[Groop]Groo Coup!!

[Chris Schechner]

Oh, is *that* what you've been talking about all these years?!? I've 
got 5 or 6 of them lying around here!  ;-)

Chris
(AKA Glorko)



>Hi all of you Groo Lurkers out there!!
>
>Well, after several years of maniacal trying, I finally tracked down and
>received in the mail today an actual copy of the Spring, 1977 edition of
>SCENE Magazine published by the California State University at Northridge
>School of Journalism.  As many of you know, this little jewel contains the
>first known published drawing of Groo, coming out almost 5 full years before
>Groo first leapt into the comic book world in Destroyer Duck #1 in February,
>1982!!!!
>
>Now some people consider the Original Sketch Card to be the Holy Grail of
>Groo items because they are so rare and so many people want one (which
>drives the price up to ludicrous heights for a piece of cardboard)  But to
>me the Spring 1977 SCENE  is IT!!! And it doesn't matter that you can
>download a copy from the CSUN school of Journalism web site.  It doesn't
>matter that hardly anyone even knows it exists!! It doesn't even matter that
>even fewer people care!!  No, no, no!!  All that matters is that it is the
>first known published drawing of Groo and now I finally have a copy of the
>actual publication!!!  Hahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!
>
>(pant, pant, drool, drool, cough!)  You wouldn't believe the things I have
>done to try and find one of these puppies.  (Well, actually, I guess you
>would believe it because you all know what a complete wacko I am when it
>comes to finding Groo stuff.)  By the way, the guy who sent me one of his
>two copies of the publication said he still has the original art. I told him
>that he should take extra special good care of it and will it to his
>children.  He said he had no children, so I told him to will it to me!
>
>Take care all -Gary "In a state of Euphoria (which I believe is not far from
>Iowa)" Grossmann