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We♥Comics!: Comic Conventions 2023

Planet Comicon Kansas City (March 17, 18,19) Read More Planet ComiCon Crowds in the thousands flocked to Bartle Hall in downtown Kansas City over the weekend to attend the three-day Planet Comicon Kansas City, the region’s largest and longest-running comic and pop …

As 2023 began, so did comic convention season, back in full effect, after the last several years of nothing, or scaled-back. At the end of January, the Angoulême International Comics Festival took place in France, the 2^nd biggest in Europe and third largest in the world, and stateside, Emerald City Comic Con in Seattle was very successful.

We’re sad that the long-running Spring and Fall Cons in Minnesota came to an end, but efforts are underway to resurrect them.

Some show schedules shifted as well, and the end of this month is the staring contest between MegaCon in Orlando and C2E2 in Chicago, both held on the same weekend. Two of the biggest shows in the country on the same weekend- unprecedented!

Here are a few of the major shows scheduled for 2023:

Planet Comicon Kansas City (March 17-19)

(tickets: Planet Comicon Kansas City 2023 :: GROWTix )

The Midwest’s first big show is this weekend’s gathering at Bartle Hall in downtown Kansas City. Celeb guests include William Shatner, Richard Dreyfuss, Cassandra “Elvira” Peterson, and Giancarlo Esposito, along with voice actors, authors, and wrestlers Kevin Nash and “Jungle Boy” Perry.

Comic creators attending include writers Garth Ennis, Roy Thomas and Chris Claremont, artists Patrick Gleason, Jim Steranko, Todd Nauck, TMNT’s Kevin Eastman, and many more. NASA astronaut Nicole Stott is among other special guests.

Megacon Orlando

Megacon Orlando (March 30-April 2)

(tickets: Buy Tickets | MEGACON Orlando (fanexpohq.com) )

Fan Expo runs this and many other shows around the country, including all the former WizardWorld conventions. Because Orlando is a large tourist destination, flights and lodging are plentiful, there’s plenty else to do and see, but this show is also very busy and large. We were there last year and were amazed at the size of the convention floor.

Celebs include Hayden Christensen, Rosario Dawson, James McAvoy, Chevy Chase, Christie Brinkley, John Cleese and Zachary Levi. Comic creator heavyweights include Frank Miller, Geoff Johns, Joe Quesada, Donny Cates, Frank Cho, Simone Bianchi, and Adam and Andy Kubert.

C2E2 Chicago

C2E2 Chicago (March 31-April 2)

(tickets: Ticket Information (c2e2.com)

Held in downtown Chicago at McCormick Place, this Reed Pop-run show immediately became a “must-go” on the convention scene and food, lodging, and entertainment, are all close by (though the trains still don’t run direct to the venue). We last hit the show several years ago and are overdue for another weekend in the Windy City.

Guests of honor are actors Chris Evans and Tenoch Huerta aka Namor.. Creators scheduled to attend include Arthur Adams, Gene Ha, Joe Staton, Kevin McGuire, Scott Snyder, Sean Murphy, Tony Daniel, and Kyle Higgins.

HeroesCon Charlotte

Heroes Con Charlotte (June 16-18)

(tickets: HEROESCON 2023 :: TICKETS | Eventbrite )

Founded in 1982, this large but small show remains one of the most comic-centric and fan-friendly shows in the country. Usually held over Fathers Day weekend, we loved being there over a decade ago, and can’t wait to return.

Celeb guests: none! This is a real old-school comic convention!

Creators attending include Alan Davis, Mike Grell, Ron Frenz, Lee Weeks, Bill Sienkiewicz, Michael Cho,Matt Kindt, Michael Golden, Rick Leonardi, and numerous others.

Comic Con International San Diego)

Comic Con International: San Diego (July 20-23)

(tickets: Badge Info | Comic-Con International: San Diego )

This is the show that defined the culture and brought the phrase “comic con” into general conversation. The country’s best-known entertainment and pop culture experience, hotels and tickets...err, badges are sold a year in advance through a very specific process, and of course, all is already sold out. World premiere screenings, A-list surprise appearances, and large-scale studio booths are just some of what’s in store.

Initial creator appearances have been announced (including Jim Lee, Jamie and Gilbert Hernandez, Frank Miller, Jock, and Dan Slott) with no schedule highlights yet announced, but anyone who is anyone, will likely be appearing.

Comiket Tokyo)

Comiket (mid-August / December)

(tickets: コミックマーケット100チケット販売について (comiket.co.jp)

Held at Big Sight in South Tokyo both in mid-August and again in December, The Comic Market (Comiket) is the largest comic-related gathering in the world.

Comiket primarily focuses on acting as a communal exchange place for self-published books, known as dojinshi. Japanese dictionaries define dojinshi as self-published material aimed toward like-minded individuals and they also invite any publication (books, music, films, software, etc.) published by individuals not available through standard commercial outlets.

Baltimore Comic Con)

Baltimore Comic Con (September 8-10)

(tickets: Baltimore Comic Con :: GrowTix )

Self-described as “America’s greatest comic book convention”, this like Heroes Con, is a true comic convention that focuses on the hobby, and is a perennial favorite among creators. The venue is in downtown Baltimore (close to the Ravens Stadium) with good infrastructure and plenty of amenities very near the venue.

Celeb /wrestling guests: none! Creators announced so far include Brian Bendis, Howard Chaykin, Frank Cho, Greg Hildebrandt, Al Milgrom, Louise and Walt Simonson, Steve Rude, and Mark Waid.

New York Comic Con)

New York Comic Con (October 12-15)

(tickets: Ticket Pricing and Info (newyorkcomiccon.com))

On paper, this is actually the biggest, most-attended show in the country (some say San Diego under reports their numbers to avoid fire marshall troubles). It takes over the huge Javits Center on Manhattan’s lower West Side and is another well-run Reed Pop show that often features many older classic comic creators as well as newer ones, and entertainment guests.

Guest lists have yet to be revealed but expect plenty of A-List names in all categories.

Lucca Comics and Games – Lucca, IT (November 1-5)

(tickets: Lucca Comics & Games - Molto più di un festival (luccacomicsandgames.com))

Europe’s biggest and the second largest in the world, last year’s show featured special guest Tim Burton and sold a record 320,000 tickets. This year’s show will be it’s 58^th annual, and will, as usual, present their highly regarded international awards of distinction (Yellow Kid Award, Gran Guinigi, etc).

Ticket prices are reasonable and creators appearing represent a wide selection of international artists as well as a few more familiar names, with the show’s gaming portion as or more popular, than the comic side. 

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Remembering comic book creators who died in 2022

Read More George Perez As you know, we’re big George Perez fans, so it’s with a sad note that I pass along George’s statement about his retirement. After this 2019 convention…

It’s been a tough year for comic book fans. We lost two of the world’s greatest artist within weeks of each other in 2022: Neal Adams and George Perez. The two artists were a generation apart, in fact, it was Neal Adams who gave George Perez his first criticism (and it was harsh!). Instead of taking it the wrong way, Perez worked harder and learned to draw better.

George recalls from the pages of Comics Interview #50:

The first criticism I can remember, that nearly devastated me, was from Neal Adams. ‘Cause Neal is blunt up front, very intimidating. A real pussycat deep down, he is a man that because of his reputation – and particularly at the time – is a little hard to know, but he really does want people to succeed. After I became pro, and I met Neal at a convention, there was no man I’ve ever met who was as happy to see me succeed as Neal was. Neal remembered me, remembered the criticism… But Neal remembered my work and was really happy that I succeeded. I took a lot of the stuff he told me – as a child, which I was – I took a lot of criticism harshly, and didn’t know what to do with it. A lot of technical terms he used, I didn’t know what the hell he meant. (Laughter). But a lot of the stuff, in hindsight, I utilized later, sometimes subconsciously. And Neal was the very first harsh professional criticism I ever received, and I was devastated.

Some of other famous artists who died in 2022 were Tim Sale, famous for his unique style on Batman: The Long Halloween, Carlos Pacheco, famous for Avengers Forever.

I’m also sadden to see the deaths of Kevin O'Neill and Garry Leach, both British artists who worked with the great Alan Moore for The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and Miracleman, respectively.

For the full list, head over to Comic Book Creators Who Died in 2022.

George Pérez and Carlos Pacheco Photo via @Deafhatter

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Fantasy TV (Sep 2022)

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Read More The Sandman The next big title to be given the Netflix treatment will be Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman… it’s currently in development. Everyone is excited about the adaption, and hopefully it will bring the story to a bigger audience. … Constantine The new episode of Constantine is probably the best show so far! The best ones are the ones that is based on the comic book, and this new episode, the whole setup is quite similar to Mike Carey's Hellblazer: All His Engines. .…

The Sandman
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It breaks my heart, but I don’t love the Netflix adaption of The Sandman.

I realized that the television show wasn’t meant for me, but for a wider audience that is not all that familiar with the original comic books. You see, I own all the original comics, starting with #1 when it first launched in 1989, when Vertigo Comics was in its infancy. I own all the spinoffs titles (including Death: The High Cost of Living, and various Specials). I am a superfan, when it comes to the Sandman.

So, that’s the problem. I’m just too close to the source material, it is hard for me to accept the new changes… especially, when I think it brought absolutely nothing to the story.

They followed most of the story correctly, making some minor changes to give the Corinthian a bigger role, and overall, the story still follows the books.

What I had a problem with is all the gender and race swaps. I know, I know, most people aren’t bothered by this… but when you are used to a character to look a certain way, you just expect them to look the same on screen.

The biggest changes were Death is played by Kirby Howell-Baptiste, a black actress, and John Constantine is played by Jenna Coleman, a woman, Rose Walker is played by Kyo Ra, a black actress, and Lucien, an old male elf librarian is played by Vivienne Acheampong, a black woman.

I know a lot of people argued that it doesn’t matter, but to me, it just didn’t feel like the Sandman from the comic books. I just wondered why they made these changes? For example, if they changed Cyborg, a black character, into a white character, wouldn’t it upset you? Another example, when they decided to make Snake Eyes from G.I. Joe to Asian, I wasn’t happy about that either. I would be upset if they changed Storm Shadow, who is Asian, to another race or gender. Another example, I was really upset that they wouldn’t show Constantine smoking in the Constantine television show... and yes, I was upset that Constantine was not blonde and English in the Keanu Reeves movie. To me, I just don’t like it when they make changes to the characters.

What The Sandman got right, such as The Corinthian, or Desire (maybe they could have gotten both a male and female to play the part!), or all the serial killers… they got it right! I’ve no complaints if they get things right.... Cain and Abel, they look like they’re from the bible. Even Fiddler’s Green looked the part, complete with his costume and glasses. When the show gets a character right, I’m going to praise it.

I guess, when it comes down to it, for someone not familiar with The Sandman, you are going to have a good time. You’re going to love the story of the Sandman, which combines the first two Sandman arcs, Preludes and Nocturnes and The Doll’s House, into 10 episodes. I think the story still holds up.

Also, don’t miss the bonus episode, a two-parter Dream of a Thousand Cats and Calliope, which are both excellent adaptions. No complaints here, the cats looks like cats, the muse looks like a muse.

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House of the Dragon
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With bitterness of the last two seasons of Game of Thrones still fresh in my mind, I wasn’t looking forward to the prequel House of the Dragons… or as the kids are calling it, “Hot D”. Going into House of the Dragons, I realized how much I love the original Game of Thrones (Seasons 1 to 5). That’s because the story and writing is strong, as it’s based on George R.R. Martin’s Blood and Fire book.

The good news is that the book has a definitive ending, so if they are adapting this book, they won’t run out of material, unlike Game of Thrones, where the showrunners were just making it up as they go along (and it shows how poorly they understood the characters).

In many ways, House of the Dragons is making me fall back in love with the Westeros world. Since the story takes place over 150 years before Game of Thrones, there are no familiar characters.

We are introduced to the ruling House Targaryen. The king Viserys Targaryen is facing a problem of not having an heir to his kingdom. He chose to named his daughter, Rhaenyra, as sole heir to spurn his brother, Daemon. This sets up conflict within the Targaryen family.

I think the best part of the show is Matt Smith, who is straight up an evil man. To call him evil might be wrong, he’s more like a big jerk. Smith does such a wonderful job in portraying Daemon, that every time he’s on screen, he dominate. All the other characters are boring compared to Daemon.

I’m only three episodes in, and knowing that HBO has already green-lit a second season, I have a good feeling about this series. I haven’t read the book, so I’m very much looking forward to how the story unfolds, and who will live and who will die, playing the Game of Thrones?

PS, I don’t like how House of the Dragons re-used the theme song to Game of Thrones. I wish it was a different theme song, so that it stands on its own, rather than being related to GoT.

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Rings of Power
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Yes, I do have Amazon Prime, and no, I haven’t wanted to watch The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power show from Amazon. The show is based on the The Lord of the Rings and its appendices by J. R. R. Tolkien.

One of the main reasons I am avoiding this show is that the diehard fans are ridiculing the show for its terrible writing and that the show is changing race and gender from the books. As someone who was not happy that they gender or race-swapped characters on The Sandman, I fully understand why these fans are upset that the Rings of Power show is getting their characters wrong.

I don’t know the whole story, but I think part of the problem is that Amazon only has rights to some books, so they can’t touch anything that appears in the Peter Jackson movies. They might have to make up characters or introduce a new race that was not mentioned in the books. For example, since the Hobbits didn’t exist in the time that Rings of Power takes place, the showrunners used a race called the Harfoots.

I haven’t read the books, so those kind of things probably wouldn’t bother me, but seeing as so many fans hate all the changes to the books, I am avoiding the fantasy series for now.

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State of Play: Super Powers Collection

Read More Toys I know it’s 2020, but if you’ve gone to the toy aisle, it certainly looks like the 80s: Masters of the Universe, G.I. Joe, Ghost Busters, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Like Hollywood, the toy …

As a long time comic book fan and action figure collector, I was very excited to see that Todd McFarlane is producing modern Super Powers toys.

For those who aren’t aware, the original Kenner’s release of Super Powers Collection in 1984 is the stuff of legends. It was the first time that DC Comics had figures of their favorite characters. I started reading comics in 1985 and didn’t really started collecting toys until many years later (toys are expensive to a kid!) … so I had missed out on the original Kenner collection.

The good news is that these new McFarlane toys are in the same scale as the original Kenner figures… meaning that you can use your existing toys with the new vehicles and vice-versa.

Depending on your view, McFarlane kept everything the same, including the limited articulation, but not including “power punch” and “karate chop” gimmicks. The good news is that the figures are only $10 each. The bad news is that they’re exclusive to Walmart… meaning if you don’t live near a Wally or hate the giant retailer, it’s going to suck for you.

Don’t lose hope, perhaps it’s only a timed-exclusive. Remember Masters of the Universe: Origins? For the first year, it was a Walmart exclusive. By 2021, Mattel sold it to all stores that wanted to stock them.

photo: Lorand C

Anyway, so far, with the new Super Powers Collection, we only got Superman, Batman, Darkseid, and two vehicles, Batwing and Supermobile. I bought them all, except, of course, I can’t find the Batwing anywhere. I’ll continue to hunt for it… but, so far, I’m very happy with what I’ve got.

Update: Apparently Green Lantern (John Stewart) is the fourth figure in the new Super Powers Collection toy line. This photo to the left was taken at a Walmart in Gainesville, Florida. Hopefully, I can find the figure soon.

Super Powers (2022)

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MegaCon Orlando 2022 recap (part one)

Read More MegaCon It was with heavy heart but great admiration to be present for the George Pérez memorial service hosted at MegaCon Orlando inside the sprawling Orange County Convention Center. …

Though it only may be the unofficial start of Summer, it is definitely the official start of comic convention season and we packed up our Avengers Quinjet to fly down to Orlando, FL for the Southeast’s largest show, MegaCon Orlando 2022.

Comic book shows have been held in Central Florida since the 70s, and this particular show began in 1993, with now-defunct publisher CrossGen purchasing it in 1999, and its current UK owner, Informa, taking charge in 2015 under its Fan Expo banner.  Fan Expo more recently also assumed all of the former Wizard World conventions, to host numerous cons in major US/Canadian cities. 

Because of the global pandemic, this four-day show was its true return to form, and with anticipation very high, attendance over the Thursday-Sunday event completely exceeded previous attendance records, as 140,000+ went to the gigantic Orange County Convention Center, resulting in very busy aisles, local traffic congestion and full parking lots, and elbow-to-elbow crowds on its busiest day, Saturday. 

All variations of pop culture were represented, from comics to sci-fi, horror to anime, fantasy to traditional and online gaming, and so much more.  Being located close to the Space Coast, NASA even had a display and hosted several science panels. 

Cosplayers were predictably everywhere, though instead of one large competition to showcase costumes, there was a daily afternoon Cosplay Runway for those to show off their elaborate designs. 

Celebrity guests over the weekend included the casts of Cobra Kai, Clerks, the Hobbit films, numerous voice actors and wrestlers, Lorraine Bracco, LeVar Burton, Gina Carano, Giancarlo Esposito, Brendan Fraser, Nathan Fillion, Caity Lotz, Jes Macallan, James Marsters, and Brent Spiner. 

Comic book creators included several marquee names as well as more recent artists, many traveling in from Italy, Spain, Germany, UK, South Korea, and Singapore and included: Alvaro Martinez Bueno, Greg Capullo, Donny Cates, Tony Daniel, Werther Dell'Edera, Tom King, Adam Kubert, Stanley Artgerm Lau, Inhyuk Lee, Tula Lotay, Marco Mastrazzo, Francesco Mattina, Frank Miller, Ryan Stegman, Mico Suayan, Ivan Tao, James Tynion IV, Ram V, and Zeb Wells, among many others. 

Many of the highest profile events were monetized and involved additional admission, though it was fairly easy to see celebrities in separate panels rather than together (i.e. all four Hobbit stars had their own panels, but their group discussion was at a paid premium).

Artist creator panels often doubled as a fan Q+A along with a friendly sketch duel, involving two or more talents, and there were tribute remembrance panels for recently lost major comic artists, Neal Adams and George Pérez, for fans to share their feelings and stories. 

How-to panels were hosted for those interested in creation of their own costumes, models, games, or tournaments, meetups and speeding dating, and official afterparties were also part of the busy schedule. 

We’ll get into a little more detail in a follow-up column, but it looked to be an overall huge success and the show has already confirmed its next dates- MegaCon Orlando 2023 will occur March 30-April 2.

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Unknown Comics booth

Human Claw Machine

sketch duel Bill Morrison v Alex Saviuk

Sketch duel Ryan Stegman v Ryan Ottley

Thing v. Hulk display

Masters of the Universe

1960s Batmobile

Cosplay

Cosplay: My Hero Academia balloons

Cosplay: Ghostbusters

Cosplay: Rocky Horror Picture Show

Cosplay: Warhammer

Friday Crowd at MegaCon Orlando 2022

Marco Mastrazzo, Marco Turini

Jim Shooter

Bueno Dell' Edera Tynion comic panel

Lorraine Bracco

Clerks cast

Ralph Macchio and the Cobra Kai cast at MegaCon Orlando 2022

 

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Planet Comicon Kansas City 2022 - recap (The Panels)

Planet Comicon: Brandon Routh Read More Planet Comicon Crowds in the thousands flocked to Bartle Hall in downtown Kansas City over the weekend to attend the three-day Planet Comicon Kansas City, the region’s largest and longest-running comic and pop …

We’re back with our follow-up coverage of Planet Comicon Kansas City 2022, the Midwest’s largest and longest-running comic and pop culture event, held downtown at Bartle Hall, and this is a re-cap of some of the most interesting Panels held during the three-day event. 

Panels are among the best chances to hear what your favorite celebrity has on their mind, listen to behind-the-scenes humorous stories, potentially have a chance to ask your own question, and occasionally get to see or hear something completely unexpected. 

Bret Iwan / Ashley Eckstein – Voice Your Dreams

Both voice artists are hugely popular to Disney fans – Iwan is the current voice of Mickey Mouse, while Eckstein is best known for Star Wars character Ahsoka Tano and both had early dreams of being involved with Disney.  Iwan initially wanted to be an artist while Eckstein envisioned herself voicing one of the many Disney princesses. Fans’ questions were answered, and the hour-long panel had a true sense of positivity and encouraging following your passion.

Phil LaMarr

Phil LaMarr / Maria Canals-Barrera, Susan Eisenberg – Voicing the League

A couple of late cancellations meant we didn’t get to hear from the voices of Batman and Superman, but the remaining voice actors kept the fans very entertained.  All gave highest praise to voice  casting director Andrea Romano for her help in making so many DC animated series, the successes that they are. 

When asked about their most underrated job, Eisenberg mentioned voicing Viper in the animated Jackie Chan Adventures, LaMarr pointed to his four-season stint on The Weekenders which aired in the early 2000s, and Canals-Barrera brought up her role in the 2002 Dana Carvey film, The Master of Disguise. 

All mentioned that voices are recorded together as much as possible and were star-struck when actors like Mark Hamill and Ed Asner would come in for guest spots and LaMarr admitted being nervously in awe when he saw actor Dennis (24, Major League) Haysbert auditioning for the voice of Green Lantern, right before his turn. 

James Tynion IV – Comics Spotlight

One of comics’ hottest writers held court to talk about his breakthrough Batman run, and more rewarding creator-owned properties- Something Is Killing the Children, Department of Truth, Wynd, and Nice House on the Lake. 

Tynion said he was always very curious and would read a lot, meeting and studying under Scott Snyder while in college for creative writing.  He prefers creator-owned work as far as the most creatively satisfying, saying the near-autonomy allows his stories to unfold at the pace he wants and is the best incubator for unique ideas.  He admits to being very influenced by DC’s Vertigo line of books, especially with Department of Truth (TV optioned) which he purposely wanted a look similar to Vertigo artists Dave McKean and Bill Sienkiewicz. 

Brandon Routh / Maisie Richardson-Sellers, Courtney Ford / Jes Macallan – Legends of Tomorrow

Unfortunately, shortly after the Con weekend, the CW decided to cancel Legends of Tomorrow, but there was plenty of support in the Grand Ballroom to continue with the show. 

Batwoman stars Rachel Skarsten and Nicole Kang even snuck into the question line, to lobby for an episode crossover between the two series (unfortunately, Batwoman was also canceled as well). 

Routh enjoyed being on Chuck as Daniel Shaw, eventually embracing playing a bad guy even though it was against his true nature, and Macallan and Richardson-Sellers told stories about the LoT episodes they were able to direct. 

John Romita, Jr.

John Romita, Jr.- Comics Spotlight

The legendary artist recently returned to Marvel to re-launch (yet again) a new Spider-Man #1 and when asked about how he’d like to work with, he admitted to working with almost everyone, but wants to re-work with many (like writer Dan Slott who he likes being taller than).

Writers Romita feels the best communication with, are Frank Miller and Neil Gaiman, and he’s proud of his co-creations over the years, including Hobgoblin, Typhoid Mary (influenced by his ex-wife’s look), and Blackheart (inspired by Joan Jett and band).  He believes in trusting filmmakers that adapt his works and actually tried to cameo in the Ben Affleck Daredevil movie, but was told he didn’t look “New York” enough (though has spent his life in NYC).

Jason David Frank – The Mighty Morphin Life

The famous Green Ranger and former MMA fighter was excited to update fans on his new movie, Legend of the White Dragon, due out next year and emphasized his continued connection to the fans that support him.  He mentioned he still sends a Make-A-Wish kid he met, a short daily video to brighten his day, and had the audience all say hello to him as well. 

Booker T– Legend of Wrestling

The legendary Hall of Famer started by talking about his love of golf, not wrestling, a sport he picked up later in life and thought he might have a second career at, but wrestling training did not help his game and he found the disciplines are very different.  He continues to regularly train and maintain a routine, as he knew that he didn’t want the ongoing injuries that plague so many wrestlers in later life.  While he was ok with getting hurt in the ring, any actual injuries would be very different. 

Adam Savage

Adam Savage- An Hour With

The Mythbusters star’s presentation was among the most popular of the entire weekend and he admitted he was thinking of returning to TV, even asking the crowd (jokingly) if he should don a costume on “The Masked Singer”. A recent work-for-hire job was designing and building a full spacesuit for a Boeing display at Cape Canaveral, and when a young boy asked how many things had he blown up, he mentioned it was over 2500 items, using more than eight tons of explosives. 

James Murray – Impractically Joking

The comedian and member of the Tenderloins troupe is best known as a member of the popular Impractical Jokers TV show.  He had the crowd laughing early, revealing the translations and alternate names of the show in other countries, and admitted he’d always wanted to be a comedian (or maybe a scientist) since he was young. 

When asked about his favorite hero and villain, he admitted to still loving the 70s Christopher Reeve/ Gene Hackman Superman films and ended by re-iterating he wasn’t on TV until he was thirty-five and after eleven years in the business, so it was ok to keep dreaming and working toward your goals. 

James Arnold Taylor – Talking to Myself

In lieu of Cassandra (Elvira) Peterson’s late cancellation, the versatile voice actor stepped into her time slot with a well-done audio-visual presentation about his beginnings and influences, which included spot-on impressions and stories along the way. 

Joey Fatone

Joey Fatone – From Boy Band to TV Star

The former NSYNC singer and current reality TV celebrity talked about all the fun he’s had over the years, from touring the world, to commercial endorsements, to his many TV and stage appearances, saying he’s fortunate enough to be in this position and is determined to enjoy the ride.

Fatone continues to perform with a boy band hybrid super group that combines members of Backstreet Boys, Boys II Men and NSYNC and he is also out with his Joey and Friends incarnation, which plays Epcot Center in August.

He especially remembered having fun playing the Superbowl halftime show, the 2016 boy-band zombie western film Dead 7 and is apprehensively looking forward to his punishment on a Season10 episode of Impractical Jokers.

Jason Aaron / Dennis Hopeless / Phil Hester / Skottie Young- Mainstream Comics to Indie

In this panel, four of the best known area comic creators reflected on their careers and gave attendees tips on breaking into the business.  All said to create your own properties and self-publish if you can, as anything good will attract attention, but to prepare to be your own one-man show of marketing, editing, promoting and more, and that networking is also important.

Most liked having a mix of working with company-owned and their own creator-owned properties and that most creators start by creating stories they want to see told in the marketplace themself, and still create in those ways that are most self-satisfying. 

Mark-Paul Gosselaar – Bayside and Beyond

The Saved by the Bell and NYPD Blue star entertained the audience with stories and recollections, though admitted his memory is poor, as evidenced by a crowd member recalling  a night in the 90s Gosselaar spent at KC’s Worlds of Fun amusement park, something he had no memory of. 

Gosselaar did have good memories of the Saved by the Bell precursor, Good Morning Miss Bliss and always considered Zack Morris as a TV version of Ferris Bueller.  He also recalled being fired from an early toy commercial, only to be replaced by Paul (Fast and The Furious) Walker and remarked that Slater and Jessie had much more on-screen chemistry, than his Zack and Tiffany Amber-Theissen’s Kelly Kapowski, which seemed more like siblings.

Gates McFadden / John de Lancie – Star Trek:TNG and Beyond

Most fans didn’t realize that The Next Generation pair had worked together prior, in bit parts for Arthur Hiller’s 1990 film, Taking Care of Business.  McFadden expressed her excitement for the upcoming expanded Trek docuseries The Center Seat for the History Channel and an upcoming appearance on the Picard series.  Her earlier work as a choreographer for the Henson Company had her showing David Bowie how to waltz for Labyrinth, and meeting Kermit onscreen for Muppets Take Manhattan.

de Lancie copped to not really watching the popular series, assuming the fans will take the work with their own interpretations, but was himself amused when guesting on a recent Star Trek-themed cruise (an idea he’s still not sure about) and finding every channel on the on-board TVs, had some kind of Star Trek show on. 

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Planet Comicon Kansas City was back in full form with large and generally happy crowds, and has already made plans to return less than a year from now, on March 17-19, 2023.

(note- no actual photos taken from the weekend are here, as the backpack with our photographer’s camera inside, was stolen in a car break-in, shortly after the show ended)

Planet Comicon - Star Trek The Next Generation stars

 

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Planet Comicon Kansas City 2022 - recap

Planet Comicon Kansas City (April 22-24) Read More Planet Comicon Kansas City Crowds in the thousands flocked to Bartle Hall in downtown Kansas City over the weekend to attend the three-day Planet Comicon Kansas City, the region’s largest and longest-running comic and pop …

Kansas City, all traveling to Bartle Hall to attend the three-day Planet Comicon Kansas City, the region’s largest and longest-running comic and pop culture event celebrating comic books, science fiction, superheroes and fantasy, and its creators. 

The show has been in existence since 1999, moving locations and growing exponentially along the way to become the Midwest’s premier comics and pop culture gathering.

 

The show itself is very well run – plenty of volunteers in bright green shirts to answer questions and direct you to locations, orderly celebrity and creator signings, and in-person panels in both larger rooms and small, that went off without a glitch. 

The dealer exhibit space covered over seven football fields worth of area featuring comics, pop culture collectibles, anime, nostalgia and memorabilia, along with gaming, entertainment, and retail spaces.

Beer was even served via Boulevard Brewing, free play pinball and video games were available, and workshop presentations were held for would-be creators. 

Crowds were brisk all weekend and many dealers were overheard saying it was their best sales show to date.  Panel rooms were especially filled for presentations from Mythbusters’ Adam Savage, actor Ralph Macchio, and voice actor Bryce Papenbrook.

Also unique to the convention and a first-of-its kind for any similar show, was the 1960 Liberty Bell 7 space capsule on display, on loan from its permanent home at the Kansas Cosmosphere.

Celebrity guests for the weekend included:

• Booker T – WWE wrestler
• Maria Canals-Barrera- voice actor
• John De Lancie – Star Trek: Next Generation
• Susan Eisenberg – voice actor
• Joey Fatone - *NSYNC, actor
• Jason David Frank – Power Rangers
• Mark-Paul Gosselaar – Saved by the Bell, NYPD Blue
• Nicole Kang – Batwoman actor
• Phil LaMarr – voice actor
• Jerry Lawler – WWE wrestler
• Ralph Macchio – Karate Kid, Cobra Kai actor
• Gates McFadden – Star Trek: Next Generation
• Bryce Papenbrook – voice actor
• Maisie Richardson-Sellers- Legends of Tomorrow actor
• Brandon Routh – Superman, Legends of Tomorrow
• Adam Savage - Mythbusters
• Rachel Skarsten- Batwoman, Birds of Prey actor

Comic creators appearing included writers James Tynion IV, Garth Ennis, Jason Aaron, and Cullen Bunn, artists John Romita, Jr., Pat Gleason, Scott Hanna, creators Howard Chaykin, Brian Pulido, Don Rosa, Skottie Young, and many from the local area and region. 

Celebrity meet-and-greets, and photo opportunities were available (a few with safety plexiglass between) and one of the best ways to learn about these attendees or ask a particular question, was to attend their public Panel discussion/Q&A.

We’ll be covering those more in depth, in an upcoming separate post.

Planet Comicon Kansas City 2023 is already less than a year away – confirmed for March 17, 18, and 19, so start making plans now to attend.

(note- no actual photos taken from the weekend are here, as the backpack with our photographer’s camera inside, was stolen in a car break-in, shortly after the show ended)  Click any image to enlarge and see in full.

Car Damage

Liberty Bell 7

Planet Comicon cosplay

Planet Comicon Pinballs

Planet Comicon Kansas City crowd (2019)

Planet Comicon Kansas City crowd (2019)

 

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We♥Comics - Comic Conventions 2022

Planet Comicon Kansas City (April 22-24) Read More Planet ComiCon Crowds in the thousands flocked to Bartle Hall in downtown Kansas City over the weekend to attend the three-day Planet Comicon Kansas City, the region’s largest and longest-running comic and pop …

Like concerts, comic conventions are back in full force-

Many of the largest shows were forced to take the last two years off, or pivot to online and/or smaller-scale shows, but everything seems back to in-person and “normal” this year.

Here are a few of the major shows scheduled for 2022:

Planet Comicon Kansas City (April 22-24)

(tickets: Planet Comicon Kansas City 2022 :: GROWTix)

The season’s first big show is this weekend’s massive Midwest gathering at Bartle Hall in downtown Kansas City.  Celeb guests include Ralph Macchio, several of the Legends of Tomorrow cast, Mythbusters’ Adam Savage, and wrestlers Sgt. Slaughter, Booker T, and Jerry Lawler.

Comic creators attending include writers Garth Ennis, Matt Kindt, and KC’s Jason Aaron, Patrick Gleason, John Romita, Jr., Skottie Young, Howard Chaykin, and many more.

Additionally, the Liberty Bell 7, the capsule from a 1960 Mercury space mission will be a first of its kind display, on loan from the Kansas Cosmosphere. 

Megacon Orlando (May 22-24)

Megacon Orlando (May 22-24)

(tickets: Buy Tickets | MEGACON Orlando (fanexpohq.com))

Fan Expo runs this and many other shows around the country, including all the former WizardWorld conventions.  Because Orlando is a large tourist destination, flights and lodging are plentiful, there’s plenty else to do and see, and the show gets many guests you won’t see elsewhere. 

Celebs include Brendan Fraser, John Cleese, the casts of Cobra Kai, Lord of the Rings, Clerks, Trailer Park Boys, and The Mandalorian.

Comic creators include Frank Miller, Greg Capullo, Donny Cates, Marc Silvestri, Tom King and Humberto Ramos, as well as many revered cover artists, several from overseas making rare US appearances- Francesco Mattina, Artgerm, Inhyuk Lee, Marco Mastrazzo, David Nakayama, and dozens more.

Heroes Con Charlotte (June 24-26)

Heroes Con Charlotte (June 24-26)

(tickets: HEROESCON 2022 :: 3-DAY ADVANCE PASS Tickets, Fri, Jun 24, 2022 at 10:30 AM | Eventbrite)

This show has a rich forty year history and is considered one of the most comic-centric and fan-friendly shows in the country.  Most creators love to attend this one, and we had great fun being there, just over ten years ago. 

Celeb guests: none! This is a real old-school comic convention!

Creators attending include Jim Starlin, Jim Steranko, Charles Vess, Lee Weeks, Roy Thomas, Klaus Janson, Tony Harris, Chris Claremont, and numerous others.

Comic Con International: San Diego (July 21-24)

Comic Con International: San Diego (July 21-24)

(tickets: Badge Info | Comic-Con International: San Diego)

The 800lb gorilla! The Big One!  This is the show that everyone talks about, though it’s become more of an entertainment and pop culture outlet, than pure comic book-related show.  World premiere screenings, A-list surprise appearances, and large scale studio booths are just some of what’s in store. 

Tickets require a badge registration and sometimes complicated process to acquire, hotels can often be sold out a year+ in advance, and an official guest list has yet to be announced, not that it really matters much. 

C2E2 Chicago (August 5-7)

C2E2 Chicago (August 5-7)

(tickets: Tickets (c2e2.com)

Held at McCormick Place, this Reed Pop-run show immediately became a “must-go” on the convention scene.  As it’s still over three months away, expect the guest list to firm up closer-to, and being off downtown Chicago, entertainment, lodging, and restaurant options are plentiful.  There’s also a Prince immersive exhibit coming to Michigan Avenue, that seems worth a look, if in town. 

Creators scheduled to attend include Jonathan Hickman, Donny Cates, Tony Daniel, Ryan Stegman, Ryan Ottley, and Kyle Higgins.

Emerald City Comic Con – Seattle (August 18-21)

Emerald City Comic Con – Seattle (August 18-21)

(tickets: Tickets for Emerald City Comic Con 2022 in Seattle from ShowClix)

Since its humble beginnings in 2003, this downtown Seattle show has grown by leaps and bounds in the last two decades, having been acquired by Reed Pop in 2015.  As so many comic creators have located to the Pacific Northwest area, it’s a chance to see them here in-person, as well as explore the many sights and sounds this metro has to offer. 

Creators scheduled to appear include Chris Claremont, Steve Orlando, Mike Del Mundo, and Jonathan Hickman, with dozens more yet to announce.

Celebs will include popular ex-Dr Who actor David Tennant. 

New York Comic Con (October 6-9)

New York Comic Con (October 6-9)

( tickets: Tickets (newyorkcomiccon.com))

Another huge convention held at the sprawling Javits Center on Manhattan’s West Side, this is another well-run Reed Pop show that often features many older classic comic creators as well as newer ones and entertainment guests.  Because most comic studios were NYC-based back in the glory years, many of those creators still live in the area and make appearances. 

Guest lists have yet to be revealed, but expect plenty of A-List names in all categories. 

Lucca Comics and Games – Lucca, IT (October 28-November 1)

Lucca Comics and Games – Lucca, IT (October 28-November 1)

(tickets: Lucca Comics & Games - Molto più di un festival (luccacomicsandgames.com))

Europe’s biggest show and second largest in the world (after Tokyo’s Comiket), this show has been held since 1966 and is known for their international awards of distinction (Yellow Kid Award, Gran Guinigi, etc) as well as the convention itself, which should draw some 300,000 attendees. 

Creators usually include a wide selection of international artists as well as some familiar North American faces, and the games portion of the convention is strong as well.  Plus, it’s Italy!

 

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Top 10 George Perez Costumes

Read More George Perez As you know, we’re big George Perez fans, so it’s with a sad note that I pass along George’s statement about his retirement. After this 2019 convention…

My favorite artist, George Perez announced that he has Stage 3 Pancreatic Cancer and the doctors gave him six months to a year to live. You can read the full statement on his public Facebook.

To honor the man, I have put together a top ten George Perez costume design list.



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#10 SONS OF THE TIGER / WHITE TIGER (1974)

Appearing in Deadly Hands of Kung Fu, one of George's first assignment was drawing the strip for The Sons of the Tiger ... which will introduced The White Tiger - the first Puerto Rican superhero. Perez would later also designed the new White Tiger in 2005.

There’s been a few White Tigers in Marvel Comics:

White Tiger (Hector Ayala) created by writer Bill Mantlo and artist George Pérez

White Tiger (evolved from a white Bengal tiger)

White Tiger (Kasper Cole)

White Tiger (Angela del Toro)

White Tiger (Ava Ayala)

#9 GLADIATOR (1994)

This was a character that George Perez created for a Nightwing detective story. Unfortunately, DC rejected the story pitch, so George took The Gladiator, and a character called Plague from the Nightwing story, and re-used them for Crimson Plague.

Crimson Plague is George’s passion project that never completed. They were losing so much money on the comic book series when it was cancelled. He would later able to finish it, as a spirtual successor in the form of Sirens.

Still, how great does Gladiator look? It has so many elements that you can find in Ares, who would later appear in Wonder Woman.



#8 PROTECTOR (1983)

DC couldn't legally use Robin to Keebler, because they licensed it to Nabisco. For the Keebler's Anti-Drug comic, George Perez had to quickly design the Protector in place of Robin. Protector appeared in three Anti-Drug comics and a TV advertisement.

Even though he’s basically Robin, DC Comics eventually made the character as part of their universe, even giving him a Teen Titans membership in DC Who's Who Update '87 comic.

The Protector was one of the heroes killed in the recent Heroes in Crisis storyline.



#7 I-BOTS (1995)

Tekno-Comix hired George Perez to work on I-Bots, somewhat based on Isaac Asimov's "I, Robot". This gave George the freedom to design the entire team from scratch. Only seven issues were published for I-Bots, because the publisher folded in 1997.

Unfortunately, since the publisher went away, I-Bots may never reappear in future collection or revival.

#6 NEW TEEN TITANS (1980)

After a brief stint drawing Firestorm, George and Marv put together the New Teen Titans. Neither of them thought the book would last more than a few issues, but history would prove them wrong. Three new characters were introduced: Raven, Cyborg, and Starfire. Although the new/modern costumes are different... personally speaking, I still prefer the original designs.

Let Starfire be sexy, let Cyborg be half man half robot, and let Raven be hidden in the shadows.

With the new characters, they were free to explore Sci-Fi stories (Starfire), horror stories (Raven), and technology stories (Cyborg).



#5 TASKMASTER (1980)

However impractical the costume for Taskmaster may appear, no one can deny just how visually stunning he looks. It's really too bad Marvel decided to go in a different direction in the Black Widow film.



#4 BATTLE ARMOR WONDER WOMAN (1987)

Wonder Woman is an ambassador of peace... but when she has to go to war, she'll don her battle armor, complete with helmet, cape, shield, sword, ax, spear, bow, and every weapon under the sun. Deadly, yet looking beautiful! Perez designed the armor for Challenge of the Gods.



#3 CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS (1985)

Out of Crisis, we got designs for Harbinger, Pariah, Dr Light II, the Monitor... and, of course, the Anti-Monitor. He was designed twice, as mirror version of The Monitor and boss-level Monitor. The new Anti-Monitor armor would inspired Superboy Prime to copy it for his evil costume.

Crisis on Infinite Earths is the most important series in the history of DC Comics. The series reboot the DC Universe in a (then) modern time. The series also help established an annual company-wide crossover event that became commonplace since Crisis.

Trivia: George said that he’s regretted not drawing Hal Jordan (Green Lantern) in Crisis.

#2 DEATHSTROKE (1980)

There could be a top 10 of just Teen Titans, so apologies to Troia, Jericho, Kole, Shimmer, etc. If you had to pick one or two TT designs, you can't ignore Slade, Deathstroke the Terminator. What is up with the orange half face? Turns out he only has one eye. Villain of the greatest Titans storyline, the Judas Contract.



(TIE) #1 NIGHTWING (1984)

Fans dubbed this as Discowing, and some people hated this costume... but it looks so cool! Nightwing was created because the Batman writer at the time wanted Robin back in the Batman, so George and Marv created Nightwing and they made Jason Todd as the new Robin.

Nightwing is massive with fans, who voted the character as sexiest character – from both men and women. In fact, Nightwing’s butt has its own fanbase.



(TIE) #1 MEDIEVAL AVENGERS (1998)

George basically redesigned the entire Avengers team: Yeoman America, Iron Knight, Gypsy Witch, Gypsy Davy, Donar the Mighty, Longbow, Firemaiden, Ghost of Stone, Lady Marvel, Star-Knight, Jade Giantess, Gigantus, Grimalikin, etc.

You have to agree that so much work went into re-creating The Avengers… and it was only used in a few issues of The Avengers (and never to be seen again!)



BONUS: Like Hellcat and The Beast, I didn’t include Maestro on the list because he was just an older, and evil variant of a previously existing character, The Hulk.

Medieval Avengers

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George Perez's Top 10 Unpublished Works

Read More George Perez As you know, we’re big George Perez fans, so it’s with a sad note that I pass along George’s statement about his retirement. After this 2019 convention…

My favorite artist, George Perez announced that he has Stage 3 Pancreatic Cancer and the doctors gave him six months to a year to live. You can read the full statement on his public Facebook.

To honor the man, I have put together a top ten unpublished George Perez list. Don’t think of this as ten failures, but rather, what we could have had, if things had gone a certain way.

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How to Draw Super Heroes

#10 HOW TO DRAW SUPER HEROES (1986)

Advertisement shows “afterword by George Pérez”, yet when the book was published, it was sans afterword.

Fan Jim wrote, “I remember George mentioned this, either in Focus or the Comics Interview collection, probably the latter. [Rich] Buckler kept pressuring George to say "this IS the way to do it" or some such, and George disagreed and finally had to back out under the pressure.”

Rich Buckler and George Perez long buried the hatchet, as you can see the two pictured together in 2014. As you know, Buckler is the person that hired Perez as an art assistant. This led Perez to taking over Fantastic Four and becoming one of Marvel’s superstar artist.

Sadly, Buckler died in May 2017.

Swordquest: Airworld

#9 SWORDQUEST #4: AIRWORLD (1983)

Atari hired George to draw their Swordquest mini-comics... which he produced Earthworld, Fireworld, Waterworld, and would have drawn Airworld... But unfortunately, the game was cancelled in 1983, so the comic book was never produced.

According to writer Gerry Conway, he never got around to thinking of a story when he was told the game was cancelled. Obviously, no script or artwork was ever produced for Airworld… but it would have been nice to complete the series with the final world.

Wizard Poster

#8 WIZARD 100TH ISSUE POSTER (2000)

George Pérez did the layout (blue pencils) for this poster, featuring 100 characters, but unfortunately, because of poor scheduling, the poster was never completed.

George wrote, “A couple of years ago WIZARD had asked me to lay out a proposed poster for their 100th issue. The piece would be a montage of 100 characters to be pencilled and inked by various artists but the whole thing was designed in blue pencil by me. That's why each of the characters, from various companies and creators, were numbered, so that the other artists could refer to a key and draw their character where indicated. That particular artwork was never completed, presumably because of the inability to coordinate it with the schedules and availability of many of the artists WIZARD wanted involved.”

Julius Caesar

#7 CLASSIC ILLUSTRATED: JULIUS CAESAR #1 (1990)

George writes, “During First Comics' revival of CLASSIC ILLUSTRATED, I was scheduled to adapt Williams Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. This incomplete cover was all that was done before the Classics line was discontinued.”

Bonus: JULIUS CAESAR IN SPACE
”At one time I considered doing a Julius Caesar Portfolio, setting it in outer space and casting it with aliens. At left is "Antony", at right is "Caesar".”

Teen Titans / Superman

#6 DC COMICS PRESENTS ANNUAL #4 (1985)

In April 1984, writer Marv Wolfman wrote, “the Titans will also be the guest stars in the DC PRESENTS ANNUAL, featuring our favorites and a certain unnamed Man of Steel. I'll be writing the story, and if deadlines permit, George will be handling the art!”

This Teen Titans / Superman story never happened because both creators were far too busy working on Crisis on Infinite Earths and other projects. However, Wolfman did write a team-up in 1983 for Action Comics #546, and John Byrne had them together in 1987 with #584.

Sojourn / Lady Death

#5 SOJOURN/LADY DEATH (2004)

George produced 2 covers and 5 pages for Sojourn / Lady Death crossover. Unfortunately, by this time in 2004, CrossGen Comics went bankrupted and was purchased by Disney.

Bonus: THE WAR
George was meant to work on CrossGen's first cross-over event called “The War”, but couldn't commit due to JLA/Avengers. The event was changed to the Negation War, and the story never concluded.

Birds of Prey #7

#4 BIRDS OF PREY #7 (2012)

New 52 editors forgot that George Perez was working on Birds of Prey.

George said, “the editors decided that plot changes needed to be made and thus I could only produce these 8 pages and waited for months for the revisions that never came. I finally had to find other work and this story just got forgotten to death.”

See all 8 pages here here.

Stan Lee’s Crisis

#3 STAN LEE’S CRISIS (2000)

George had always wanted to work with Stan Lee, so he immediately agreed to work on Just Imagine Stan Lee’s Crisis in June 2000. Unfortunately, Lee didn’t write the story until 2002, and by that time, George signed an exclusive contract with CrossGen.

Perez said everytime he saw Lee at a convention, Lee always asks Perez, “Why haven’t we worked together?” The reality is that this will never happen, since Stan Lee died in Nov 2018.

Crimson Plague

#2 CRIMSON PLAGUE (1997 & 2000)

George’s passion project, Crimson Plague started in the 90s, stopped and restarted with Gorilla Comics in 2000. He stated that he was personally losing over $20k on Crimson Plague #1 & #2. Artwork for #3 and the spirit of Crimson Plaguewas carried over to Sirens.

Sirens was the spiritual successor to Crimson Plague, recycling the same idea of using real fans (mostly costplayers) rendered in the pages of the comic book. In many ways, Crimson Plague and Sirens was George’s love letter to his fans. Sirens was really the last series that he started and finished.

JLA/Avengers

#1 JLA/AVENGERS (1983)

The original 80s JLA/Avengers never happened. Most of the blame fell on Jim Shooter, but he didn't see it that way. George drew 21 pages, before he heard the news that the book was cancelled. We eventually got a very different version of JLA/Avengers in 2003.

The fallout caused George to leave Marvel, even refusing to draw the final cover to his Black Widow storyline in Marvel Fanfare.

Bonus: TEEN TITANS / X-MEN #2 (1985)
The continuing disagreements over JLA/Avengers in the 80s led to the cancellation of Teen Titans/X-Men #2. George Perez was schedule to draw the crossover with Marv Wolfman as writer.

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