[Groop] Groo Coup!
Eric Chun
ericchun at hotmail.com
Wed Jul 13 02:21:00 PDT 2005
Chris,
You're an inspiration!!!
Perhaps, this time, we can try to make the comic con come to you (in a
small way). There's always some whipper-snapper with a camcorder in
the audience. Can't promise it, but we'll see if we can get you a copy of
the videotape. Also, a GrooFest badge.
Take care,
Eric
>Gary (and the rest of you silly people),
>I would love to come out to the con some time and meet all of you and spend
>time doing goofy groop stuff. I actually have met Sergio and Mark a long
>time ago at a con here in the Dallas area. I probably will do it some year,
>but it¹s rather hard for me to travel. I have only shared this with Gary
>and
>Paul (Animal) Weiske (sp?), but since I¹ve been a member of this groop for
>so many years, I guess it¹s time to let you know. I actually am disabled.
>(Sorry Eric. I¹m not doing this because you said anything.) 34 years ago
>this past Saturday, I suffered a spinal cord injury in a diving accident.
>As
>a result, I am a quadriplegic. I decided early on that I could give up or I
>could move forward with my life. I chose the latter. I finished school,
>learned how to draw all over again (my hands are paralyzed), learned how to
>live independently as possible, and created, by God¹s grace, a good life
>for
>myself. I won¹t pretend that it¹s been easy, but my life is rich and full.
>I
>am surrounded by people who love me, I enjoy my work (I art direct a
>magazine), I have two grown kids and three grandkids, and all in all, I¹m
>quite satisfied with where I am. One drawback, however, is that it¹s hard
>for me to travel. So that¹s why I don¹t come to San Diego. I love people
>and
>would really enjoy being with you folks. You¹re a great bunch. I¹ll get out
>there sometime. In the meantime, enjoy it all for me as well. I¹ll be
>organizing the non-carpool for next year.
>Love to you all!
>Chris (Glorko)
>>on 7/12/05 8:06 PM, GARY GROSSMANN at grossfamm at comcast.net wrote:
>> Well, er, I guess. Um. What was the question?
>>
>> Chris, my friend, you MUST come to the Con sometime. Sergio would, I
know,
>> love to meet you. I'm going to show him some of your cartoons.
Frankly,
>> one of the reasons I think he likes me and George Karalias so much is
that
>> we are super fans and a little crazy and eccentric, but we are also
>> normal(?) (Well, relatively) folks with real jobs and real lives and YOU
>> definitely fall into that category too. Besides, Becky & I want to meet
>> you. (We're not enough to get you out there, but I'm hoping Sergio is!)
>>
>> So please, please come. Come next year! George is hoping to make it.
>>
>> Take care -Gary G.
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