March 24, 2004 | Heritage Auction (Mar 2004)

From Vu

There's nothing of interest in the latest Heritage Auction, except for the description to the Warner Brothers Print:

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1454: Alex Ross and George Perez - Crisis On
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Starts at: US $100.00
Auction Date: Apr-02-04 15:00:00 PST

Alex Ross and George Perez - "Crisis On Infinite Earths" Limited Edition Print, #184/350 (Warner Brothers, 2000). Originally sold in the Warner Brothers retail stores, this mind-boggling image, drawn from the mid-'80s reboot known as Crisis on Infinite Earths, was penciled by the legendary George Perez, and then painted by the estimable Alex Ross. A virtual "Where's Waldo?" of the DC universe, this features practically every superhero (and quite a few villains!) that engaged in the Crisis; a stunning achievement, especially when you realize that Perez and Ross have not sacrificed one ounce of clarity in the portraying literally hundreds of characters in one drawing. This extremely limited edition originally retailed for $575. The print measures 43" x 25", and is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity. The print has been signed by both Perez and Ross in the lower right corner.

MYTHOLOGY: THE DC COMICS ART OF ALEX ROSS (Nov 2003)

MYTHOLOGY: THE DC COMICS ART OF ALEX ROSS features a six-page section on Alex Ross's painting on George Pérez's CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS HC and CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS TPB, which was also printed in DC's largest poster to date: CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS POSTER (1999) and CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS LITHOGRAPH (1999).

Ross said he was 15 when he read CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS and thought it was everything that excited him in comic book. He also described what a pleasure it was for him to work with George Perez on the Crisis cover, despite the fact that it took him over 30 days to completely paint it.

The two pages that I thought was really cool is a character study of the two Supermen and a one-page close-up detail of Superman [I]'s face.

Cover scan from Amazon.com.

Check out Marv Wolfman.com. You can also take a look at his studio. There are a few Pérez-related things, like the original drawing of AMAZING HEROES #135 or that framedCRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS LITHOGRAPH by George Pérez and Alex Ross.

photography by Marv Wolfman

Those are all the characters that were made into toys (that's created by Marv). Note the cool Teen Titans Toys.

While you're there, read the messageboards, always something new and cool.

Stuart Moore's article A THOUSAND FLOWERS, part 9 - Death to the Comics Industry! mentioned Crisis and Marv Wolfman a few times.

I was over at the Warner Brothers Studios Store and they were selling this really nice Crisis on Infinite Earths Lithograph for $575.00. It's signed and numbered. I looked up the item on Ebay and they were going for $600.00.

CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS
Written by Marv Wolfman; art by George Peréz, Dick Giordano, Mike DeCarlo and Jerry Ordway; painted cover by Alex Ross over pencils by Peréz.

One of the more legendary maxi-series in comic-book history is now collected in a massive trade paperback.
368 pages $29.95, ships on Dec. 6.

CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS OVERSIZED POSTER -- NEW PRINTING
Painted by Alex Ross over pencils by George Pérez.

Reproduced from the stunning wraparound cover to the Crisis on Infinite Earths collections, featuring a key identifying all 562 characters. Painted by Alex Ross over pencils by original Crisis artist George Pérez, the 65" w x 28" h poster features a 1/2" solid black border "framing" the image, which otherwise appears without any additional graphic elements or logos. Also included is a free 2-sided 11" x 17" black-and-white key naming all the figures.
$24.95, ships on Dec. 6.

Crisis Oversized Poster | April 17, 1999
From Previews (April 99)

CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS OVERSIZED POSTER

Ths dust jacket to the CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS hardcover edition was one of the most mammoth undertakings ever attempted by artist Alex Ross (KINGDOM COME). Painted over a cover sketch by original CRISIS artist George Perez, the wraparound image featured some 562 characters in spectacular detail. Now the image is available in a larger, even sharper image on one of DC's largest-ever retail posters, a 65" x 28" (That's about 5.42 by 2.33 feet - that's taller than some people I know!) masterpiece that captures the minute details that were hard to see on the original dust jacket.

Advance-solicited this month (April) for July release, the CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS OVERSIZED POSTER includes a 1/2" solid black border "framing" the image, which otherwise appears without any additional graphic elements or logos and comes with a 2-sided 17" x 11" black-and-white key name all the meticulously painted figures on this amazine piece of artwork.

The CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS OVERSIZED POSTER is a 4-color poster, advance-solicited this month to arrive in comic-book stores July 7 with a pirce of $24.95 U.S. Note: This item is manufactured to order. Only limited quantiites may be available for reorder.