[Groop]Aragones Pocket books

[Gary Grossmann]

Hi Folks!

Hey Eric!  Thanks a bunch. You are amazing.  Actually, it turns out that
BOTH covers are wrap-arounds.  What you can't see on the sites Eric provided
is a lot more cool Sergio art.  The covers alone are worth the price in my
estimation. Plus, the two pages immediately inside the covers is another
giant Sergio montage.

However, I was wrong!  (No surprise.)  MAD on Parade is a collection of his
work in MAD, not original stuff.  (It's been awhile since I looked at it.)
Of course, Sergio being Sergio, between the cover art and the immediately
inside the covers art, there is more original work than you would find in
just about any similarly sized book!

Except for the covers, the books are identical.  One is copyright April,
1979 and the other is September, 1982.  Both are "first printings," the
first published by E.C Publications, the second by Time Warner by
arrangement with E.C Publications.

OK, now to the important issue:

After getting out my trusty magnifying glass, I conclude the guy on the
spine of cover #1 is NOT Groo.  He has the hair of Groo and maybe the
headband of Groo.  But it is definitely not the nose of Groo, the clothes of
Groo, and whatever that is over his shoulder, it is not the swords of Groo.
He has a pencil shaped nose and appears to be wearing a breechcloth and has
three little dots for his nipples and belly button.  Definitely not Groo.

Take care, Gary "More than you really wanted to know" Grossmann


----- Original Message -----
From: "Ugly Person" <msudol0928 at rogers.com>
To: <groop at groo.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2003 4:19 PM
Subject: Re: [Groop]Aragones Pocket books


>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "E C" <mightyhero at mail.com>
> To: <groop at groo.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2003 6:45 PM
> Subject: RE: [Groop]Aragones Pocket books
>
>
> > Hi guys/grrls!
> >
> > Gary wrote:
> > >There are only two covers, one of which is a
> > >wrap-around, to MAD on Parade.
> >
> > Cover version #1:
> > http://www.collectmad.com/collectibles/bbsaop1.htm
> >
> > Cover version #2:
> > http://www.collectmad.com/collectibles/bbsaop2.htm
>
> It's the cover from http://www.collectmad.com/collectibles/bbsaop2.htm
that
> has Groo on the spine.
>
>
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