[Groop] Groo On CD

[Mark Evanier]

Well, I had eBay close down the guy selling the GROO comics on CD.
Whoever said here that that guy didn't even own the comics is probably
right.  Someone scanned all the Epic issues a year or two ago and
uploaded them to a newsgroup where anyone could download them.  Some
of them weren't very good scans but based on what else the eBay guy
was selling -- almost all stuff that's been circulated the same way on
the Internet -- I'm betting those are the scans he was using.

I'm not a big fan of comics on computer...or at least, not of comics
that were done for convention format being viewed on computer.  For
one thing, you lose the page format, which is part of the design.  For
another, it just feels wrong.

Sergio and I have discussed Groo on CD Rom and decided against it.
Part of the reason is the format itself.  Part is simple economics.  A
lot of fans out there who like CD Roms like them because it makes it
possible for them to get a hundred issues for five or ten bucksor
whatever.  We are not interested in reducing the value of a hundred
issues of GROO to that level.

As I assume most GROO readers are aware, Sergio and I are not
mercenary about this stuff, which is why we haven't flooded the market
with merchandise and reprints.  On the other hand, we do place a
certain value on our work and it's somewhat higher than that.

We actually are, by the way, starting on more GROO comics.  And there
will be another reprint collection soon, I'm told.  On paper.
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