<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 5/30/2003 11:54:28 AM Eastern Daylight Time, rarellano@shaw.ca writes:
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<BR><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">"They're asking for fans, pros, anyone to buy books and merchandising from them. This plea had worked for Top Shelf, and kept them out of bankruptcy from the same situation with the distributor. Fantagraphics has been publishing for about 27 years and has a lot of great books--from the complete Prince Valiant to Love and Rockets to, of course, Usagi</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BR>----------------->I had written a really funny, witty, stimulating and inspiring bit directed at getting the collective and sigular (whatever that means) us to buy stuff from Fantagraphics so they don't go kerplunk when the Groo factor hit my computer and my own earlier little playful romp with the English language went keplunk. I hope that that kerplunk is instead. Flustered and exhausted this here is now all the fun, wit stimulation and inspiration I can muster.
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<BR>This stuff is important, people. If not for yourself, then do it for the kids. Rememeber the kids? Buy Fantagraphics.
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<BR>Later,
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<BR>p.s. I've got Groosagi. Groosagi to remember.
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