[Groop]GROO NEWS from me

[azamin]

Well.. I got my autographed Groo copy (I'm not sure how many as my collection is
at my home town) with  Gary's help... Gary ask Sergio to sign it for me and I
got a personalized autograph with my name and I'm proud of it even though I'm
not an autograph collector... (Gary should have told sergio and Mark about me..
) Thanks gary... As I live on the other side of the world, I'll never be able to
meet sergio and Mark at the cons (except if I go to the US which seems more
difficult lately for me to get the visa as I'm from Malaysia, one of the black
listed country by the state department).  I missed a chance to meet Sergio once
here as I got the news a bit late when Sergio visited Malaysia in 1996 (with the
invitation of The Sun newspaper when they reprinted groo on their newspaper).

So I think, those who want to get autograph fom Groo crews but cannot afford to
travel to the cons should join this list... I think those who are familiar with
Sergio and Mark will help them... If they joined this list, for sure they are
hard core groo fans and will not sell it on e-bay... if not, he will get a lot
of flames... and will unsubscribe.  BTW, Mark did tell about this mailing list
and www.groo.com in the groogram quite a few times... plus, even if they cannot
afford to buy computers and internet access, they still can have e-mail account
like @yahoo.com or @hotmail.com and access their e-mails from cyber cafes... and
it's quite cheap...
So I think Sergio's decision to limit 3 autographs per person is a reasonable
one and for those who cannot afford to come to the con can get help from groop
members as long as they are hard core Groo fans who joined this Groop mailing
list.... which left them with no reason to buy it at e-bay from those who
merchandised Sergio's autograph without his permission...

BTW... anybody of you a fan of a TV series "Farscape"...?  I like it as it's
different from other science fic. series and more towards Star Trek....


Steve Hubbell wrote:

>    I have only attended two comic conventions in my life, both back in 1994.
> The first one was the Chicago Comicon which Sergio attended... (The second
> was the Motor City Con which Stan Sakai attended). Since Sergio was the only
> guest there that I had any interest in seeing, meeting or getting an
> autograph from, I made numerous trips through the line to talk to him, take
> photographs, and get sketches and what few items I found for my collection
> at the convention autographed. (I bought a copy of Mad's Sergio Aragones On
> Parade, and found the Mad Super Special with Sergio's Mad Map of the United
> States, and a few other items - I did not bring anything to the convention
> to be autographed). Since it was my first convention and I had my wife and
> her nephew with me, I had less money than I would have liked when I found
> out that Sergio would do pieces on commission. I have never sold any of the
> sketches or autographed items I acquired from Sergio, but I have bought
> autographed items from other people, most prior to meeting him.
>    It is easy to complain about people selling stuff on E-bay, but I imagine
> that it is the only place a lot of fans can get their hands on autographed
> items and what-not. I guess comic shops shouldn't sell autographed items
> either, since they are out to make money also. If the fan can't afford the
> hundreds of dollars to cover the expense of a convention, they don't deserve
> an autograph or sketch or any other rare item for their collection... Where
> do you draw the line? There have been people getting and selling autographed
> comics and such longer than E-bay has been around, I'm just sorry to see it
> change things negatively for the fans...