[Groop] New record for Groo collecting

[Finn Smith]

Groop:

This thread concerning Groo sketches brings an interesting story to mind.
When I worked with Walt Disney Feature Animation; Sergio and a host of other 
comic book artists stopped in to tour the studio and talk about their work.  
During an open panel Q&A, Sergio got teamed up on by a lot of younger (and 
in my opinion, less talented) comic book artists who insisted that artists 
today don't really need schooling or classical art education to create 
quality work.   Sergio, who studied architecture for many years, was 
adamantly opposed to this way of thinking and did his best to stress the 
importance of learning things like proper anatomy and perspective, but 
unfortunately, he was outnumbered by the younger guests.  Frank Frazetta was 
there, too and I think he and Jeff Smith ("Bone") agreed with Sergio.  
Sadly, they weren't as vocal about it.
After the panel, I thanked Sergio for coming and mentioned that I was a 
longtime fan of Groo.  I also told him that my brother and I had really 
enjoyed reading MAD Magazine when we were kids and thanked him for all those 
years of entertainment and inspiration.  As I turned to walk out, he stopped 
me and handed me a personalized Groo sketch he had produced right there as I 
was talking to him (I didn't ask him for one . . .) and then he gave me a 
second drawing -- an Alfred E. Neuman for my brother!
As soon as my colleagues saw this they scrambled over, greedily lining up to 
ask him for a drawing.

I think he ended up drawing a sketch for everyone in the studio that day . . 
.

Finn


>From: "Dana Gabbard" <dgabbard at hotmail.com>
>To: Groop at groo.com
>Subject: Re: [Groop] New record for Groo collecting
>Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 16:21:31 +0000
>
>Are you sure? We have had people who only years later discovered a Sergio
>sketch or signature in an issue of Groo they bought from a dealer. One
>shudders to think what percentage of the print runs Sergio signed over the
>years. He is very popular for Conventions & store signings.
>
>Dana Gabbard
>Groo fan since Groo #1 (Pacific)
>
> >From: "Ryan Simmons" <onewhowatches at msn.com>
> >To: Groop at groo.com
> >Subject: [Groop] New record for Groo collecting
> >Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 18:21:12 -0500
> >
> >I plan on setting a new record for collecting Groo.
> >
> >I have so far, and soon will have, the entire collection of Groo original
> >publishes and reprints(TPBs) without a single autograph or sketch from
> >Sergio at ALL in anything I own.
> >
> >heh.  Beat that.
> >
> >Ryan
> >
> >
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