News Wed, 31 Jan 2007 18:54:30 CST Ilke

PHOENIX CACTUS COMICON: GEORGE PEREZ
TUESDAY, JANUARY 30, 2007

PHOENIX COMIC-CON 2007 (26-28 Jan 2007) BRAVE AND THE BOLD #1 (Feb 2007) GEORGE PEREZ (Jan 2007), photo from Comics Continuum

George Perez is tackling his first monthly title in three years with DC Comics' The Brave and The Bold, which launches next month.

"It took me a few pages to get back into the monthly grind, but I'm having a great, great time," Perez said last weekend at the Phoenix Cactus Comicon in Mesa, Ariz.

Perez reiterated that the title, written by Mark Waid, will not be a "Batman and..." book, although Batman and Green Lantern are featured in the first issue.

"I recently drew a cover that had Supergirl with a cycle chick outfit and on a spacecycle, dragging Lobo in tow," Perez said.

"I don't know about the plot of that issue because I do the covers in advance, but I love that Mark Waid is throwing me all these curveballs."

Perez said that a convention appearance in Pittsburgh in late April will be his last until 2009.