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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue'>Hi
Folks!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue'>Yup,
they change their minds, which is their privilege and IMHO it’s always
been great when they have done it. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue'>Sergio
said Groo would never have a sidekick because Groo is so stupid the sidekick
would become the leader and take over. Then they did what was supposed to
be a short series with Rufferto and, as can happen, the character took on a
life way beyond what was originally anticipated and became the perfect sidekick
for Groo. Who can now imagine Groo without Rufferto? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue'>Mark’s
old gag about a Groo-Conan crossover was that it would necessarily consist of
only three panels: 1.Groo meets Conan. 2. Conan calls Groo a mendicant.
3. Groo slays Conan. Or something like that. But Dark Horse wanted
them to do one and they came up with using the “Rashomon” concept
of telling the same story as seen through different eyes. Other than
that, and the fact that, obviously, neither kills the other, Sergio & Mark
have kept the story close to vest, but we will see what happens through Groo’s
eyes, Conan’s eyes, and no doubt other eyes as well. I can’t
wait!! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue'>(btw,
in the original, you never know which version, if any, is accurate. In
the American remake, with Paul Newman in the Mifune role, and a pre-Captain
Kirk William Shatner as a priest (!), they give you a version that is supposed
to be what really happened. But I digress…) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue'>As
for Tarzan, Sergio has said coming up with a way for that to work was more
difficult because while Groo & Conan both live in completely mythical, more
or less Middle Ages type settings, Tarzan takes place in Africa in the early 20<sup>th</sup>
century. But apparently, he and Mark came up with something. So
that should be a blast as well. I wonder how Rufferto and Cheetah the
Chimp will get along? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue'>Then
comes “Friends and Enemies” and that will be like the old one
shots. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue'>I
just wish they could get back to a once a month schedule, or close to it.
But, Sergio has filled the MAD gap with doing Simpson’s stuff for Bongo,
and he always has a bunch of other things, and Mark always has a dozen things (at
least) going at once. I have no idea how he finds the time to blog to the
extent that he does, not to mention find all of those pictures of baby pandas.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue'>Take
care all,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue'>Gary
G. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> groop-bounces@groo.com
[mailto:groop-bounces@groo.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Ryan Simmons<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, March 02, 2010 3:37 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> groop<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Groop] Groo vs. Conan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Sergio has changed his mind
about several things like that with Groo. I remember an old
interview where he said that he would never have guns in Groo, but so far I
know of one stand-alone issue and a 4 part mini-series with guns in Groo.
Another time he wasn't sure how he could mix Groo and Tarzan and then later
decided since Tarzan often had dinosaur like creatures in it that he could do a
Groo/Tarzan crossover with no problem. <o:p></o:p></p>
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