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color=#0000ff size=2>Hi Anil! (And everyone else) </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=979072315-10032009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Sergio has not sold any pages from the Epics, Pacifics, or
the Eclipse Special. His plan for quite some time now has been to
</FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=979072315-10032009><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>sell each issue as a unit rather than sell individual pages, as he has
done with the Images and Dark Horse issues. He thinks of those issues as
his wife and daughter's inheritance. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=979072315-10032009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Other than (some) covers, there are no "draft"
pages. Sergio does incredibly loose blue pencils on the page he will ink
and that's about it. Some part of the pencils might be more detailed if he needs
to make sure the logistics of the drawing work. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=979072315-10032009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>I have seen a couple of drawings that could be termed
"drafts" of covers from the Pacific days, one is a simple version of Pacific #5
and one was for a Pacific cover that was never used. I assume there might
be others, but those are the only two I know about.
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=979072315-10032009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>And by the way, the 1981 Groo drawing that recently came up
on ebay was advertised as having been a Mad Marginal. That is not
correct. That drawing was not part of a Marginal. Years ago I looked
in all of the Mad's from 1977 on and the first Groo appearance in a Marginal in
#246, April, 1984. Of course, a Groo drawing dated 1981 is cool all by
itself. (But I have too many bills to buy it.) </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=979072315-10032009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Gary G. (<SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Amateur </SPAN>Groo
Historian) </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
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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 09, 2009 10:30
PM<BR><B>To:</B> Groop@groo.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Groop] ebay
photo-stat<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">We are the biggest Groo FanTards,
and nobody here would pay that much.<BR><BR>Good call Gary. Always enjoy
your emails.<BR><BR>Has Sergio ever sold any pages of his epic Groos? How
about drafts of pages?<BR><BR>-Anil<BR></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT
face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">-----Original Message-----<BR>From: Gary
Grossmann <grossfamm@comcast.net><BR>To: Groop@groo.com<BR>Sent: Mon, 9
Mar 2009 9:46 pm<BR>Subject: Re: [Groop] ebay photo-stat<BR><BR></FONT>
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<DIV><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Hi Folks!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>This gentleman has tried
to sell this before. This time $1080. Last time it was for
$1700. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>It's JUST a
photostat!!! Yes, it's a cool photostat that was used in the process of
making the advertisement in StarSlayer #4, but it's still just a
photostat! For $1000 you buy two Groo pages. You buy two really,
really cool drawings from Sergio at a Con, like one with Groo and a bunch of the
recurring characters and another of Groo in a fray. And those would be
real drawings with real ink and stuff. Not photocopies.
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<DIV><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>When I contacted him the
first time and gently told him it was not worth $1700, he actually got offended
and told me he was huge Groo fan and blah, blah, blah. Well, the old
photostat is worth something. But it ain't worth no $1700 or
$1080!!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Gary G. (Crazed Groo
Collector who is not THAT Crazed) </FONT></DIV>
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