[Groop]Groo #79 Question(s)

[Gary Grossmann]

Hi Folks!

Vaughn, you are one of me!!  That is a mighty cute little froggy with a
mighty cute little hankie.  As to where the hankie came from, well, heck, he
took it out of the breast pocket of his sport coat  right where he was
taught to keep it in tadpole school.  (It's a green spotted sport coat.  The
frogs upper body is actually flourecent orange with purple stripes.)

I thought maybe it was a story that took place after Groo #99 and the frog
was Arcadio, but his chin isn't nearly big enough.  Besides, Groo #96-#99
are actually make believe stories in the make believe world of Groo that the
Sage made up.  (But they seemed so real!!!)  OK, now I've given myself a
headache.

Take care all -Gary "Where's the Aspirin?" G.



----- Original Message -----
From: "Vaughn H. Seward" <vaughn at sewardconsulting.com>
To: <groop at groo.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2003 7:06 AM
Subject: [Groop]Groo #79 Question(s)


> *** WARNING ***
>
> If you have not read Marvel Groo #79, you may not want to read this email
> any further.
>
> *** WARNING ***
>
> As I have mentioned in the past I am slowly savoring my "complete" Groo
> collection for the first time. This week I have been reading Groo #79
> (Marvel). Those of you who wish to re-live your early Groo-reading days
can
> live through me vicariously over the next couple of months (maybe years).
:-)
>
> Groo #79 is "The Monks of Monjes" issue and on page 24 Groo is concluding
a
> discussion with "Elder Monk". In the third panel Rufferto spies a green
> frog hopping by and in the fourth panel his is busy munching on it. At
this
> moment a group of monks run past in pursuit of "Elder Monk" and Groo and
> Rufferto are drawn into a fray. Needless to say the frog is dropped and in
> the last panel Rufferto is chewing on a monk's leg and the frog ends up
> sitting in a mud puddle. The frog has a relieved expression on its face
and
> is blowing out a puff of air as if to say, "Whew!"
>
> My question is, what is the frog doing with its left arm? To me it appears
> he is rubbing the sweat of his brow with a white hankie. But is it a
> hankie? If so, where did it come from? Perhaps a monk dropped it as there
> are other white objects strewn on the fray-field (i.e. a prayer wheel and
a
> tiny skull attached to some beads).
>
> I think the frog is kind of cute. I am surprised it didn't become part of
> the cast like Rufferto did. I don't want to ruin the surprise for myself
> but I am wondering if we'll encounter Mr. frog in future Groo adventures.
>
> P.S. For Gary Grossman: I counted five occurrences of Groo on page 24 (one
> in which he is swinging his sword). I wonder what the most dense (I wanted
> to say "densest") Groo issue there is...that is, the issue with the most
> Groo sightings. I suppose the upper limit would be 6 per page times 22 or
> 24 pages plus a few extra if Groo dreams about himself or a wizard creates
> a double or something.
>
> ~Vaughn Seward
>
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