Active Topics | Member List | Search | Help | Register | Login
The John Byrne Forum
Byrne Robotics > The John Byrne Forum << Prev Page of 22 Next >>
Topic: George Perez has passed Post ReplyPost New Topic
Author
Message
Charles Valderrama
Byrne Robotics Member
Avatar

Joined: 16 April 2004
Location: United States
Posts: 4866
Posted: 20 August 2022 at 10:47pm | IP Logged | 1 post reply

Two nice Pérez commissions featuring the Hulk...




-C!
Back to Top profile | search | www
 
Mike Devlin
Byrne Robotics Member
Avatar

Joined: 16 May 2010
Location: Australia
Posts: 261
Posted: 21 August 2022 at 3:06pm | IP Logged | 2 post reply

Very nice, Charles!
Back to Top profile | search
 
Mike Devlin
Byrne Robotics Member
Avatar

Joined: 16 May 2010
Location: Australia
Posts: 261
Posted: 21 August 2022 at 3:14pm | IP Logged | 3 post reply

On the "versus" theme, here's Superman Vs Spider-Man, a commission George drew for me in 2019!
Back to Top profile | search
 
John Byrne
Avatar
Grumpy Old Guy

Joined: 11 May 2005
Posts: 133696
Posted: 21 August 2022 at 3:43pm | IP Logged | 4 post reply

Looking at those pieces serves as a reminder that George, thru-out his career, employed a very "dead" line, hardly any variation from start to finish of the stroke.

In my first meeting with Neal Adams, back in '71, he impressed upon me how important such variation was in giving weight and volume to figures, yet George was able to accomplish so much of that by having lines of different thicknesses NEXT to each other, without the line changing thickness along its length.

It was one of the elements that made his work so distinctive. And made me wonder what my own work would have looked like had I not had that conversation with Neal.

Back to Top profile | search
 
Brian Floyd
Byrne Robotics Member
Avatar

Joined: 07 July 2006
Location: United States
Posts: 8676
Posted: 21 August 2022 at 6:27pm | IP Logged | 5 post reply

Whenever I've been asked who my favorite comic book artist is, I've always said "Its a tie between John Byrne and George Perez". So you can imagine how giddy I was when ACTION COMICS #600 was announced.

I do have a Power Girl print signed by George, but sadly no original artwork.


Back to Top profile | search e-mail
 
Charles Valderrama
Byrne Robotics Member
Avatar

Joined: 16 April 2004
Location: United States
Posts: 4866
Posted: 08 September 2022 at 1:38pm | IP Logged | 6 post reply

Was recently flipping thru this...a great companion to CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS, History of the DC Universe, based on the consequences of that epic miniseries, featuring beautiful illustrations by Pérez...




-C!
Back to Top profile | search | www
 
John Byrne
Avatar
Grumpy Old Guy

Joined: 11 May 2005
Posts: 133696
Posted: 08 September 2022 at 2:36pm | IP Logged | 7 post reply

HISTORY OF THE DC UNIVERSE is where CRISIS started. At dinner at a convention in Atlanta, Dick Giordano offered me the job—to take all the jumbled pieces of DC’s “history” and shuffle (and pound) them into some kind of cohesive unit, the last issue blowing it all up so the whole thing could start over with new first issues over the next several months.

Frank Miller was also there, and he strongly advised me against taking on such a project. “The fans will crucify you!”

I said there was no chance of me accepting this assignment, as I had nothing like the extensive knowledge of DC lore that would be necessary.

So conversation moved on, and HISTORY evolved into CRISIS. George took on the art chores and, frankly, did a much better job than I would have.

Back to Top profile | search
 
Paul Wills
Byrne Robotics Member
Avatar

Joined: 18 August 2018
Location: United States
Posts: 907
Posted: 08 September 2022 at 3:16pm | IP Logged | 8 post reply

It seems in the old days, there was much more creative input from the top stars in comics when it came to major events. I'm sure that isn't the case anymore
Back to Top profile | search | www e-mail
 
John Byrne
Avatar
Grumpy Old Guy

Joined: 11 May 2005
Posts: 133696
Posted: 08 September 2022 at 3:42pm | IP Logged | 9 post reply

That’s probably a subject for a different thread.
Back to Top profile | search
 
Paul Wills
Byrne Robotics Member
Avatar

Joined: 18 August 2018
Location: United States
Posts: 907
Posted: 08 September 2022 at 4:22pm | IP Logged | 10 post reply

you're right (:
To swing it back again - George Perez built such an incredible body of work, his legacy will remain ongoing. My first exposure to his work was when I asked my older brother - who was coming home from his Air Force basic training break - to bring me a comic book. He came back with Justice League #197. I was hooked! Man what a knock-out cover!
Back to Top profile | search | www e-mail
 
Eric Smearman
Byrne Robotics Member
Avatar

Joined: 02 September 2006
Location: United States
Posts: 5844
Posted: 08 September 2022 at 6:38pm | IP Logged | 11 post reply

LOVE that cover!
Back to Top profile | search e-mail
 
Phil Frances
Byrne Robotics Member
Avatar

Joined: 08 August 2009
Location: United Kingdom
Posts: 348
Posted: 09 September 2022 at 5:23pm | IP Logged | 12 post reply

One of my favourite issues of the original JLA series ; by chance, I picked up the sole copy of #195 in a newsagents some distance away from home, and - drawn in by the brilliant artwork - kept revisiting the store over the following weeks to seek out both #196 and eventually #197 ...

Bearing in mind this was a time when such UK stores received just one copy of each issue (and occasionally none of some titles, meaning there was no guarantee of finding any specific number), I was fairly lucky that my persistence paid off.

They're still treasured today - probably about the best 60 pence I ever spent !
Back to Top profile | search e-mail
 

<< Prev Page of 22 Next >>
  Post ReplyPost New Topic
Printable version Printable version

Forum Jump
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot create polls in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum

 Active Topics | Member List | Search | Help | Register | Login