[Groop] Groo Treasury

[Alexander Durnan]

As I just agreed with Ryan, I'll agree to all of that too.  However, I think if (emphasis on "if") it were to be done it should be in Omnibus format.  If you are not family with the Marvel Masterworks Omnibus series, they are quite beautiful.  Hardcovers with dustjackets and contain roughly 30 issues including the original letters pages.  *THAT* would be a Groo Treasury to shell out my kopins for!  
Alternately, just reprinting the Adventurer through Garden as second editions would work too.

Lastly, I'll get back to you with a note directly to you with my lists of wants and duplicates.  I'll have to look it up, as I have to go walk the dog now.

Cheers,
Alex

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Grossmann, Gary (DOR) 
  To: groop mailing list 
  Sent: Friday, 17 April, 2009 19:19
  Subject: Re: [Groop] Groo Treasury


  Hey Alex!

   

  First off, I think anything after the Groo Treasury is an "if."   Second, for me, a big reason to reprint the early Epics is because: a) the paper quality sucks, taking away from Sergio's art and Tom's colors, and b) as I mentioned, the Groo Bazaar through Groo Garden are very hard to find and generally pricey on ebay.  So I think it makes sense to reprint Groo 1-28.   The Dark Horse trades (Houndbook thru Odyssey #29-#60) are not too tough to find.  You can still order some of them from DH's retail online store, Things From Another World.   

   

  That all being said, I agree that the earlier Epics are much easier to find than the more recent Epics.  That is in large part because when they switched to better paper and fewer ads, they also changed distribution so fewer comics were printed (but as Mark explained in Groo Grams at the time, they made a little more money) I believe #87 was the first issue with better paper.  It also is the first regular issue to have a Rufferto gag on the back (the 6 Chronicles had the first 6 Ruffertos), also those "Silly Sergio" intros, and usually a puzzle in the back.) But I digress.    

   

  So anyhow, they really need to reprint everything except #29-#60.  The earlier stuff because the paper quality sucks and the latter stuff because they are hard to find.  

   

  As far as running a Groo Exchange, well, in a couple of weeks I will be quitting my second job, so theoretically I will have more time. (Ha!)  I've spent time in the last month or so trying to organize all of my Groo stuff.  Somehow I have an extra copy of almost every Groo and I was planning on getting rid of some of them one way or another.  Before deciding on anything, I would like to get some input from the rest of the Groop:

   

  Who doesn't have a complete set of Groos and wants to work toward getting one?

  What issues don't you have?

  Who has extra Groos?

  What extra issues do you have?  

   

  Sorry for being so long winded.  Take care all,

   

  Gary G.

   

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