News Thu, 01 Mar 2007 21:59:51 CST Ilke

MEGACON 2007 FLASHBACK: DICK GIORDANO PANEL
02-28-2007, 08:16 AM
by Steve Ekstrom

MEGACON 2007 (16-18 Feb 2007)

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Legendary artist, George Perez said, “I can't think of a person I'm prouder to honor than Dick. Dick was one of the first artists who gave me my first criticism.” He went onto say, “Anyone who knows Dick knows that he was always encouraging new ideas and always wanted to help new talent. It was a great pleasure having Dick Giordano who inked some of my first work—including the New Teen Titans. I was really honored that the boss man had his hands on my work. We became friends during our entire time [at DC Comics]. Dick finally hung up his editorial hat and left DC Comics—for quite a while, there was a hole in DC's production, in DC's heart. They are starting to get back to that and now with Dan Didio I've gotten to know Dan and the biggest compliment I ever gave Dan Didio [...] is that I compared him to Dick Giordano. I am so happy to see bit of Dick's heart going back into a company that I've loved working with so much. You couldn't honor a nicer, gentler, more talented man than Dick Giordano. I'm very proud to have called this man a friend for a lot of years and Dick, you really deserve this.”