Kray Z Comics And Stories

Kray Z Comics and Stories 673: Remembering Patrick Gruber

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Joe’s partner in comics, Pat Gruber passed away a few weeks ago, and this week, we share stories and pay tribute to Pat.  Joe met Pat in High School over a shared love of comics. They started a convention based business together and then bought Hot Comics St. Paul in 1992. Joe and Cory!! Talk about:

  • How Cory!! met Pat.
  • Pat accidentally putting adult themed trading cards into MCBA giveaway 
  • The Pat character in a minicomic made by two people at Hot Comics
  • “The Shed”
  • The infamous Wisconsin Dells comic convention
  • How Pat outwitted a scammer by making sure he got cash
  • The Poker game at MCBA cons and how Frank Cho lost a LOT of money and had to do commissions to make up the losses. 
  • The infamous “blind guts” game
  • Pat meeting Traci Lords
  • “Hot Artist!!!!”

    • We also discuss Diamond Distribution news, freaking and geek, and the usual shenanigans. 

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