[Groop] Gary G. Con Report Part 3 (Yawn!)

[Mo orst]

Here here, Andrew. Gary, those reports were about as boring as new Groo. 
Loved 'em.

-Al



>
>I did NOT yawn at all reading those 3 reports, much thanks for writing
>them up gary!
>
>Cheerio!
>Andrew
>
>On 8/5/07, Gary Grossmann <grossfamm at comcast.net> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Hi Folks!
> >
> > Here is the last installment of my Con report.  (Yay!)
> >
> > As far as getting stuff folks had ordered from Sergio & Stan and getting 
>the
> > Programs and the Guides, that all turned out to be relatively easy,*
> > although the programs were a little involved and I had to wait until 
>Sunday.
> > Plus the darned things are heavy!! (I'm getting old!) And then there was
> > Myron's stuff…
> >
> > Myron, you will recall, was the victim of an evil dirty bad nasty boss 
>who
> > made him cancel his trip to the Con. Myron sent me his Reg. confirmation 
>and
> > I figured it wouldn't be a big deal to get his Con Package of Program,
> > Guide, and promotional crap. It took a little talking, but I was able to 
>get
> > the package and then Myron e-mailed me and asked what about the statue.
> > Statue? What statue? Myron had paid extra to get a statue.
> >
> > So I go to the Program Office and they tell me to go to the Fulfillment
> > Office in rm. 29A. 29A? I didn't know the numbers went that high. Well, 
>it
> > turns out that rm. 29A is an indeterminable distance from the Program
> > office, somewhere in the 4th dimension. You couldn't possibly walk that 
>far
> > and still be in the Convention center. I went down a hall, across the
> > pavilion, over the river and through the woods, and down this looooooong
> > corridor. Then, just before I crossed the border into Tijuana, there was
> > room 29A. (I could have peeked around a corner at that point, but I was
> > afraid what might be there.) After a few silly questions, the woman in 
>the
> > Fulfillment room gave me the statue and I left the room…fulfilled! I 
>caught
> > a bullet train and was back at Sergio's table in two shakes. (Myron, I'm
> > just kidding. It was really no big deal.)
> >
> > Well, the Con ended and we helped Sergio get all his stuff put packed 
>away
> > and while we were doing that Stan came buy with the first 9 pages of 
>Hell on
> > Earth and Sergio told me to take a look. It was fascinating to see where
> > Sergio needed to do actual pencils and where he just needed to put a
> > squiggle or nothing at all. He later explained that crowd scenes and 
>parts
> > of battle scenes require virtually no pencils. He inks them essentially 
>free
> > hand. But some parts of a particular panel need to be penciled pretty 
>tight
> > (by Sergio standards anyway), such as two people shaking hands or 
>Rufferto
> > biting someone on the butt, to make sure everything lines up right and 
>fits
> > in the confines of the panel. It was very interesting.
> >
> > Finally, we had to say good bye to Sergio and it was very sad to think 
>that
> > I will not see him for another year. He is too cool for words. A couple
> > minutes later it was time to say goodbye to George and that was sad too. 
>The
> > Long Suffering Mrs. G. & I were very tired and a little ragged around 
>the
> > edges, but we had had a great time.
> >
> > Of course, I couldn't get through the Con without at least one Grooism. 
>As
> > you know, the CBLDF membership card for 2007 has a cool Groo drawing on 
>it.
> > I keep mine in my little wallet in the little window where I normally 
>keep
> > my driver's license. When we got to airport I forgot to put my driver's
> > license back in front of the CBLDF card. So when they asked to see my ID 
>at
> > the security check, I flashed them the Groo drawing instead of my ID. 
>Oops!
> > Surprisingly, I was not immediately subjected to a strip search.
> >
> > I'm sure I will remember other cool things, but you've suffered enough.
> > Take care all -Gary G.
> >
> > * This has turned out not to be the case afterall.  Details later.
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