[Groop] new thread: what sort of adventure would you like toseegroo undertake?

[Greg Craill]

Space - Groo - naaaaaaaaagh

It's called . . . . . .  Buzz and Bell !!!!!

By Aragones, I have a hardback - signed and numbered - excellent stuff !!!
(but minimal Groo's)

:o0

GC
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Denis Hackney" <dhackney at optusnet.com.au>
To: <groop at groo.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2004 6:31 AM
Subject: Re: [Groop] new thread: what sort of adventure would you like
toseegroo undertake?


> Shawn Moore wrote:
> > Wouldn't it be kewl to see groo in space? or visit an underwater
> > city? or groo wander into a town and it not burn down?
>
> OK, a quick recap for those people who're new to the Groop since...
> uh... well, since whenever it was this issue came up last.
>
> M.E. has specifically asked that this sort of speculation about future
> Groo storylines be kept *off* the Groo mailing list.  To quote from
> the Groop FAQ I started writing nearly 5 years ago and still haven't
> gotten around to finishing:
>
> > 2. "Hey, I have a great idea for a Groo story..."
> >
> > So, you've got this great idea for a story, that you'd really love
> > to see ME and Sergio do?  Well sorry, but it's not going to happen.
> > The surest way to make sure none of your ideas ever appear in a
> > Groo comic is to suggest it to M.E.  He has stated categorically
> > that any story ideas sent to him or the Groop will *never* appear
> > in a Groo comic.  Groo always has been, and always will be a
> > Sergio and Mark production.  If they start using story ideas from
> > other people, then a small part of Groo would no longer belong to
> > them, and we're not talking just about the legal point of view
> > here.  With the amount of effort these guys have put in over the
> > years maintaining full creative control and ownership of Groo, it's
> > completely understandable that they feel this way.  Another point
> > here is that ME and Sergio don't *need* your story ideas - it's
> > been over 20 years since Groo first appeared, and they're still
> > coming up with way more ideas for Groo stories than they'll ever
> > have time to publish.  So please, don't send your Groo story ideas
> > and plots to the Groop.  The last thing we would want would be for
> > M.E. to have to leave the list in order to avoid hearing Groo
> > ideas.
>
> That about sums it up, I think.  If someone wants to talk about future
> Groo storylines and all that, probably the best place to do it is on
> the rarely-used Groo Message Board
> <http://pub84.ezboard.com/bgroomessageboard> or even over at
> groo.com's Groo Chat page <http://www.groo.com/chat.html> (if you can
> find someone to talk to there).  That way we can speculate all we
> like, and M.E. can avoid hearing our ideas by just not going there,
> thus avoiding possibly having to throw out a future Groo story because
> someone's come up with a similar idea (from memory, this has actually
> happened in the past).
>
> Your friendly neighbourhood party-pooper,
> Denis.
>
> P.S. Sorry if this sounds like I'm having a go at you personally,
> Shawn - I'm certainly not trying to.  It's just that your message is a
> convenient place to stick up a reminder notice, sort of thing...
> -- 
> Denis Hackney - http://members.optusnet.com.au/~dhackney/
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