If Julie Schwartz is the Godfather, then George Perez is HeroesCon's favorite son! George is consistently ranked by Wizard magazine as one of the top comic artists in the industry and HeroesCon is proud to have him as a guest and the emcee of our charity art auction again this year. This will be the 19th annual Heroes Convention and George has been at all but two of them. This year marks a new beginning for Perez along with several other top comic creators. Kurt Busiek, Todd Dezago, Tom Grummett, Stuart Immonen, Karl Kesel, Barry Kitson, Mark Waid, Mike Wieringo and Perez launch their new creator-owned line of comics at Heroes Convention 2000. Gorilla Comics will offer posters, commissioned sketches, photos with glamorous models, a guy in an ape-suit, yet another T-shirt and tickets to the "official Gorilla Comics Launch Party" Saturday night. All net proceeds of the extravagant buffet and boogie will go to the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund. Admission is $10 and includes hearty hors d'oeuvres, celebrity Karaoke, and a chance to win a full color painted original by George Perez and Tom Smith!

Art will be produced live on stage throughout the three-day show with the auction of all pieces, as well as additional works donated by non-attending artists, to be held at 4:00 pm Sunday, June 18th. Legendary HeroesCon "family member" George Perez will again be the auctioneer, continuing a tradition started in 1987.