[Groop] Con Report Ademdum

[Ruben Arellano]

Actually, I'm pretty sure it was part of the expansion set.

----- Original Message -----
From: Gary Grossmann <grossfam at olywa.net>
Date: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 8:40 pm
Subject: [Groop] Con Report Ademdum

> Hi again Folks!
> 
> I finally got to do something I always imagined doing ever since 
> we made the
> Tom Luth Famous Comic Book Creator cards.  A guy, a gentleman 
> named Chris,
> got in line at Sergio's booth with the Sergio card from the set 
> for Sergio
> to sign and the conversation went something like this:
> 
> Gary:  "Do you have the Tom Luth card?"
> Chris:  "Yes, I have all of them."
> 
> And he pointed to his official Famous Comic Book Creator Card 
> notebook.
> Gary:  "But are you sure you have a Tom Luth card?"
> Chris, with a quizzical look:  " I'm sure I do."
> 
> At this point he began to almost frantically look through his 
> notebook and
> he started to look concerned.
> 
> Gary:  "Well, it was pretty hard to come by."
> Chris:  "Was it in the expansion set?"
> 
> Figuring I had taken things about as far as I could without being 
> a jerk, I
> told him that I was just messing with him and that a few years ago 
> we had
> made a Tom Luth card so that all four members of the Groo Crew 
> would have a
> FCBC card and that if he didn't get one from me or Tom he didn't 
> have one.
> 
> Chris:  "Are you SURE it's not part of the expansion set?"  (I 
> swear I
> really said that!)
> Gary:  "No, it's not part of the expansion set.  But I have one at 
> home I
> can send you."
> 
> A wave of relief swept over his face and he hastily gave me his 
> card so I
> could mail him the one FCBC card he didn't have, (even if it's one 
> that a
> couple of Groo fans had produced.)  And I told him that whenever 
> he ran into
> another FCBC card collector that he had to ask them: "Do you have 
> the Tom
> Luth card?"
> 
> -Gary G.
> 
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