Fw: [Groop]Groo.com Update Needed!!!

[Gary Grossmann]

Hi Folks!  Wonderful words from a Groop Alumnus:

----- Original Message -----
From: "Nate Piekos" <nate@piekosarts.com>
To: "Gary Grossmann" <grossfam@olywa.net>
Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2001 7:42 AM
Subject: Re: [Groop]Groo.com Update Needed!!!


> At 06:45 AM 08/15/2001 -0700, you wrote:
> >No!  We didn't get it.  Josh is very busy also and probably hasn't seen
it
> >yet.  Send it to me and I'll post it to the Groop. (He did the Groop only
> >thing because we were getting lots of Spam)  -Gary G.
>
> ~~~ Thanks Gary!  the message follows:
>
> "Hi everybody!  It's a message from beyond the groo list!  Nate Piekos
> here.  Just wanted to say 'hi' and let everyone know what's goin' on in my
> corner of the planet.
>
> I'm busy!  (as usual).  Blambot Comic Fonts is doing extremely well for
me.
> I'm actually making some money!  (in comics?  YES! in comics!)  If you
> haven't been there in a while, check out the massive redesign I did about
a
> month ago: http://www.blambot.com .  Shane Clarke did an outstanding job
> building a CGI bulletin board for me.   I'm getting about 2000+ hits a day
> now, and I'm gearing up to accomplish the final step in what has been a 3
> year process.  Comic lettering.  I've started a "services" section on the
> site, and I've been talking with some mainstream letterers, who are
> interested in banding together under the Blambot "flag" to give Comicraft
a
> run for their money.  We're taking it slow for now, and getting prepared.
> They're teaching me how to hand letter, and I'm teaching them to make
fonts.
>
> My design work for Mike Allred continues.  You can see a lettering credit
> for Blambot every month in Marvel's X-FORCE.  and AAA's THE ATOMICS and
> MADMAN.  Mike tells me that next year is the 10th Anniversary of MADMAN,
> and he hopes the movie will begin production (Director: Robert Rodriguez).
> Maybe I'll get a walk-on part as an extra!  :)
>
> As for AKF Comics and Lint and (yes, Shane) TWE, I've slowed down on that
> end of things.  Though they're fun to work on, they also produce no cash,
> so they'll remain hobbies for now, and I'll work on them when I can.
>
>
> Hope all of you are well.  I talk to Shane almost daily, Ruben and Rick
> Beckley once in a while.  So drop me a line! nate@piekosarts.com
>
> Take care!
>
> And to all you newbies who are wondering 'who the hell is this guy?' -- I
> was on this list before you were a gleam in your daddy's eye!
>
> ~Nate "Sparky Urinetoast" Piekos
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