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<DIV>In a message dated 1/26/2007 3:08:14 PM Pacific Standard Time, Yodazone@aol.com writes:</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>>>What kind of Groo merchandise is usually sold at the panels? </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Are there any Trade paperbacks, posters, sketches, shirts or buttons sold at the tables?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Any Con exclusive Groo stuff?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Does Sergio draw sketches for you for a price?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>How much money should somebody have ready to take to a Groo panel for the merchandise?<<</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">Nothing sold at the panels.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">Lots of books, some other stuff at Sergio's table; Mark doesn't get a table -- he's always on a panel, it seems. Stan has his own booth with Usagi books, etc. Tom had a table in Artist Alley one year, and he sold some of his own original work, as well as a few Groo covers, etc., he inked, but I don't think he came last year. Dark Horse also carries Groo stuff -- and they have a large booth, not just a table.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">Sometimes there is Con-exclusive Groo stuff -- usually a Groop member brings it. Eric has brought "luggage tags" and rubber bracelets; Gary brought the membership cards ... and several years ago, a T-shirt. I made up some bracelets for the 20th Anniv, and Carolyn made "mulch cakes" for people who attended the panel that year. Dark horse has freebies -- bookmarks, buttons, deck of tiny cards that may contain something "Grooish." Usually Gary scoops up as many of these as he can to send to non-attending members.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">Sergio does both free "quick sketches" and more involved ones for a price (he has a portfolio of finished work, or will do requests). Stan does, too. Both will autograph books, T-shirts, etc., free.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">Sergio sells items at their retail prices -- cash, and he takes care of the tax. Out-of-print items are a bit more. Original art -- figure to spend up to $150 for a drawing; sometimes he has the originals of the pages submitted for his book, and those are more.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10">Kaytee<BR>Proudly marching to the beat of a different kettle of fish.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>