|
X-COMIX (Signing)
Date: 06 Aug 1999
Location: Saarbrücken, Germany
Description
Germany tour:
Original scan of the article in German from Comicfreak, information from Torsten B. Abel
Appearances/Conventions > Appearances / Signings > Germany >
|
Recent Announcements
-
The Marvel Art of George Perez cover updated
From Vu, thanks to Ilke
MARVEL ART OF GEORGE PEREZ (27 Apr 2021)
Marvel Comics
Amazon has updated the cover to The Marvel Art of George Perez, available in Hardcover on June 22, 2021, for $50. This is a must-own book for any George Perez fan.
Cover was originally printed as Albuquerque Comic Convention print in Jan 2014... and re-used again as Avengers #700 Variant Cover in Nov 2018.
Posted Feb 22, 2021, 4:00 AM by Vu Nguyen
|
Related
X-COMIX (Signing) (06 Aug 1999)
Saarbrücken, Germany
|
>>>
February 23, 2004 | Germany 1999 Tour Article in Dino Comics |
|
From Torsten B. Abel
& Comicfreak
|
George Pérez - The Shoeless Detail Freak
Published in JLA #33 (Dino Comics, January 2000)
Translated by Torsten B. Abel
Scan courtesy of Comicfreak
|
|
As you know, every experienced comic book pro also is a fanatic comic
book fan himself. We at Dino aren't any different, that's why didn't
miss the opportunity to meet one of the really big guys in the comic
book business: George Pérez.
When George showed up in Karlsruhe during his signing tour last August,
Dino editors (and fanboys) Jürgen "Flash" Zahn and Christian "Lantern"
Heiß went to meet the Master at Terminal Entertainment.
CHRISTIAN HEIß, GEORGE PEREZ, CAROL FLYNN, and JÜRGEN ZAHN
George signing and in comfy company of wife Carol and Dino editors.
|
We met a relaxed, good humored and extremely patient George who disposed
of his shoes on this hot August afternoon. Obviously, this wasn't the
reason for the decreasing popularity among fans [the article probably
means something like "mass of fans", it's hard to transfer the phrase
into English - but the German word for "popularity" seems slightly out
of place, might some sort of typo]. In fact, the extremely fast
signer and artist George had already finished the bulk. We were
surprised in what short amount of time George could come up with a
terribly detailed sketch.
After he had finished his schedule, we had the opportunity to chat with
the "Crisis" artist during a joint dinner. George - who abandoned his
(in)famous Hawaii shirts this time - appeared really interested in
German cuisine. Afterwards, the saturated artist willingly told us about
his work and explained us precisely how he views his working
relationship to Marvel Comics (for whom he currently draws the highly
successful "Avengers"). Especially interesting to learn is that comic
book artists are paid per page, unless they have - like George - an
exclusive contract which guarantees them a multiple of the usual
payment.
He also avidly told us about his "own" project "Crimson Plague" for
whose reboot he's currently looking for a suitable publisher. The
special thing about this book: All characters in it are based on friends
and acquaintances of Pérez's. "That could very well lead to unease when
a good friend ends up as a body in my book", George said smilingly.
Also, we were especially interested in what the artist had to say about a
possible JLA/Avengers crossover: "I'm virtually dying to draw it, and
if I can't draw it, it won't be carried out. I think I deserve this
(Pérez was the artist of the famous, unfinished and unpublished
JLA/Avengers crossover from the 70ies [sic!] - editor's note), that's what everyone agrees on.
But the overall coordination of the project is very complicated and it's
taken into consideration to pause both monthly titles in favor of a
four-part crossover series - two parts JLA, two parts Avengers".
So, this project unfortunately appears to be still far away from finally
being carried out.
After some philosophizing about American history, colorful shirts, the
justification of Darth Maul's death and similarly important things
George and his wife wanted to return to their hotel.
After an exhausting day, they just desired some ice cream and then bid
farewell to us. Actually, we still wanted to tell him he should do
something for DC again in the near future, but just in case, one could
still buy a competitor's book.
Well, George, that's how much we love you!
February 21, 2004 | Perez Tour in Germany 1999 |
|
From Torsten B. Abel
George was in Germany in 1999 for about two weeks and signed on eight
dates. The occasion for this was the German release of Crisis on
Infinite Earths collected in two paperbacks (it was the first time all
twelve issues of "Crisis" were actually released in Germany - previous
attempts never got beyond the first few issues) and also in a limited
edition hardcover. The downside of this was that the German edition of
"Avengers" was still amidst the "Heroes Reborn" disaster.
The dates were
Tue August 3 - Frankfurt (Terminal Entertainment)
Wed August 4 - Mannheim (Comicothek)
Thu August 5 - Karlsruhe (Terminal Entertainment)
Fri August 6 - Saarbrücken (X-Comix)
Sat August 7 - Koblenz (Sammlerecke)
Tue August 11 - Nürnberg (Ultra Comics)
Thu August 12 - Berlin (Modern Graphics)
Fri Augst 13 - Berlin (Romanboutique Skodzik)
Note that "Tue August 11" should actually be a Wednesday. The City of
Nürnberg is known as "Nuremberg" among the English-speaking folks.
The information is taken from issues 27 and 28 of Dino Comics'
(the previous publisher of DC comics in Germany, gave up the licenses
due to poor sales in late 2000) JLA series (reprinting the Morrison
series), but the same announcements were printed in most of Dino's other
books at that time as well.
JLA #33 (cover date Jan 2000)
even included an article about George's signing show (including photos)
and had some information about his projects at that time (Avengers,
Crimson Plague, "maybe JLA/Avengers, one day").
|
|