[Groop] Oso the dog

[Gary Grossmann]

Yes, Oso was based on a real dog in the Aragones household at the time.

(And just a very nit picky amendment to your trivia-Rufferto isn't a Blue
Heeler; "blue" is the name for the varition of the breed whose primary
coloring are shades of black and gray intead of browns like Rufferto. But as
you indicated, they are all Australian Cattle dogs.)

Take care all, Gary G.  (Who hopes not to be lurking much longer)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Arnold Kipper" <ajkipper at hotmail.com>
To: <groop at groo.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 05, 2006 12:10 PM
Subject: [Groop] Oso the dog


>
> Sorry if this has been covered before, but does anyone know if "Oso" is
> based on a real dog?
>
> I'm referring to the dog in Groo Marvel issues #103 and #104 (Aug + Sept
> 1993).
>
> I originally thought he was just a one-off character, but then what got me
> to thinking is that Oso also appears (along with Rufferto) in "Sergio
> Aragones' Next MAD Book" (Aug 1992), he's easily identifiable because his
> name is written on his food bowl.
>
> So I was wondering if Sergio just drew these different depictions of Oso
at
> around the same time, or does Oso also exist "in real life", like Rufferto
> does?
>
> (Interesting trivia fact #1: Rufferto is a Blue Heeler/Queensland
> Heeler/Australian Cattle dog)
> (Interesting trivia fact #2:"Oso" means "bear" in spanish, a good name for
a
> Rottweiler! :D )
>
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