I got my THE PEREZ ARCHIVES book in the mail today and noted that it was sent on September 4th, 2001; see Andy Mangels's comment.

This book is definitely worth having in your Pérez collection, but it's very expensive (although you should take into consideration that the money is going to charity) so I'm only recommending it for the hardcore fans. The book is printed on white (with two purple pages for the deluxe edition and four one-sided color pages) 8.5 by 11 inches and binded together with a plastic binding. The cover is on a heavier paper and in color, coloring by Marcus Mebes. Each copy of the THE PEREZ ARCHIVES comes autographed, which is an added bonus (although I would've rather have it sent here earlier than wait for the signatures).

One thing that kind of bugged me was that there's very few artwork that I personally haven't seen - which means that other massive fans probably won't be seeing too many new artwork. Still, it is kind of nice to have it in one book. Quality of the images varies from bad (I'm assuming these are from scanned images) to very sharp and detailed.

There is one particular printed artwork that looks absolutely wonderfuly on printed format, which is the commission piece by Michael Gowcharan, who was not thanked or even credited !! (see correction). This will be (one) of the cover used for THE GEORGE PEREZ NEWSLETTER #2, according to the caption.

Obviously, there's a lot of artwork, but the other feature that most people probably will ignore is the massive checklist! This lists everything from Andy Mangel's business card (please send me one!) to flyers to "cover design" credits! Very detail for the trainspotters.

There's two different version of this book, a regular edition and a deluxe edition. The only difference is that the deluxe version contains 34 additional pages and it costs twice as much. Is it worth it ? No, not really. With cost and everything weighted in, I think that it's far better to get the regular edition - which has an even smaller print run than the deluxe by 50 copies! For collectors, of course I would have to recommend the deluxe version, only because it has a few more pages.

If you missed out on owning this book, maybe you can still get one of the 200 copies of the regular edition by contacting Andy Mangels or CBLDF.

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