Thursday, May 12, 2022

George Perez (1954-2022)

One of the most-successful of the second wave of fans-turned-pros...

...George Perez became his generation's Jack Kirby*, producing a massive (and magnificent) body of work spanning decades and genres**, yet never losing his modesty about his accomplishments...
...or his fanboy sense of humor, as this piece, done during his run on the Logan's Run comic demonstrates!
Besides super-heroes and tv/movie adaptations, George drew almost anything he was asked to do...including the massive JLA/Avengers crossover (two different versions) and the continuity-redefining Crisis on Infinite Earths!
He even did two Beatles-themed projects...
...The Beatles Story and the unreleased-in-America Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band**!
We've presented a few of his lesser-known stories...
...and next Tuesday and Thursday we'll present a couple more rarely-seen tales illustrated by George.
*To be fair, Kirby created far more characters than Perez, who specialized in revamping/revitalizing characters!
**Curiously, though he did numerous super-hero tales involving romantic relationships, George
never did an actual romance comic story!
***Sgt Pepper was released in Europe (including England) and Asia.

1 comment:

Thanx for posting!