[Groop] Where were you?

[M K N]

For me it was in the mid-eighties... probably '85 though I am not
certain.  I was a kid at day camp or some other summer outdoor thing
my folks took me to, and another kid had an issue of Groo that he
showed me (I think it was Epic #8, but not positive). I loved it and
had a good read/laugh. Fast forward a few years and I see Groo on the
comic shelf at a variety store and I think, 'Hey! I remember that
name!' And that started the collecting, I think in the mid 60's issues
of the Epic run. By that point I could recognize Sergio's work from
MAD, though Spy vs.Spy was my favourite from there. Thus far it's
turned out to be the only comic I've ever seen fit to
collect/purchase, though Usagi is tempting me to start again.

Mike.
the lurker from Toronto.




On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 2:13 PM, Larry Steller<mrgrooism at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I forget the issue number, but my experience is similar to most here. I was
> in my local comic shop sometime in 1984 or 1985 and was going up to pay for
> my usual lot of DC's, Marvels and indies, when I stopped DEAD in my tracks
> (I got better...).
> Hey! I recognize that style, that's that Sergio guy from MAD!
> I bought it, was instantly hooked, bought back issues like , ummm, mad, and
> haven't stopped since! I wish I could remember the issue, but it was waaaaay
> pre-Rufferto, pretty early on.
> Thanks, Sergio, Mark, Stan and Tom for a lifetime of wonderful silliness!
>
> -Larry "mrgrooism" Steller, Master Mendicant
>
> "I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity." Edgar Allan Poe
>
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> --- On Tue, 7/7/09, Shawn <sloptamom at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> From: Shawn <sloptamom at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [Groop] Where were you?
> To: "Groop" <groop at groo.com>
> Date: Tuesday, July 7, 2009, 11:56 AM
>
> It was a typical gorgeous, clear, sunny day in 1984 - I was 19 years old,
> working part-time at a bank while going to college in San Luis Obispo,
> California. During a lunch break, I strolled into the comic book store
> across the street to pick up a Mad Magazine for my two younger brothers.
> Next to the current issue of Mad Magazine was a large, hand-drawn sign, "Mad
> Magazine's Sergio Aragones NEW Groo The Wanderer!" I bought one along with
> the Mad Magazine for my brothers. I then read it... and was hooked
> immediately. My brothers never saw it... such a nice sister.
>
> Shawn (the girl :)
>
> --- On Mon, 7/6/09, Shawn Moore <uslgrad at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> It was in 1990 at the nearby news stand where I first gazed upon Groo.  I
> had just started working at a baseball card shop and was going get
> refreshments at the local news stand when there it was, Groo the Wanderer.
> I've been cursed ever since with the drive to acquire Groo.
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