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written by Mike Cotton
This Month Featuring: GEORGE PEREZ
Artist of Marvel/DC's upcoming JLA/AVENGERS and CrossGen's Solus
WIZARD: George, you've had a historic run on Teen Titans and Avengers. Now you're tackling JLA/Avengers and Solus for CrossGen. How do you get it all done, yo?
PEREZ: Slowly… very slowly.
WIZARD: Besides doing awe-inspiring comics, you're also known for your Hawaiian shirts. So that begs the question, how much of your annual incoming goes to Hawaiian shirts?
[Laughs] I don't even want to think about it. But actually my wife, Carol Flynn, has been making them for me for a long time now.
Wearing Hawaiin shirts seems like it would get some attention. When's the last time you were in a fistfight?
Oh not since I was in grade school. This kid ripped my Thor comic and then he punched me. I think I ripped his jacket and then he punched me. Then I just ran home.
That's sad, brother. Did you ever get revenge like Batman would?
No.
Well, we know you weren't born to stalk the street of Gotham protecting the innocent. What else are you not born to do?
I hate drawing cars, especially moving cars.
Does that mean we won't see Cap and Superman driving around in Saab together in JLA/Avengers?
What?
Uh-huh, that's what I thought. So when was the last time you weren't think about JLA/Avengers?
Until you brought it up, at least five minutes.
Okay, which writers are you dying to work with and what projects do you want to tackle with them?
Alan Moore and Neil Gaiman spring to mind. And if I ever get to work with them, I'd let them pick the project - anything they want to do.
Here's the big question. Who plays George Perez in the George Perez CBS Movie of the Week?
Why am I on CBS?
Just go with it.
I used to say Burt Reynolds and I've heard Dom DeLuise maybe some kind of strange morph of those two?
Maybe CBS could call it "George Perez's Cannonball Run."
Maybe
Okay, check out these art legends: Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, Bob Kane, and George Perez.
Whoa, I've started to hear that "legend" tag more and more, and I'm not even 50 yet. I'm like, "Hey, slow down. I'm too young to be a legend!"
