[Groop]Re: Groo News from M.E. & questions answered.

[Finn Smith]

Gary and Groop:

Anyone know anything current regarding the limited edition Groo 
publications? (the hardcover with one side "life of" and one side "death 
of")?

finn


>From: "Gary Grossmann" <grossfam@olywa.net>
>To: <Groop@groo.com>
>Subject: [Groop]Re: Groo News from M.E. & questions answered.
>Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 21:44:22 -0800
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>Hi Folks!
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>I certainly hope that everyone's reaction to the increased price is
>"Bigdeal!"  I mean I suppose it might affect little kids, but geez, 55 more
>cents?  Of course, I remember Mark telling us in Groo Grams something about
>a guy sending a bunch of letters, using 29 cent stamps, to complain to Mark
>about a 25 cent increase in the price of an Epic Groo!!!
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>Mark, is the cover art on the Fanboy TPB the same art that was used on the
>Spanish version?  If so, it is a great piece.  Of course, what else could 
>it
>be?
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>And whohoo to a bigger room for the Groo Panel!  People were turned away
>last year!  It all seems to be part of a conspiracy to keep Groo out of the
>mainstream!!!  Comic store owners won't order more than will sell off the
>rack in 10 seconds because funny books "don't sell."  The powers that be in
>animation won't give Mark & Sergio what they want to produce a great
>cartoon, and even the San Diego Comic Con folks didn't think there were
>enough Groo fans to fill up a larger room!  ARRGGHHHH!!!!   We need to come
>up with a counter conspiracy!!!!!
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>Oh, yeah, to answer a couple questions:  The card that came with the new &
>improved version of the Life of Groo was called a "book plate" by the Bud
>Plant folks who had it made.  It seems they bought a big hunk of the
>books,arranged with Sergio for the bookplate art, and then sold the book
>with bookplate out of their catalogue.  So if you got a bookplate in your
>Life of Groo, it was originally purchased through Bud Plant.  I don't know
>how many were made.  I found out about the bookplate a year or so after the
>fact and Bud Plant had some extras and sold me one.
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>Also, someone said something about the Lunch Box and a post card.  All the
>lunch boxes have a postcard inside.  Another bonus, courtesy of Sergio &
>Mark!!!  Some of us lunch box folks have tried to get an exchange going, 
>but
>I think we are all afraid of the post office!  I have 2 lunch boxes and I
>had one of the postcards with me at San Diego and Sergio very kindly drew a
>little picture on it, incorporating the picture on the stamp, and then I
>sent it to myself.  Chakaal's head got postmarked  a little, but it is 
>still
>way, way cool!
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>Take care all -Gary G.
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Mark Evanier" <me@evanier.com>
>To: <groop@groo.com>
>Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2001 6:03 PM
>Subject: [Groop]Groo News from M.E.
>
>
> > First off, the bad news.  The price of GROO: DEATH AND TAXES (our next
> > mini-series) will be $3.50 an issue.  The cost of the paperback
> > collections will also be going up, but I don't know when or how much.
> > In case anybody's wondering, Sergio and I don't make a cent more
> > because of this.
> >
> > DC will be issuing a paperback collection of FANBOY around the end of
> > June.  All six issues in one volume with a new cover by S.A. and a new
> > intro by M.E..
> >
> > This year's Comic-Con International in San Diego will be July 19-22.
> > We will have a Sergio-and-Mark Panel there, most likely on Friday, and
> > in a larger room than last year.  That's the only convention I'm
> > currently planning on attending all year.  I don't know what Senor
> > Mustache has planned.
> >
> > I hope you're all enjoying my website, www.evanier.com.  If you can
> > talk it up on other websites or to your friends, please do so.
> > Thanks!
> >
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