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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Folks!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Well, in addition to the hat stuff, I thought
I would send a combined post, primarily to make completely pointless, dated
comments on other Groop posts from the past month. So have that delete key
ready!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This week is a little odd for me because I am home
alone. Completely alone. The Long Suffering Mrs. G. & my
mother-in-law, who lives with us, are in New Orleans on a little mission trip
and Claire even arranged to have her dogs with her on campus for a few
days. So it's just me and my Groo collection. Very strange.
Perhaps not safe. For the neighborhood. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>Ryan</STRONG>, sorry to hear about your
<STRONG>toxic bedroom</STRONG>. I hope all the drying and
fungus/germ/god-knows-what-else killing is done and everything is fixed.
Same for <STRONG>Eli </STRONG>and his <STRONG>leaking house</STRONG>. ME
had a similar issue when his upstairs plumbing went bad and his kitchen became a
bio hazard. (Of course, since I am doing my own cooking this week, my
kitchen is now a biohazard.) We had a leak in the roof.
Fortunately, it was in the part of the roof over the garage.
<EM>Unfortunately</EM>, examination revealed the entire roof needed to be
replaced. Oh, well, Claire didn't need that senior year of
college...</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>And then <STRONG>Larry sank a bus</STRONG>!
Why does this not surprise me? O</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>bviously,
there are too many Groo comics and not enough Rufferto Talisman's around.
(By the way Larry, I don't care how good it tastes, that cake is
disgusting!) </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have not, and will not, list everyone who has had
a <STRONG>Groo Gram</STRONG> printed. What kind of crazed
wacko do you think I am? However...I did count them all one time.
Not counting Hell On Earth, there have been 966 letters printed in Groo
Grams. So maybe in Groo vs. Conan, assumming that has a Groo
Grams, Mark will crack the 1000 barrier. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>btw, There were never any <STRONG>Grooism
Certificates</STRONG> sent out. Unless Mark did it and didn't tell
anyone. Besides, if there were such certificates, Larry could paper his
walls with them. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I was going to say something about the gas
emmissions of <STRONG>belching cows</STRONG>, but well, what else can you
say? You don't think Sergio would just make up something like that do
you? Ok, maybe he would. But anywho, I guess it's a last resort
argument the militant vegans can pull out. (Or is it vegetarian? I can
never keep that straight.) </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>On the <STRONG>Custom Bound Groo
comics</STRONG>, I didn't have a chance to check, but I bet any of us could
find a bindery to do it for a reasonable price. And we would even spell
Sergio's name correctly! I think Sergio has a number done up very nicely,
but I may be remembering incorrectly. He had something bound by a guy in
Mexico who has since past away and Sergio is looking for someone to do as good a
job My concern would be cutting off the artwork
where it's bound and also not being able to get the full effect of the splash
pages. <STRONG>I wish they would start up the reprints of the old
Groos!</STRONG> We at least have to get up through #86, after which
they were printed on nice paper. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Speaking of reissues, <STRONG>Groo: The
Game</STRONG> will never be reissued. Sergio owned the art, of
course. But Ken Whitman owned the "mechanics" of the game and when he went
bankrupt they ended up in the hands of Steve Jackson. For whatever reason,
a reissue of the Groo Game by SJG wasn't in the cards and the last I heard
Jackson was going to apply the mechanics to a different set of
characters. I'm not a gamer, so I don't know if that happened.
Sometimes things just don't work out the way you hope they will...</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>And, Yes, I have that yellow <STRONG>Dallas Fantasy
Fair poster</STRONG>. And I got a couple for a few other Groopies as
well. How I got them is one my most bizarre collection stories. No time
for that here. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Finally (yay!) it does seem rather odd that
the biggest Groo fan in the known universe (and beyonnnnddddd!!!) is
involved in analyzing and even drafting (gasp!) state tax
laws. But let's face it, it's rather odd that said person can hold a
job of <EM>any</EM> kind, not to mention stay married for 31 years. But
suffice to say that many, <EM><STRONG>many</STRONG></EM> state legislators
make Groo look smart and so perhaps in some bizarre way it all makes
sense. </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Anywho, I hope everyone is enjoying HOE. I
know I am! Buy many, many copies! </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Gary G. </FONT></DIV>
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