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<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Hi Folks!</FONT></SPAN>
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<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Great post Al! (aka Mo orst, aka Rocky). Btw, there are still two Groo "shorts" that have not been reprinted, 3 if you count the one in Dark Extra, although one of them was an original story<B><I> in</I></B><I></I> a reprint publication. </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">"Groo & the Poachers" is a 4 page original story that appeared in The Groo Chronicles #5 and the Groo Chronicles Hardback. "Groo and the Glut" is a 3 page story that appeared in Wizard #78. Then there is the half page (Sunday Funnies style) "story" in Dark Horse Extra #42. That one would be hard to reprint because of the format. But maybe the other two, or at least Groo & the Glut," could be reprinted someday in another Groo Special. </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">-Gary G. </FONT> </SPAN>
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<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">From: groop-bounces@groo.com [</FONT></SPAN><A HREF="mailto:groop-bounces@groo.com"><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">mailto:groop-bounces@groo.com</FONT></U></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">] On Behalf Of Mo orst</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2007 9:05 PM</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">To: groop@groo.com</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Subject: Re: [Groop] Thinking about the 2nd story in the "25thAnniversarySpecial"</FONT></SPAN>
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<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I think it also upholds a tradition of Groo Specials in that it reprints something rare to go along with the new stuff, as the first Special reprinted the first Groo story from Destroyer Duck. The Groo For Sale story may not be terribly hard to come by, but it's a neat item to whip out and show to casual Groo fans. Including it in the 25th makes sense if you think about the history of the comic.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I still love reading the original Groo Special from eclipse. I think it is one of the greatest comics I have ever read. The stories it collects are so diverse and crucial to Groo lore... and the cut-outs are a flat out awesome addition. But overall, the attention to detail and the sense of adventure alive within Groo as a comic was just so unique in the days when the book was taking shape. All the books printed under Pacific carry a similar feel to what I'm referring to, but that Special in particular is like a time capsule of treasures.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">-Al</FONT></SPAN>
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<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">>From: Mark Evanier <evanier@gmail.com></FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">>Reply-To: evanier@gmail.com</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">>To: Groo Mailing List <groop@groo.com></FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">>Subject: Re: [Groop] Thinking about the 2nd story in the "25th </FONT></SPAN>
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<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">>Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2007 14:26:55 -0700</FONT></SPAN>
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<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">>On Sun, 14 Oct 2007 14:46:31 +0200 (CEST), you wrote:</FONT></SPAN>
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<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> >My question: The second story "GROO FOR SALE" has been published long </FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> >ago</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> >- back in 1999 in the "Dark Horse Presents Annual 1999: DHP Jr." - as </FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> >we all know of course. Now I'm wondering - why has it been </FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> >re-published in this special? To make the special issue reach a </FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> >bigger size? Or because the DHJ Jr. hasn't sold well and the story should become more popular?</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">>I'm</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> >looking forward to your thouhts about this!</FONT></SPAN>
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<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">>ME: Sergio suggested it. He's noticed over the years that very few </FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">>GROO readers seem aware of it. Also, getting out of drawing eight </FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">>pages for the special meant he had an extra half-hour free.</FONT></SPAN>
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