JLA/AVENGERS PUSHED TO 2003
By George Nelson
Transcribed by Vu

When is the long-awaited crossover between The Avengers and The Justice League of America?

"At home right now," quipped artist George Pérez, who added that he has penciled 85 of JLA/Avengers' 150 total pages counting covers, and had inked 33 pages as of his appearance at the Pittsburgh Comicon in late April.

"I'm now going at a rate of about a page a day, and I hope to have all the penciling done by September so that, by the time I'm working at CrossGen, all that's left is the inking for the rest of the book," he said.

Even so, Pérez said he does not expect the first installment of the four-issue mini-series to be released for a year.

"What is ironic is that my first issue of my monthly CrossGen title may actually come out first, though I won't be starting it until October, just because we want to make sure I am well into the inking stages of the fourth issue before we schedule it," he said, "so the book will come out monthly." Pérez is on a leave of absence from CrossGen to work on the project.

Two individuals who have seen the pages said they are confident fans will approve of the final product, which is being written by Avengers writer Kurt Busiek.

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