From Vu
GEORGE PEREZ - STORYTELLER: THE FIRST 30 YEARS HC
(2007)
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#4 BEST SELLER
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I was surprised to find that Storyteller is #4 on today's "Best Sellers" list from dynamicforces.com, especially since Bret confirmed that they are not at print yet.In the meantime, I suggest those that's already pre-paid for the book to ask for their money back if you haven't already. I have personally had problems with certain vaporware books that I will not buy until I actually see it in print. The best solution is to wait until this website announced when it is available to buy.
Looking around DF's website, I stumbled upon this
excerpt from the book:
CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS #5 (Aug 1985)
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"No one else could have done what George did," Wolfman exclaims. "His basic storytelling was so superior to anyone’s at the time... no one else could have come close to doing what he did."
Since there were relatively few places within the issues for Perez to, as Wolfman says, "do what George does best, which is draw big pictures of incredible stuff," the artist brought his "wow-able" abilities to bear on Crisis’ covers.
Based on a request from Perez’s wife, who felt her husband was pushing himself too hard on the series, Wolfman suggested his artist draw a simple cover for Crisis’ fifth issue, an uncomplicated image featuring only three faces and two merging Earths.
The cover Perez submitted did contain two merging Earths—along with 96 faces. Once the artist got started, he simply couldn’t stop drawing; if he saw sufficient open space, he added another character’s head. He was having too much fun to stop.
From www.newsarama.com
CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS #5
(Aug 1985)
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Geoff Johns D-I-Y [Do It Yourself] Q&A: Part Two, Page 2
10-11-2005 05:28 PM
Q: Crisis #5 is almost solely responsible for hooking me on comic books at the age of 10. While I love the series I see some things I'd change with my now grown up 20-20 hindsight.
GJ: Marv and George deserve all the accolades they get.
Q: Will Infinite Crisis involve DC icons that don't have super cosmic abilities (i.e. Batman, Aquaman, Hawkman) more than their limited involvement in the original Crisis?
GJ: It’s funny, Phil and I were talking about how little Batman is in the first Crisis. Wonder Woman is barely in it too. So, yes, there will be a lot more focus on some of the less comic ability characters. Batman’s all over this.
| November 4, 2003 | CBG's Retroview: Crisis |
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From COMICS BUYER'S GUIDE #1565 (14 Dec 2003)
COMICS BUYER'S GUIDE #1565 (14 Dec 2003)
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RETROVIEW: CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS
written by Jim Johnson
published in COMICS BUYER'S GUIDE #1565 (14 Dec 2003)
website: www.comicsbuyersguide.com
DC editors bestowed four-color godhood upon Marv Wolfman, when they OK'd his proposal to revamp the company's incomprehensible 50-year history in the early 1980s. and, like an angry deity come judgment day, Wolfman waved his hand and wiped countless redundant universes from existence, making the DC universe a more accessible place for new readers.
Of course, fandom would have settled for no one other than George Pérez to illustrate such an epic, and Pérez superceded all expectations by turning in one of the finest efforts of his career.
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CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS #1 (Apr 85)
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Wolfman wastes no time getting started, beginning the culling of the multiverse on the second page. With the ironically heroic demise of Earth-3's Crime Syndicate immediately thereafter, Wolfman also kicks off the first of many emotionally intense and beautifully constructed death sequences.
It's a bit unfortunate that the remainder of the issue is little more than exposition for the rest of the series, but riding along while various heroes and villains from different Earths and eras are brought together is, nonetheless, a fanboy's delight.
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CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS #2 (May 85)
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It's another fairly slow issue, action-wise. But that's barely noticed amid the excitement generated from the intermingling of such characters from different Earths and time periods as Kamandi and Earth-2's Superman, for example.
Amazingly, among the dozen of characters utilized (so far), Wolfman still manages to squeeze in panel time for individual characters, like The Flash and Psycho Pirate, who eventually play important roles. And, as if that weren't enough, he jams a few intriguing plot developments into an already-packed issue. Astonishing.
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CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS #3 (Jun 85)
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It would be easy to criticize the fact that all Wolfman does here is fill another issue with unlikely, ragtag alliances plopped into random time periods.
Except it's just too doggone cool not to like, and this is what we all paid 75¢ to see, after all.
This is fun, plain and simple. But it's obviously none are having as much fun as Wolfman and Pérez themselves, who are making the most of the limited playtime allotted to them In comicdom's biggest sandbox.
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