[Groop] Fw: Where was I when I first read Groo
Chris Schechner
cschechner at sbcglobal.net
Fri Jul 17 07:34:48 PDT 2009
This groop is so cool! We have people who are members in Chile...and
Brazil...and Malaysia...and the Philippines...and Sweden...and etc., etc.
etc. How cool is that? I love it!
Chris
on 7/17/09 12:53 AM, treetop_91601 at yahoo.com at treetop_91601 at yahoo.com
wrote:
>
> ------Original Message------
> From: José Miguel Santibáñez A
> To: treetop_91601 at yahoo.com
> ReplyTo: jms at nivel5.cl
> Subject: [Groop] Where was I when I first read Groo
> Sent: Jul 16, 2009 10:35 PM
>
> I'm chilean. We don't have enough comic shops, and at the newspaper
> sellers, only arrives a small fraction of comics published. The formal
> ones (hardcover) go to some bookstores, at the children's section, (they
> have a stupid rule that says, "it has drawings, then it's for children,
> very little ones."
>
> Several years ago, "Fanboy" came to us. Appeared in the streets, along
> with newspapers, but not the full collection (it came from Spain, 6 months
> later!). I loved Aragonés's work, enjoy Evanier's texts (although they
> were translated, the translator was not a traitor). But for a moment, I
> hated the importer that brought us the first numbers. With a friend, began
> the odyssey to find the remaining numbers. That forced me to learn the
> little comic market (no more than 5 stores in Santiago). And they had no
> Fanboy... But had Groo...
>
> It was a collection of semi-hard cover (6 numbers in one). I believe it
> include "Island of Felicidad" and I become to "fanboy" of Groo...
>
> Later, the remaining numbers of fanboy came to Chile, so at least I've
> that collection complete ...
>
> I remember that afternoon, in a hidden shop in Santiago, reading
> (devouring) pages of groo... "¿Habré errado?" is, in spanish, the "did I
> err?" after any epic fail... I bought all numbers they have... And I go
> very often and ask for more... but nothing come from Spain (route for
> Groo).
>
> But I found Groop... And thanks to the list, I have figures of PVC, a
> shirt and data to request numbers to co-workers who travel to USA.
>
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