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I concur. While I will always support Sergio, Mark and the rest of the GROO crew (shelling out kopins for new issues), my favorite Groo stories will always be the ones pre-Rufferto. <br><br>As a writer, I understand that the best works of fantasy exist, in many ways, as a metaphor for life. However, the most powerful fairy tales wrap the "lesson" more thoroughly in the adventure. Lately, the storylines in GROO often come across as a little too political or heavy-handed for my tastes (one of the reasons I read Groo is to gain a momentary respite from politics). I sincerely hope that, somewhere down the line, the creators of GROO alternate more frequently between these real-world issues and the more plot-based "adventure-style" storylines of old . . .<br><br>rocky (the grooper formerly known as "finn")<br><br><hr id="stopSpelling">From: grinningdemon@comcast.net<br>To: groop@groo.com<br>Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 03:39:01 -0700<br>Subject: Re: [Groop] Not OT.<br><br>
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<p class="EC_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Since we are being honest here, I'll go ahead and make people
mad by saying I like Groo better when he was solo (no dog). Don't get me wrong,
I love every issue of Groo and will be reading/buying until the end. I just
know my most favorite issues are all of them before Rufferto came along.</span></p>
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<p class="EC_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">You also have to think about how old you are and how you see
things now. I was 12 when I bought my first Groo (Epic #8) and you are lying if
you say you are as excited to see a new Groo now as you were a new Groo back
then. </span></p>
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<p class="EC_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Here is an easier way to put it... Indiana Jones 4 sucked. Would
it still have sucked if it came out when you were the same age as Raiders or
Temple of Doom? Probably a hell of a lot less. I loved Temple of Doom, but I’m
not so sure I’d love it if my fist time seeing it was right now.</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Dustin</span></p>
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<p class="EC_MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">
groop-bounces@groo.com [mailto:groop-bounces@groo.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Mo
orst<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, December 11, 2008 8:53 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> groop@groo.com<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Groop] Not OT.</span></p>
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<p class="EC_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">I've
got some questions for some of you fine folks. I realize that ME is a part of
the list, which is great... but it seems there are certain things we don't
discuss here because of his presence. Perhaps he can skip this thread
altogether.<br>
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1. I'm wondering what some of your actual opinions are regarding the quality of
the Groo stories since the guys moved to Dark Horse. Compared in
particular to the Epic run. Am I the only one who sees them as heavy
handed and not as fun as "classic" Groo?<br>
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2. How do you rate the 4-part stories against the old stand alone
issues? What are the plusses/minuses of either format?<br>
<br>
-Al </span></p>
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