[Groop] Groo member cards

[Ryan Simmons]

I thought I had already made an email about this...but well...it dissapeared 
or something.

Should there even be a differentation in the cards?  Numeralizing them is 
fine.  But creating series?  Like first class groopy versus second class 
groopy?  Does the card represent a Groop member or Groo fan?

I've been a member of the Groop for a few months.  I've been a fan of Groo 
since '85.

Sure, I'll take any Groop member card.  There aren't that many of us in the 
first place.  I've yet to meet another Groo fan face to face.  At least that 
I'm aware of.  So who the heck can I show the card to and brag?  Mainly 
people just roll their eyes when I start talking about my Groo collection.  
I'll accept being a second class Groopy.  That makes sense, I never heard of 
the Groop until a couple months ago.  But I would feel a bit resentful being 
considered a second class Groo fan.  But really, I don't see anyone's view 
of my status with Groo being a factor.  Groo has always been my personal 
thing, so there is no "culture" of Groo to me.  Just me geeking on some 
comics.

If a Groo movie actually does ever come out, I guarantee you that there will 
be people that collected and loved Groo as a kid, then "grew up", and all of 
a sudden see the Groo Movie poster or advertisement of whatever kind, and 
think, "Groo!  I haven't thought of him in years!!  I loved that!"

If a Groo movie came out a couple years ago, that would have been me.  I 
collected Groo hapzardly in the 80's, really tried to complete my collection 
in the early to mid 90's, then went about my way until a few months ago.  I 
dragged home my old childhood collection of Groo.  And started looking 
around on the "internet" that I didn't even use the last time I had messed 
with Groo.

I think it would be wrong to make a difference between now and later Groo 
fans whether a movie comes out ever or not.  We are a minority of pretty 
small numbers, I think it would be good to accept any lover of Groo.  I mean 
we are all kind of weird to get the humor it is comprised of right? ;P

I just love the comic.

But having a card would be kind of neat.

Ryan

>From: Groopunk at aol.com
>To: groop at groo.com
>Subject: Re: [Groop] Groo member cards
>Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2006 20:31:48 EDT
>
>
>In a message dated 7/22/2006 7:49:54 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
>Tone at moon-shine.net writes:
>
>I do like Bruce's alternative idea of a second series of
>membership  cards being produced around the time of the movie or after
>its release. I  agree it would not be nice to exclude new members later
>on from being card  carrying members, but I do still think it would be
>nice to have some clear  way of distinguishing pre-movie fans. :)
>
>
>I'd say the 2nd series would be a different color.  Perhaps a Rufferto  
>tone
>color.  Something like that.
>
>Or perhaps along the bottom: "I'm a Johnny-Come-Lately... did I  err?"


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