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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Hi Folks!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I don't get a chance to read Mark's blog, so this
was all news to me. Crap! Sergio always seems so
indestructable. At least it's mechanical. But bad
backs really really REALLY suck. It can get to where if you wiggle
your finger or your toe, it hurts. Or just wanting to roll over in bed is
next to impossible. I'm sure he's being taken very good care of.
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Don't know if Mark followed up with an
address. I've got his PO Box if anyone wants to send him a card.
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Sergio Aragones</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>PO Box 696</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Ojai, CA 93023</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Take care all,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Gary G. </FONT></DIV>
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<A title=Comics230@cox.net href="mailto:Comics230@cox.net">Comics230</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A title=groop@groo.com
href="mailto:Groop@Groo.Com">Groop@Groo.Com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, February 11, 2012 6:12
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Groop] Sergio's
Funnies</DIV>
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Mark's blog on 2/4/12. </P>
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of Groo the Wanderer and/or Conan the Barbarian were gladdened to hear
recently that the long-awaited mini-series crossover of those two swarthy
swordsmen was finally coming out. Issue #1 of four comes out in April…but then
we’re going to hit another delay.</P>
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series is being done by Sergio Aragonés, Tom Yeates, Tom Luth and me. It could
be done without either of the Toms or me but it can’t be done without Sergio
who is currently suffering from back troubles. You apparently get this
condition if you sit at a drawing board sixteen hours a day for 50+ years
drawing silly pictures. Anyway, Sergio is unable to draw at the moment, which
is a little like you or I being unable to breathe, only more serious. He
finished #1 of <EM>Groo Vs. Conan,</EM> most of #2 and about half of
#3…and then the problem hit him. He could probably finish #2 and maybe #3
before they’re due at the printer but…</P>
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style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 12px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px">Well,
I’ll let you in on a secret. After that first issue comes out, the others will
be delayed until his back is better. This is a secret in the sense
that <EM>Sergio</EM>doesn’t know it yet.</P>
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style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 12px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px">He’s
recuperating in a hospital at the moment, doesn’t have internet access, and
won’t know for a few days that I made the decision to yank the book off the
schedule. This is to force him to take it easy and get better rather than to
scurry back to the drawing table and work ’round the clock to make the
deadline and by so doing, not recuperate. So if you’re pissed about the delay,
blame me or blame the backache…but don’t blame the guy with the
backache. <EM>Groo Vs. Conan</EM> #1 hits stores on April 18. Then
the understanding folks at Dark Horse Comics will stick it back on the
schedule as soon as Sergio is back to full drawing strength and you’ll get the
rest of the story. I’ll announce here when that will be as soon as I have some
idea when that will be.</P>
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style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 12px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px">When
you see #1, you’ll find at least one thing particularly amusing. As
in <EM>Sergio Destroys DC, Sergio Massacres Marvel, Sergio Stomps Star
Wars</EM>and other like series we’ve done, the Señor and I are characters in
the tawdry drama…and in the first issue we did some time ago, Sergio winds up
in the hospital, unable to work. I am well aware that Life often imitates Art
but I worry when it imitates <EM>Groo</EM>.</P>
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style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 12px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px">Sergio’s
handiwork will be seen in the next issue of<EM>MAD</EM> and I think
there’s stuff already completed for the one after. He has not missed an issue
of that magazine since #111, which was dated June of 1967 and he’s not about
to stop now. There may be some delay in <EM>Sergio Aragonés Funnies</EM>,
the book he does for Bongo Comics…and again, I’ll let you know when I know.
I’m not sure if he’ll be at WonderCon this March in Anaheim but we’ll be
playing Quick Draw! Friday afternoon at 2 PM with or without him. I’m hopeful
for “with.”</P>
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Added ten minutes later: I’ve already received three e-mails from folks asking
me to forward Get Well messages to my partner. I’m sure he’d appreciate them
but let’s hold off for a little while. I’ll post an address later where you
can send such things.</P>
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