George Perez

Bollocks.  That is terrible news.

Fucking hell.

The man is a comic book god.

I wish him peace and painlessness.

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Rocket, Vikram, Ben

Even in such distressing circumstances he’s a classy guy. What an absolute legend.

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garjones, Rocket, Martin Smith, Dave, Todd, Sean Robinson, Al-x, Vikram, Ben

Yeah. That’s horrible news. I always enjoyed his work, although I’m probably a Jonny Come Lately as far as he’s concerned. Only really became aware of him on the Heroes Return Avengers with Busiek and then the phenomenal JLA/ Avengers shortly thereafter. I wish him and his family the best over the next few months. I admire his positivity and determination to go out smiling.

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Rocket, Todd, Ben

This was a gut punch for me. New Teen Titans was part of my childhood:

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Rocket, Sean Robinson, Todd

Such a massive part of my comic reading with his Justice Leagues being some of my earliest comics.  Absolute class act.

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garjones

It was sad enough just hearing this news earlier today; but after reading his full post, there are tears in my eyes and a lump in my throat. What a great artist, and what a greater loss to the comics community.

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Rocket, Vikram, Dave, Todd, Ben

Very sad. Great artist and human being.

I remember his Justice Leagues fondly, and New Teen Titans, Crisis, the list goes on.

Weird, but I was just thinking of JLA/Avengers the other day. I hope they reprint the HC soon.

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Vikram

this is what I remember most about George Perez. He is a master of the group shot

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njerry, Sean Robinson, Ben, Todd

but the amazing thing is he did so many of them. I heard that he enjoyed doing them and asked to do those huge groups shots.

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Todd, Ben

That must have been a hard choice to make. I hope he’s able to spend his remaining time in relative comfort and with dignity.

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Dave, Ben

George Pérez, You Are Why I Love Comics

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Rocket, Ben, Todd

https://www.change.org/p/joe-biden-award-george-perez-the-presidential-medal-of-freedom-in-2022?recruiter=49799119

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DavidM

Yup, nothing story again. Although it at least has more chance of success than the petition for a knighthood for Alan Moore who would have turned it down if offered anyway.

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Todd

Expected, but still not fun.

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JRCarter

Yep.  Just because you knew it was going to happen doesn’t make it easier.

Legendary artist, whose ability to cram figures onto a single page without any loss of clarity is unlikely to be equalled.

Then there’s his exit…. such sad news.

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Rocket, Todd

Even though we knew it was coming, this is still tragic.

I just signed up to DC Infinite. I never read more than little bit here and there of the Perez and Wolfman Teen Titans run (I mostly got into Perez with his Wonder Woman run where I read it all). Maybe a good time to read it now.

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Rocket, Todd, Ben

I met George in 2012 at C2e2. Jim invited me to Chicago and Vic(from the SFL days) got us passes to help him at his booth. We got in early and I made a beeline for George’s booth. He was so nice and did a sketch of Donna Troy for me on the inside cover of Legion of 3 worlds TPB. I’ll never forget it.

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Vikram, DavidM, Sean Robinson, Todd

George Perez from the Bronx!

There is a YouTube video of him writing his autograph on a Sue Storm cosplayer at a convention.

RIP

DC celebrates the late, great artist George Pérez with poster portfolio this November – Newsarama

The oversized greatness of the legendary George Pérez gets an oversized poster collection

In November, DC will release an oversized special celebrating the life of legendary artist George Pérez, who died in May at age 67. DC Poster Portfolio: George Pérez will feature 42 pages of covers, including art from The New Teen Titans, Wonder Woman, Crisis on Infinite Earths, and more.

Per the solicit text, this poster collection presents “a fraction of the work by this beloved illustrator whose art has touched the hearts of comics fans around the world for generations.”

Pérez got his start in comics in the early ’70s at Marvel Comics, where he penciled back-up stories in titles like Astonishing Tales and Deadly Hands of Kung-Fu. He co-created Puerto Rican superhero White Tiger with writer Bill Mantlo, and went on to become the regular Avengers artist where he co-created Taskmaster.

Following runs on major Marvel titles Fantastic Four and Inhumans, Pérez moved to DC, where he rose to prominence as the lead artist on Crisis on Infinite Earths. He would continue to work for both of the Big Two for the next several decades.

Pérez announced a terminal cancer diagnosis in December 2021 and his May 6 death was announced on his Facebook page(opens in new tab). The post said he passed away “peacefully at home with his wife [Carol] of 490 months and family by his side. He was not in pain and knew he was very, very loved.”

DC Poster Portfolio: George Pérez will be available November 1.