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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT color=#ff0000>Is
this the earliest drawn Groo on record?<BR></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">No. The earliest
drawing of Groo on record is May, 1977, on the cover of SCENE Magazine, the
magazine published by the <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns =
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w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> at Northridge's <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">school</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Journalism</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>. There is another drawing
inside. Sergio's nephew was going to the school at the time and the nephew
interviewed Sergio for an assignment. The nephew has the original art. You
used to be able to see on the school web site, but I don't think it's there
anymore. I might have a scan of it somewhere. </SPAN><SPAN
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The school doesn't have
any extras because when the Northridge earthquake hit in 1989, asbestos came
out of the walls and all the extras had to be tossed. Classic
Groo. There are only a few copies known to exist, but more might surface
if finding the first published drawing of Groo became a bigger deal.
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">There are a handful of
Groo drawings from 1980 or 1981 floating around and when they show up for sale
or auction the price is always way too high for me. Sergio started drawing
Groo in the mid 70's. Most of one of the stories in the Eclipse Groo
Special was drawn in 1977. In fact, one of the pages in the middle of that
story is actually the first Groo page according to Sergio, and was drawn as a
one page gag. </SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">That's about all I
know. </SPAN><SPAN
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">-<st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Gary</st1:place></st1:City> G. (Amateur
Groo Historian at Large) </SPAN><SPAN
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> groop-bounces@groo.com
[mailto:groop-bounces@groo.com] <B>On Behalf Of
</B>royalslik@aol.com<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, March 17, 2008 9:07
AM<BR><B>To:</B> Groop@groo.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Groop] Groo from
1981!!!<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Is this the earliest drawn
Groo on
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