[Groop]GROO NEWS from me

[Steve Hubbell]

    Way back when issue 100 came out from Marvel/Epic, Sergio, Mark, Stan, 
and Tom all appeared together at a comic shop in California... I heard about 
this in advance because the appearence was actually mentioned ahead of time 
in The Comics Buyer's Guide, but living in Michigan I had little hope of 
dropping everything and rushing out west to attend this great 
occassion/get-together being held... I called the comic shop where it was to 
be held and asked if they could make arrangements to have the whole Groo 
crew sign issue 100 for me while they were there and then sell me the issue 
by mail... Anyways, it worked (cost me $10.00 for the comic, handling, and 
postage), it is the only issue I have autographed by the whole Groo crew as 
well as the only autographes by Mark and Tom I have...
     Now, the couple issues from Image that I have autographed by Sergio I 
bought from some guy down south Virginia or Georgia or Kentucky (?), which I 
bought through the mail from an add in CBG along with an autographed 8 X 10 
photograph taken at the convention where the guy met Sergio. The Pacific 
issues I have that are autographed I bought from a comic shop here in 
Michigan as well as the autographed Famous Comic Book Creators card I have.
     Sure, getting the stuff from the artist would be nice, but is not 
always possible (at least not at an affordable price). I wish I could have 
gotten one of those Image posters that was given out to anyone and everyone 
in San Diego in "94 but were not available to anyone in Chicago two months 
(one month?) earlier... Maybe if E-bay had been around back then, I could 
have gotten one...
     Personally, I've seen some pretty stupid items put up for sale on 
E-bay, but they are far from the worse... Mark just mentioned selling items 
through Amazon, who are a lot worse in my opinion... and anyone who has 
tried to find an out of print paperback through them and found numerous 
copies available but for some outrageous price (a worn copy of a $4.00 
paperback for $60.00? give me a F#@king break...) not to mention that they 
are idiots who repeatedly list inacuarate and/or non-existant items. E-bay 
may not be perfect, but it isn't the worse...







>From: "Dana Gabbard" <dgabbard@hotmail.com>
>To: groop@groo.com
>Subject: Re: [Groop]GROO NEWS from me
>Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 00:05:57 +0000
>
>>From: "Steve Hubbell" <usagigoya@hotmail.com>
>>To: mail@evanier.com
>>CC: groop@groo.com
>>Subject: Re: [Groop]GROO NEWS from me
>>Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 23:16:24 +0000
>[snip]
>>   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...
>
>I think part of the problem is often people get signatures under false 
>pretenses (claiming to be devotees before rushing off the sell an autograph 
>or sketch on E-Bay), One solution is to charge for such services. Another 
>is to do as Sergio has and limit how many items they will sign. This also 
>addresses the fan or dealer who expects a creator to sign a whole stack of 
>comics. And trust me it has been known to happen.
>
>Dana Gabbard
>Groo Fan since Groo #1 (Pacific)
>
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