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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=714165820-20112007>Yes! Congrats indeed!</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=714165820-20112007>For those of you who don't know, Nate was an
<EM><STRONG>extremely</STRONG></EM> active Grooper back in the day, when we were
a lot sillier than we are now. (Ah, those were the days!) In
fact, Nate was the #1 poster for a couple years running. And we were able
to follow his career from Independent Comic publisher/writer/artist (paying the
bills as a graphic artist as I recall) to Font Entrepreneur and comics
writer! </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=714165820-20112007>Yay Nate! </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=714165820-20112007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT><SPAN
class=714165820-20112007>-Gary G. </SPAN></FONT>(<SPAN
class=714165820-20112007>Who will never be able to transfer his knowledge of
Washington tax law into a job in the comic book
industry.)</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=714165820-20112007>PS I'm used "Grooper" instead of my usual
"Groopie" cuz Nate hated "Groopie." It reminded him of his days as a rock
star. Only for you, Nate. </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial
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<FONT face=Tahoma><B>From:</B> groop-bounces@groo.com
[mailto:groop-bounces@groo.com] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Eric Chun<BR><B>Sent:</B>
Tuesday, November 20, 2007 11:30 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
groop@groo.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Groop] Sparky
Urinetoast<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>Congratulations to Nate!<BR><BR>I see his lettering credits
("Blambots") sometimes.<BR><BR>See you.<BR><BR>Eric<BR><BR>
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Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 08:03:06 -0800<BR>From: mrgrooism@yahoo.com<BR>To:
groop@groo.com<BR>Subject: [Groop] Sparky Urinetoast<BR><BR>
<DIV>Hey, I just heard from former grooper extraordinaire Nate Piekos, who
says his comic book font business is going well, he continues to do comic
lettering and... "My first mainstream <BR>writing gig hits shelves in Dec. --
HELLBOY ANIMATED #3. I wrote the backup for that. I also have more
writing projects lined up with Dark Horse and one for Marvel."</DIV>
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<DIV>Great news, Sparky! I just know that my autographed set of THE WHOLE
ENCHILADA will skyrocket in value any day now! Congrats, my good man!
</DIV><BR><BR>-Larry "Mr. Grooism" Steller, Master Mendicant (!!!?)
<BR>http://www.myspace.com/mrgrooism<BR><BR>"<i>I became insane, with
long intervals of horrible sanity.</i>" Edgar Allan Poe<BR><BR>Favorite
Links:<BR>FORGOTTEN NEW YORK: http://www.forgotten-ny.com/<BR>NEWS FROM ME:
http://www.newsfromme.com/ <BR>POVONLINE: http://www.povonline.com/ ; <BR>THE
FAB FAUX: http://www.thefabfaux.com/index.html<BR>PENGUIN PERSPECTIVES:
http://janetharriett.blogspot.com/<BR>DEFECTIVE YETI:
http://www.defectiveyeti.com/<BR>KONGISKING:http://www.kongisking.net/index.shtml
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