George Perez - Senior Artist

George is a true gentleman of the comic book industry. He comes to work exclusively for CrossGen after years of being a freelancer, but will continue to work from his home in nearby Orlando, Florida because of his diabetes. George first started in comics in 1973 as an assistant to Rich Buckler, working on a back-up story in Astonishing Tales #25. His first solo assignments came a year later when he penciled the story "Sons of the Tiger" from the black and white magazine Deadly Hands of Kung-Fu, and "Man-Wolf" from Creatures on the Loose. Within a year of those stories, he was offered regular assignments on Fantastic Four, The Inhumans, and the Avengers. George has worked steadily since that time. It was his work on these large-scale team books that garnered him the reputation as the artist that liked to draw group books. During his historic career, George has worked for every major publisher, as well as some minor ones. He is best known for his work on The New Teen Titans, a series that helped turn DC Comics around in the early 80s and was also the first mainstream title to offer a royalties program to its creators. He is also well known for his runs on Wonder Woman, the current Avengers series, and for the maxi-series to end all maxi-series, Crisis on Infinite Earths. George has been married for 20 years to his lovely wife, Carol Flynn. George is a self-taught artist whose career now comes full circle. As a young rookie penciler, George learned from the masters working in the Marvel bullpen. As he'd bring in his pages, they'd all look them over and give him tips on how he could improve. Now, as he makes his regularly scheduled visits to CrossGen, he will be the one giving CrossGen's younger talent tips on how to improve. He'll also get a chance to continue to learn from the other veterans working here. As George has said himself, "You're never too old to learn." Look for George's work on the title CrossGen Chronicles.

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