[Groop]San Diego Con

[Mark Evanier]

On Mon, 3 Jun 2002 20:56:22 -0700, "Gary Grossmann"
<grossfam@olywa.net> wrote:

>I immediately knew something was missing.  So I looked again and it still
>wasn't there.  Then I checked my other 4 copies and it wasn't in any of them
>either!  No mention of the 20th anniversary of Groo!!!!   None.  Zero. Zip.
>Zilch. Nada!!  They make a big deal out of minor pop culture icons like
>Tarzan, Spider-Man, and Star Wars, and ignore Groo?  What's with that?  (ok,
>ok, those guys, sure, but Spawn?)  I demand an investigation!!!  Who's in
>charge?  Hey, Mister Never-missed-a-con-moderator-of-a-zillion-panels, how
>come you and your fellow
>Humanitarian-award-winning-most-beloved-man-in-comics Groo-meister are being
>given the Rodney Dangerfield treatment when it comes to noting
>anniversaries?!?

ME: Beats me.  The folks who run the convention work in mysterious
ways.

>I checked out the Eisner Award nominations and there was no Mark or Sergio
>to be seen.  Then I remembered  there really wasn't a Groo in 2001 (D&T #1
>came out in Dec.) or a Space Circus/Fanboy type series either.  But then I
>saw that Stan Sakai received an always deserved nomination as Best Letterer
>and "Death & Taxes" was included in the credits.  I don't know what the
>cutoff dates are but does that mean the judges didn't think Death & Taxes
>was worthy of a Best Humor Publication nomination?  (Notice they can't bring
>themselves to say "Best Humor Comic")

ME: You should never take those things seriously.  We don't.

>Why isn't Tom Luth ever given his proper due for his fabulous color jobs by
>receiving a nomination?

ME: Tom's work is underappreciated, no doubt.  But so are a lot of
folks.

>I notice that Sergio is on this years list for Hall of Fame nominees.  It's
>about time, but there are some amazing names on the list that even I
>recognize and fall into the "How come he's not already in?" category.
>Sergio usually announces the new inductees or at least he has the last few
>years.  I wonder who will do it this year?

ME: Again, this is not something you should take too seriously.  It's
a nicetie but not much more than that.  

Sergio is actually hoping/praying he doesn't win.  He thinks he's too
young and has too much of his career ahead of him.

Last I heard, the plan was that if he won, they'd ask me to present
that category.  But I'm probably not going to be at the award ceremony
so I don't know what will happen.

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