[Groop] Back Issues #11

[Gary Grossmann]

Hi Anil!

It's a comic magazine is called Back Issues (#11) and it's published by
TwoMorrows.

I am in the process of doing a complete Groo Inventory, which will of course
include an updated Official Unofficial Groo List.  I've been bad about that
and I've been bad about keeping things organized around Groo Fandom Central.

The Groo Room, which has every issue of Groo on the walls (and which also
serves as a sewing room for my Mother-in-Law, the computer room, where I do
bills and stuff, the game room, the place where half my son and
daughter-in-law's belongings are stacked up/stored, and a spare bedroom) is
just a little bit hard to stay on top of and I have stuff stacked up that is
supposedly Groo or Sergio related and I don't know what the heck it is.
(Plus I gotta do something about all of these  Weekly World News issues!)

So I am finally going through everything and when I get it sorted out, I'll
have an updated Groo List that I will be happy to send to you and anyone
else who wants it.

On that subject, I'm going to reevaluate some of the things that I put on
The List, or at least how I categorize them.  I think I'm going to come up
with a new section of the list entitled "Non-Original Appearances of
Interest" or something like that because folks have (justifiably) found it
odd that I would include a drawing that had a teeny tiny Groo head on the
t-shirt of a guy in the 32nd row of a Sergio Crowd scene, and not include a
full page ad that was Groo cover art with added text because the art was not
an "original" appearance.  I have to be careful about the parameters I set
or every reprint or preprint of covers and panels in catalogues and comic
encyclopedias would have to be includedon The List. Even I'm not that that
crazy!

And yes, I have a number of Groo drawings or posters with Groo on them in
tubes.  I also have some on my walls and in my cubicle at work, but there is
only so much space...

Take care -Gary G.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: <royalslik at aol.com>
To: <grossfamm at comcast.net>
Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 3:28 PM
Subject: Re: [Groop] Back Issues #11


> HI Gary,
>
> I've been out of the loop,  is this a comic book/mag called "Back
> Issue?"  Also, do you keep a current list of groo appraeances?  If so,
> and if you're willing to share with another groo fanatic, please email
> me your current list so that I can know how to spend my money if I ever
> get some!
>
> Man, sometimes (most of the time) I just collect Groo stuff and put it
> directly into storage, it's an obsession that I hope one day I will
> make good use of.  Maybe my kids (if I have them) will one day value
> the collection and read it.  I never have the time to read old issues
> or take out old appearances to appreciate the collection, but someday,
> someday...I recently spent about $200 or so on an original Sergio
> marker grawing of Groo (poster sized) from about 1983, and it went
> directly back into the tube and into storage, do you do the same thing,
> or is all of your groo stuff on display etc.  I can't imaging you have
> the space for it all to be accessaable, but who knows.
>
> Thanks for any help with these matters.
>
> All the best,
>
> Anil Melwani
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gary Grossmann <grossfamm at comcast.net>
> To: groop at groo.com
> Sent: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 20:47:59 -0800
> Subject: [Groop] Back Issues #11
>
>   Hi Folks!
>
>   As some of you will recall, last summer Back Issues #11 came out and
> there was an Interview with Sergio & Mark and a few pieces of
> previously unpublished Groo art. Shortly after it came out, Mark wrote
> about how the interview took place and the inaccuracies/misquotes it
> contained.
>
>   I cannot remember if it was on his blog or to the Groop. Does anyone
> remember and could some one send/link me what Mark wrote? I thought it
> would be really nice to keep it with the magazine.
>
>  Thanks and take care -Gary G.
>
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