[Groop] Jim Shooter - EPIC Interference

[Chris Schechner]

You go Gary! I don't know who this Shooter guy is, but the whole  
thing didn't sound kosher. I know nothing... absolutely NOTHING...  
about the comic book industry, but this interested me and I was glad  
to hear your reaction. Memory has a way of being somewhat faulty  
(understatement for emphasis) after 30 years.


On Jul 14, 2011, at 11:16 AM, Gary Grossmann wrote:

>
> I am as loyal to Sergio as Rufferto is to Groo!  (But I'm not the  
> smart one)
>
>
> (And I just hate BS!  Sergio is one of the nicest, most charming  
> men on earth, and he also has a very, very strong personality that  
> can be very forceful when he wants it to be.  Scott Shaw! once  
> descibed his reaction to his initially meeting Sergio in this way:  
> "He was big and handsome and cocky, and he scared the hell out of  
> me!"  This, and other similar descriptions of Sergio do not square  
> with Shooter's tale of a Sergio coming to him and essentially  
> saying, "Gee, would it be asking too much for you to publish Groo  
> and give me a little bit of the ownership of the character.  Pretty  
> please?"  And Shooter's cheap shot at Mark at the end doesn't  
> square with the facts either.  Like any comedy writer, Mark can  
> occasionally say or write things that have a little sting to them,  
> but I don't believe he has a spiteful bone in his body and it  
> should go without saying there is nothing about the inner workings  
> of the comic book industry about which he is ignorant.)
>
> But yeah, maybe someday I'll let you know how I really feel.
>
> Gary "Not a Jim Shooter Fan" G.
>
> From: cschechner at sbcglobal.net
> Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 10:31:49 -0500
> To: groop at groo.com
> Subject: Re: [Groop] Jim Shooter - EPIC Interference
>
> So Gary, what are your real feelings?
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>
> On Jul 14, 2011, at 8:17 AM, Gary Grossmann wrote:
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>
> Shooter's story sounds like pure unadulterated bullshit to me.   
> Everthing he says that's in conflict with what Mark and Sergio have  
> been saying for almost 30 years is completely at odds with  
> objective facts and Sergio's personality.  E.G:
>
> Marvel & DC were NOT allowing any artist to own any part of a  
> creation at that point.
>
> Anyone who knows Sergio knows he doesn't waffle about anything,  
> especially something like the rights to his creations.
>
> Shooter is a lying, self serving asshole!
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