HISTORY OF THE DC UNIVERSE (Trade Paperback)
(20 Feb 2002)
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Cliff Vaughn
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Rubin has already come to share Hirschfield’s assessment of Ruiz.
Rubin described the 37-year-old artist as “a straight-shooting, thoughtful, talented professional with tremendous illustrating skills.”
Once on board, Ruiz approached Wolfman to do the writing. The two had never met, but Wolfman’s work certainly stood out. In fact, Wolfman had teamed with artist George Perez to produce History of the DC Universe back in the 1980s. That “visual history,” as Wolfman called it, especially got the attention of Ruiz and the CFJE.
They pitched the project to Wolfman, which turned out to be an easy sell.
“I loved the idea and said yes,” Wolfman said.