[Groop] Thinking about the 2nd story in the "25th AnniversarySpecial"

[Mo orst]

I think it also upholds a tradition of Groo Specials in that it reprints 
something rare to go along with the new stuff, as the first Special 
reprinted the first Groo story from Destroyer Duck. The Groo For Sale story 
may not be terribly hard to come by, but it's a neat item to whip out and 
show to casual Groo fans. Including it in the 25th makes sense if you think 
about the history of the comic.

I still love reading the original Groo Special from eclipse. I think it is 
one of the greatest comics I have ever read. The stories it collects are so 
diverse and crucial to Groo lore... and the cut-outs are a flat out awesome 
addition. But overall, the attention to detail and the sense of adventure 
alive within Groo as a comic was just so unique in the days when the book 
was taking shape. All the books printed under Pacific carry a similar feel 
to what I'm referring to, but that Special in particular is like a time 
capsule of treasures.

-Al




>From: Mark Evanier <evanier at gmail.com>
>Reply-To: evanier at gmail.com
>To: Groo Mailing List <groop at groo.com>
>Subject: Re: [Groop] Thinking about the 2nd story in the "25th 
>AnniversarySpecial"
>Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2007 14:26:55 -0700
>
>On Sun, 14 Oct 2007 14:46:31 +0200 (CEST), you wrote:
>
> >My question: The second story "GROO FOR SALE" has been published long ago
> >- back in 1999 in the "Dark Horse Presents Annual 1999: DHP Jr." - as we
> >all know of course. Now I'm wondering - why has it been re-published in
> >this special? To make the special issue reach a bigger size? Or because
> >the DHJ Jr. hasn't sold well and the story should become more popular? 
>I'm
> >looking forward to your thouhts about this!
>
>ME: Sergio suggested it.  He's noticed over the years that very few
>GROO readers seem aware of it.  Also, getting out of drawing eight
>pages for the special meant he had an extra half-hour free.
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