[Groop] Membership Cards, Groo Movie, etc.

[Chris Schechner]

I LOVE hearing these stories!

Chris


on 7/23/06 11:22 PM, Mo orst at m00rst at hotmail.com wrote:

>> Groo card example attached...;P
> 
> Okay... that seals it. Those things are cool. I'm in if another batch is
> made.
> 
> -Al
> 
> P.S. It was great seeing you again at the Con, Gary! That place was insane.
> I ended up going back after you had left and purchased one of the spanish
> TPB's so I could get a sketch from Sergio. Someone ahead of me paid for an
> amazing sketch of Groo walking out of a canyon (I think), and Sergio whipped
> it up in about 10 minutes. The guys I was in line with were griping about
> the fact that Sergio only had the Jamboree through the Oddyssey, so I spent
> a lot of my time in line explaining to them the history. I also picked up
> the Grasscutter TPB from the Sakai booth. Mrs. Sakai is SOOOOO devoted to
> Stan and his work. She spent all her time talking about the history of the
> book to fans and diverting fans away from Stan while he worked on sketches
> and selling. It made me happy to see their teamwork. I picked up the Psycho
> TPB from Dan Brereton's booth. He's the guy who did the strikingly painted
> Nocturnals and Giantkiller series. Also, a B/W TPB called End Times from a
> Mr. Samuel Hiti. Very stark, desert-themed western noir... google him if you
> get a chance. But the absolute highlight of the Con for me was shaking hands
> with Ray Harryhousen, who is responsible for all of that classic claymation
> from Clash of the Titans, Jason and the Argonauts, the Sinbad movies, Etc. I
> told him that he was responsible for inspiring my imagination all through my
> childhood. He was so gracious and cool to me, and shaking his hand that had
> worked on all of those figures was a serious highlight for my visit to the
> Con.
> 
> -Al Cordray

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