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Anil<br>
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From: Neil Ottenstein <neil.ottenstein@gmail.com><br>
To: groop-groo.com <Groop@groo.com><br>
Sent: Mon, Aug 30, 2010 6:11 pm<br>
Subject: [Groop] Baltimore Comic-Con August 28 & 29 pictures<br>
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<pre style="font-size: 9pt;"><tt>[resending 3 messages originally sent while the list was down]<br>
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At this link are my photos from the first day of the Baltimore Comic-Con.<br>
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=30169&id=1826431160&l=7aef6c6c7a" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=30169&id=1826431160&l=7aef6c6c7a</a><br>
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I have pictures of Sergio at his table, including him signing one of<br>
the lithos I bought. I also have a picture of the sketch he made for<br>
me in my sketchbook, his authograph in the 25th Anniversary issue, and<br>
one of litho autographs. The lithos come presigned but he added to<br>
it. I hope to take pictures at his panel today.<br>
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I have photos - a few of Sergio, plus one of a piece he did for the<br>
art auction.<br>
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I wanted to write up a few notes right away.<br>
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His presentation was at Noon today and he was great. He went through<br>
his history and I won't go into that.<br>
I asked about his Five Decades book that is coming out in October. He<br>
said that he didn't want a Completely Mad set as he is still working.<br>
If the Five Decades book does well, they'll probably do another one<br>
with more selections over the years. I asked him after the panel<br>
whether they might do a Completely Mad 60s book or 70s book and he was<br>
against that. I asked him about whether they might do a collection of<br>
his pocket books such as Viva Mad and so forth. He said he owns that<br>
material completely and he might consider doing something with those.<br>
He does not want to saturate the market, though.<br>
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He said that he is inking issue #2 of Groo vs Conan. Also, if you<br>
were watching Futurama last week, he made an appearance as a head<br>
there.<br>
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The piece he had at the art auction did not get up to the threshold<br>
amount ($1000). If my photo came out I'll have a link to that in<br>
another email.<br>
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Besides the 4 lithos, and the Free Comic Day Print, I also bought a<br>
set of three Groo magnets. He probably won't be back to Baltimore<br>
next year, but maybe the next year or the one after that again.<br>
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The photos from Day 2 at the Baltimore Comic-Con are at<br>
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=30216&id=1826431160&l=ff2dc46f1e" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=30216&id=1826431160&l=ff2dc46f1e</a><br>
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The Groo magnet set is at<br>
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=537726&l=4a9a7f247c&id=1826431160" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=537726&l=4a9a7f247c&id=1826431160</a><br>
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Sergio's piece for the Art Auction is at<br>
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=537718&l=4017a80358&id=1826431160" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=537718&l=4017a80358&id=1826431160</a><br>
<br>
Neil<br>
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