The publication of The Pérez Archives is underway, with final printed versions to be delivered tomorrow evening, just in time to go to the San Diego ComicCon. As promised, here are the final details about this massive collection of artwork and information about the career of superstar artist George Pérez.

The Pérez Archives is:
150 black and white pages
4 color pages
2 color covers (front and back) with inside covers
Includes the most comprehensive and detailed checklist of all published work by Pérez.
Includes 191 black-and-white images and seven color images by Pérez (including unpublished work, sketches, character designs, and more).
Covers are a new wraparound image by Pérez.
Printed 8.5x11" on 60# paper, with heavy stock covers, clear plastic over-cover, and black vello-binding.

There is also a Deluxe version which features 34 extra pages of more rare, unpublished, and impressive published artwork, 64 images in all!

Neither the main nor the Deluxe editions will be numbered. Both versions are benefits for the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, with all proceeds going to the Fund!

How do you get a copy of The Pérez Archives? There are two ways. . .

•• #1 - Go to the San Diego ComicCon and buy it. The Archives will be on sale every day at the CBLDF booth, and George and I will both be signing there every single day, from 1-2 pm. There will be 200 copies of the main edition at $25, and 50 copies of the Deluxe version at $50.

•• #2 - Go to the CBLDF website at www.cbldf.org and order it. IMPORTANT: The Archives will ONLY be on sale to order until August 10th. All copies ordered online at the CBLDF website will be signed by both George and myself. Mail order copies will ship the week following August 10th. Both the main edition at $25, and the Deluxe version at $50 will be available online (with postage costs added). But only until August 10th!

If you do go to San Diego, please consider attending the "George Pérez: Creator Insight" presentation on Friday, where I will be interviewing George and he will take questions from fans.

George Perez's Con appearances include:
JLA/Avengers -- Saturday the 21st --10:30-11:30 am, Room 16A/B (460 people)
George Pérez: Creator Insight -- Friday the 20th -- 4-5:30 pm, Room 16B (230 people)
Signing at the CBLDF booth daily from 1-2 pm. Signing at the CrossGen booth daily.

Andy Mangels' Con appearances include:
Star Trek: The Writers -- Thursday the 19th --5-6:30 pm, Room 7B (230 people)
George Pérez: Creator Insight -- Friday the 20th -- 4-5:30 pm, Room 16B (230 people)
Wonder Woman Live: Media Rarities -- Friday the 20th -- 5:30-7 pm, Room 1 (440 people)
Gays In Comics: Year 14 -- Saturday the 21st --5-6:30 pm, Room 16A/B (460 people)
Gay Comic Fan Reception & Party -- Saturday the 21st --6:30-8 pm, Room 16A/B Signing at the CBLDF booth daily from 1-2 pm.

Thank you to all who contributed to this project with information or artwork (I tried to mention everyone by name on page 2's acknowledgements but may have missed a few. If so, please don't be offended - it was a lot of people to keep track of.).

I hope to meet many of you at the San Diego ComicCon, and I hope you'll enjoy The Pérez Archives book. It's been a lot of work putting it together, but I believe that any fan of one of comics' greatest artists will find plenty of cool artwork and information contained within its pages.

Best,
Andy Mangels
PO Box 3226
Portland, OR 97208-3226

P.S. For those of you who meant to send artwork for the project but didn't make it in time - and for everyone else - please understand that the Archives project is an ongoing project, and I will be doing future editions, as well as maintaining perhaps the largest collection of Pérez images for use with articles, profiles, and other material exploring George's long and wonderful career.

So, please, continue to send any art to me in either photocopy form at the above address, or 300 dpi full-size TIFF scans to this email address. Thanks!

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