[Groop] Con Report Addendum

[C Haxton]

An early book also credits him as a national diving champion ...  as he was
not yet apired with M.E. yet, I assume that wasn't some kind of inside
joke...


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gary Grossmann" <grossfam at olywa.net>
To: "Groop at Groo.Com" <groop at groo.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2003 12:14 AM
Subject: [Groop] Con Report Addendum


> Emphasis on the "dum"
>
> Hi Folks!
>
> OK, one more thing about the con to show to what degree I leave what
little
> brains I have at home when I go to the con.  (As if any more proof is
> needed.) When Sergio & I were leaving the Con, we stopped at the booth of
> one of his countless friends.  This gentleman, whose name I can't
remember,
> does some of the best Dragon art I have ever seen.  He uses lighting in
the
> paintings to a particularly dramatic effect. Anywho, after telling him how
> fabulous I thought his work was, I stupidly asked how long it took him to
do
> one of his paintings.  Sergio immediately interjected that it took 30
years
> of study and practice.
>
> The guy was very polite and gave me an answer, but afterwards Sergio told
me
> you should never ask that question because (paraphrasing) different
artists
> take different amounts of time and that has nothing to do with quality and
> too many people equate time with quality and value and what they think
they
> should pay.
>
> That would never have occurred to me, but that sure IS the way a lot of
> people I know would think.
>
> Sergio Trivia
>
> Many jokes have been made over the years about how Sergio does not fit the
> stereotype (whatever that is) of a comic book artist, being a handsome,
> athletic, strong looking guy, especially when he was young.  I think my
> favorite is when Al Jaffee did a Convention scene cartoon in MAD  that had
> an obvious Sergio caricature labeled something like "A rarity.  A comic
book
> artist that has actually known a woman."  And anyone who has read the
> description of his "drunk on the diving board" routine in the Gorilla suit
> story in Streetwise can figure out he'd have to be a good athlete to pull
> off those stunts.
>
> Well, I found out that one of his accomplishments as a teen was to be a
> member of a Mexican National Champion 4 with Coxswain Rowing team,
Juvenile
> division. I can also tell you that at 65 he is still strong as a bull!
>
> And finally, I can't find my copy of "Comic Books and Other Necessities of
> Life"
> Now Mark will NEVER let me back in the Groop!!
>
> Take care all -Gary G.
>
>
>
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