[Groop] Where were you?

[Gary Grossmann]

Hey Mike!

 

You should definitely start up Usagi again.  And buy the trade paperbacks that cover the single issues you do not have.  UY is always worth it.  Stan is a fabulous storyteller.  It's the only comic I buy besides Groo and all of Sergio & Mark's other stuff.

 

In fact, if you paypal me the kopins, I can buy the trades direct from Stan at the con and he'll sign them "to Mike" with a little UY sketch inside the cover.  

 

That goes for anyone else too.  This is the 25th anniversary of UY, so it's a big deal and he always has plenty of his trade paperbacks to sell.  I'll even come prepared to mail them from the con.  

 

Gary G. 


 
> Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2009 15:19:25 -0400
> From: mkn.mail at gmail.com
> To: groop at groo.com
> Subject: Re: [Groop] Where were you?
> 
> 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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> > YANKEE STADIUM TOURS:
> > http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/nyy/ballpark/stadium_tours.jsp
> > FORGOTTEN NEW YORK: http://www.forgotten-ny.com
> > LIBRARYTHING: http://www.librarything.com
> > NEWS FROM ME: http://www.newsfromme.com
> > POVONLINE: http://www.povonline.com
> > THE FAB FAUX: http://www.thefabfaux.com/index.html
> > PENGUIN PERSPECTIVES: http://janetharriett.blogspot.com
> > DEFECTIVE YETI: http://www.defectiveyeti.com
> >
> > --- 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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