SATURDAY 12:30-1:30 Spotlight on George Perez George Perez’s work on such comics as “Avengers,” “New Teen Titans,” “Crisis on Infinite Earths,” “Wonder Woman,” and “Final Crisis: Legion of Three Worlds” has made him a fan-favorite artist for over 35 years. Join the Baltimore Comic-Con Guest of Honor for a lively discussion of his life in comics.
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While voices on bullhorns drifted over the heads of the shorts-clad
crowd participating in the Baltimore Running Festival outside Charm
City's convention center, a second crowd of people bogged down with
backpacks and long boxes made their way inside. On a drizzle-filled
Saturday, Baltimore Comic-Con had begun.
Among the first events to pull people out from lines in Artist Alley
was the Spotlight on George Perez panel, highlighting the legendary
artist and Guest of Honor's 35 years in the comics industry. Known for
his work on titles like "New Teen Titans," "Crisis on Infinite Earths,"
"Avengers," "Wonder Woman," and most recently "Final Crisis: Legion of
Three Worlds" with Geoff Johns, Perez - in a floral print shirt with a
Diet Coke in hand - sat in front of a packed room full of comic fans.
Though the thin, red riser walls of the panel room allowed plenty of
ambient noise - and three bellowing PA announcements about a young girl
named Grace Burns who had been separated from her family - to drift
into the panel, fans sat with all eyes on Perez.
Perez began with some news for Titans aficionados. Though he said he
is turning down more work than he can possibly accept right now,
Perez's parter-in-crime Marv Wolfman apparently found the plot to a
Titans graphic novel entitled "Games" that was lost long ago. The book
will be out by October of 2010 and will run 120 pages.
October 2010. October 2010. That was the date George Perez was giving
people at Baltimore, as he burns through the pages, for the publication
of the long awaited, much delayed graphic novel featuring DC Comics’
young superheroes in a now-very-out-of-continuity tale, Teen Titans: Games.
Hey
CBR Livers! CBR News is here bringing you all the updates on the
winners, presenters and hi-jinks that is the 2009 Harvey Awards. The
nominees and presenters are all set, having just eaten a lavish meal.
The ceremony is set to start at 9:15 PM with master of ceremonies and
hilarious creator of PvP Scott Kurtz ready to tickle everyone’s
funnybone. Stay tuned to CBR Live and keep checking back for live
updates as the awards progress!
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11:08 PM: George Perez presents Best Artist. “You do not have to
fill every cover with every hero from that company! Some of us can’t
draw feet! If you couldn’t draw feet, there would be a lot of rocks and
smoke on your covers.” – Kurtz
11:09 PM: A varied cast of nominees including Frank Quietly and
Gabriel Ba, but also Kayle Baker, Jimmy Gownley and Jason Kruse. The
Harvey goes to Gabriel Ba for “Umbrella Academy” from Dark Horse.
Accepting on behalf of Gabriel Ba is Scott Allie.
11:14 PM: Best Cartoonist is up next, presented by DC Vice President of Sales Bob Wayne.
11:17 PM: The Harvey goes to… Al Jaffee for Tall Tales. This is the second win for Al Jaffee tonight.
11:18 PM: The last award of the night: Best Single Issue or Story
presented by the always entertaining Brian Michael Bendis. “Sorry about
my voice, but I made out with George Perez the day before the
convention,” said Bendis. Perez took the stage with a cold when he
presented the award for Best Artist.
BALTIMORE COMIC-CON: The 10th annual Baltimore Comic-Con runs 10 a.m.-6
p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday at the Baltimore Convention
Center, 1 W. Pratt St. The costume contest begins at 4 p.m. Sunday.
Tickets are $15 for one day and $25 for both days. Call 410-526-7410 or
go to comicon.com/baltimore. Pictured: John Reilly poses in his $900
custom-made Spidey suit. (Baltimore Sun photo by Karl Merton Ferron /
October 7, 2009)
Should Spider-Man and Batman
be seen riding the light rail this weekend, don't be alarmed. Baltimore
Comic-Con is in town, with a hook that should attract even more of a
costumed crowd than usual. Instead of just getting stared at or having
her picture taken incessantly, this year's Supergirl could win $1,000.
"So many people come dressed up anyway, on their own," says convention
organizer Marc Nathan, who's eager to see how many Supermen, Wonder
Women and Fantastic Fours will show, attracted by the convention's
first-ever costume
contest. "If we can get a couple hundred people in costume down here.
... Think about it: A kid comes down to a comics show and thinks he met
the real Batman. Why wouldn't that be great?"
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Of course, there will be more to the con than a bunch of people in
masks and capes. More than 100 comic book writers and editors are
scheduled to show up, including Neal Adams, the definitive artist on
Batman, Superman
and a host of other DC Comics characters from the 1970s, and George
Perez, who has reimagined and re-energized comic book characters
(including Wonder Woman, a character he resurrected from comic book
limbo in the early 1970s) and even entire comic book universes, through
his work on DC's "Crisis on Infinite Earths." Just about all the guests
will be signing autographs and answering questions throughout the
convention.
Here
is the announcement of the panels. Some great ones lined up, we will
not be able to get to all of them, so if you are planning on attending
please take notes or remember what you will. Then log on here and tell
us what happened.
Baltimore, Maryland – September 29, 2009 – You’ve been asking about
them for a while now, and we are now, at long last, ready to announce
the 2009 Baltimore Comic-Con panels for our 10th Anniversary show on
Saturday, October 10th and Sunday, October 11th, 2009!
Without further ado, the panel schedule:
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12:30-1:30 Spotlight on George Perez
George Perez’s work on such comics as “Avengers,” “New Teen Titans,”
“Crisis on Infinite Earths,” “Wonder Woman,” and “Final Crisis: Legion
of Three Worlds” has made him a fan-favorite artist for over 35 years.
Join the Baltimore Comic-Con Guest of Honor for a lively discussion of
his life in comics.
HARVEY AWARDS HOST: KYLE BAKER,
James Robinson, David Mack, Mike Oeming, Tom Raney, Frank Cho, Barry
Kitson, David Finch, Geoff Johns, Darwyn Cooke, Robert Kirkman, Howard
Chaykin, Tim Sale, Ramona Fradon, Amanda Conner, Michael Golden, Jimmy
Palmiotti, Mark Waid, Jim Shooter, Ron Garney, Adam Hughes, Eric
Powell, JG Jones and MANY MANY MORE!!!
JUST ADDED: Boom
Studios, Walt Simonson, Paul Storrie, Mike Hawthorne, Mike McKone, Guy
Davis, Taki Soma, Gene Colan, Chris Ivy, Mark Morales, Alex Robinson
ALSO: Jeff Kinney, author of Diary of a Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book (Saturday Only)
BALTIMORE COMIC-CON 2009 (10-11 Oct 2009) 
WONDER WOMAN (Oct 2009), art by George Perez at 
LOIS LANE KENT (Oct 2009), art by George Perez at 
TROIA (Oct 2009), art by George Pérez at 
Hey
CBR Livers! CBR News is here bringing you all the updates on the
winners, presenters and hi-jinks that is the 2009 Harvey Awards. The
nominees and presenters are all set, having just eaten a lavish meal.
The ceremony is set to start at 9:15 PM with master of ceremonies and
hilarious creator of PvP Scott Kurtz ready to tickle everyone’s
funnybone. Stay tuned to CBR Live and keep checking back for live
updates as the awards progress!
THE NEW TEEN TITANS OMNIBUS #4 (Nov 2019)
MARVEL COMICS #1000 (Hidden Gem Variant by George Perez) (28 Aug 2019)
