<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Re: [Groop] Membership Cards, Groo Movie, etc.</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<FONT FACE="Verdana">I <FONT COLOR="#FF0000"><FONT SIZE="5"><B><I>LOVE </I></B></FONT></FONT>hearing these stories!<BR>
<BR>
Chris<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
on 7/23/06 11:22 PM, Mo orst at m00rst@hotmail.com wrote:<BR>
<BR>
<FONT COLOR="#006600">>> Groo card example attached...;P<BR>
</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000098">> <BR>
> Okay... that seals it. Those things are cool. I'm in if another batch is <BR>
> made.<BR>
> <BR>
> -Al<BR>
> <BR>
> P.S. It was great seeing you again at the Con, Gary! That place was insane. <BR>
> I ended up going back after you had left and purchased one of the spanish <BR>
> TPB's so I could get a sketch from Sergio. Someone ahead of me paid for an <BR>
> amazing sketch of Groo walking out of a canyon (I think), and Sergio whipped <BR>
> it up in about 10 minutes. The guys I was in line with were griping about <BR>
> the fact that Sergio only had the Jamboree through the Oddyssey, so I spent <BR>
> a lot of my time in line explaining to them the history. I also picked up <BR>
> the Grasscutter TPB from the Sakai booth. Mrs. Sakai is SOOOOO devoted to <BR>
> Stan and his work. She spent all her time talking about the history of the <BR>
> book to fans and diverting fans away from Stan while he worked on sketches <BR>
> and selling. It made me happy to see their teamwork. I picked up the Psycho <BR>
> TPB from Dan Brereton's booth. He's the guy who did the strikingly painted <BR>
> Nocturnals and Giantkiller series. Also, a B/W TPB called End Times from a <BR>
> Mr. Samuel Hiti. Very stark, desert-themed western noir... google him if you <BR>
> get a chance. But the absolute highlight of the Con for me was shaking hands <BR>
> with Ray Harryhousen, who is responsible for all of that classic claymation <BR>
> from Clash of the Titans, Jason and the Argonauts, the Sinbad movies, Etc. I <BR>
> told him that he was responsible for inspiring my imagination all through my <BR>
> childhood. He was so gracious and cool to me, and shaking his hand that had <BR>
> worked on all of those figures was a serious highlight for my visit to the <BR>
> Con.<BR>
> <BR>
> -Al Cordray<BR>
</FONT></FONT>
</BODY>
</HTML>