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<FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>This groop is so cool! We have people who are members in Chile...and Brazil...and Malaysia...and the Philippines...and Sweden...and etc., etc. etc. How cool is that? I love it!<BR>
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Chris<BR>
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on 7/17/09 12:53 AM, treetop_91601@yahoo.com at treetop_91601@yahoo.com wrote:<BR>
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> ------Original Message------<BR>
> From: José Miguel Santibáñez A<BR>
> To: treetop_91601@yahoo.com<BR>
> ReplyTo: jms@nivel5.cl<BR>
> Subject: [Groop] Where was I when I first read Groo<BR>
> Sent: Jul 16, 2009 10:35 PM<BR>
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> I'm chilean. We don't have enough comic shops, and at the newspaper<BR>
> sellers, only arrives a small fraction of comics published. The formal<BR>
> ones (hardcover) go to some bookstores, at the children's section, (they<BR>
> have a stupid rule that says, "it has drawings, then it's for children,<BR>
> very little ones."<BR>
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> Several years ago, "Fanboy" came to us. Appeared in the streets, along<BR>
> with newspapers, but not the full collection (it came from Spain, 6 months<BR>
> later!). I loved Aragonés's work, enjoy Evanier's texts (although they<BR>
> were translated, the translator was not a traitor). But for a moment, I<BR>
> hated the importer that brought us the first numbers. With a friend, began<BR>
> the odyssey to find the remaining numbers. That forced me to learn the<BR>
> little comic market (no more than 5 stores in Santiago). And they had no<BR>
> Fanboy... But had Groo...<BR>
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> It was a collection of semi-hard cover (6 numbers in one). I believe it<BR>
> include "Island of Felicidad" and I become to "fanboy" of Groo...<BR>
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> Later, the remaining numbers of fanboy came to Chile, so at least I've<BR>
> that collection complete ...<BR>
> <BR>
> I remember that afternoon, in a hidden shop in Santiago, reading<BR>
> (devouring) pages of groo... "¿Habré errado?" is, in spanish, the "did I<BR>
> err?" after any epic fail... I bought all numbers they have... And I go<BR>
> very often and ask for more... but nothing come from Spain (route for<BR>
> Groo).<BR>
> <BR>
> But I found Groop... And thanks to the list, I have figures of PVC, a<BR>
> shirt and data to request numbers to co-workers who travel to USA.<BR>
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