[Groop] eComics: ethics, the future & ME

[Alexander Durnan]

For me, I'll take them any way I can find them.   If its at shows, stores, 
online stores, trades, gifts,  or ebay. Since joining the Groop I've managed 
to nearly complete my collection and one for a friend, but there are a few 
outstanding issues yet.  I disagree that they are not difficult to find 
online.  The last few I need are rarely available.  Granted I don't search 
every single day, but they still don't turn up very often.  When they do, 
someone wants $50 or some obscene figure, or I have to buy a lot of 100 
comics for 1 issue.  I've also rarely been happy with the conditions of 
comics described as "very good" I've bought on ebay and they get here with 
water damage.  So I guess I'm hoping for a better deal.

Hopefully we can get the comic book exchange up and running.  I have a lot 
more duplicates than I do holes in my collection.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Elie A. Harriett" <elie at harriett.us>
To: "Ryan Simmons" <ryan.gsimmons at gmail.com>
Cc: "groop" <Groop at groo.com>
Sent: Sunday, 03 May, 2009 14:01
Subject: Re: [Groop] eComics: ethics, the future & ME


> There's the hunt, then there's the acquisition.  Most issues are 
> available to read in graphic novel form.  We've probably already read  the 
> missing issues.  But the fun is in trying to find the issue.  When  we 
> want the result: the acquisition of the issue, ebay works.  When we  want 
> to have fun finding the missing issue, possibly even discovering  a new 
> interesting series along the way, we do it the old fashioned way.
>
> Elie
>
> On May 3, 2009, at 10:23 AM, Ryan Simmons wrote:
>
>> I still find it a little odd that so many die-hard fans of Groo do  not 
>> have a complete set of the original copies of groo or at least a  reprint 
>> of those copies.
>>
>> It's not difficult to find them online.  Nor are they expensive to  find 
>> some hard copy of every story in one form or another.  Why the  delay?