotens, is "harrowed" by the sounds of singing that come every night from the mead hall of Heorot built by King Hroðgar. Unable to bear it any more, he attacks Heorot.
Vincent Hammond portrayed Grendel in Graham Baker's film Beowulf (1999). Among the artistic liberties taken in this version set in a post-apocalyptic future, Grendel is depicted as an armored creature with jagged fangs and clawed hands and feet, and he's stated to be the son of Hrothgar and he is shown to be capable of rendering himself partially invisible in a Predator-like manner.
Matt Wagner's first published comic book work was Comico Primer #2 (1982), which was the first appearance of Grendel. [2] In addition to his creator-owned series Mage and Grendel, [3] he has worked on comics featuring the Demon and Batman as well as such titles as Sandman Mystery Theatre. [4]
The Pander Brothers first came to prominence with their artwork on Matt Wagner's Grendel (comics) [Volume Two] issues 1-12 (collected as Grendel:Devil's Legacy), from Comico. They later illustrated the 1990 series Exquisite Corpse, [ 7 ] from Dark Horse Comics written by Jerry Prosser about the tragic and violent life of a serial killer, the ...
Grendel lives in isolation and loneliness with his mother, who in her old age is unable to provide any real companionship to her child. As the only being of his kind, he has no one to relate to and feels the need to be understood or have some connection. Grendel has a complex relationship with the humans who hate and fear him.
Regarding Beowulf wrenching Grendel's arm off, Robert A. Barakat stated that no counterpart was to be found in the Bear' Son Tale of "Juan del Oso" (Spanish version of Jean de l'Ours). [e] [21] This was because there was no mention of "actual physical damage [Juan] inflicted" on the devil during the barehanded wrestling phase. However, Juan did ...