"I am flattered by this attention. I never imagined how many people would be responding with such kindness, melancholy as well, when I announced my retirement, and everyone wishing me well, everyone wishing me good health, and thanking me for the years I have been there. And I thank you, for letting this little boy of five years old get to live his dream and to share it with so many people, and knowing that there are going to be a lot of five-year-olds, fifty-year-olds, hundred-year-olds, who are going to look at my work and say, 'He made a difference.'"
-- George Pérez, Amazing Las Vegas Comic Con 2019
Hello again, Titans fans! DJ Nik, Jesse Jackson and I are back with a new episode of TitanTalk: The Titans Podcast! In this special episode, we celebrate the life and amazing 50-year career of legendary comics artist and writer George Pérez, discussing his connections to the original TitanTalk fan fiction group and his work on The New Teen Titans, Crisis on Infinite Earths, Wonder Woman, The Avengers, The Infinity Gauntlet, Crimson Plague, and more!
In this episode, DJ Nik, Jesse and I discuss things like George's announcement not to pursue treatment for his pancreatic cancer, our decision to celebrate George's life and career instead of doing a simple tribute, why it's fair for George to be considered on the level of Jack Kirby, TitanTalk: The Titans Podcast not existing if it wasn't for George Pérez, his professional debut in Marvel Comics' Astonishing Tales #25, his co-creating comics' first Puerto Rican superhero the White Tiger with Bill Mantlo, Jesse interviewing George at a Dallas convention in the '90s, George's uncanny ability to draw a ton of detail into a single panel, George's artwork elevating average comic scripts into something special, Rick Jones' trophy room in the Hulk: Future Imperfect limited series, George co-creating the Taskmaster with David Michelinie, George and Marv Wolfman making DC's The New Teen Titans into a rival with Marvel's The Uncanny X-Men in terms of popularity, Deadpool not existing if it wasn't for George Perez, George's work on "Who Is Donna Troy?" and the Donna Troy wedding issue, the original TitanTalk amateur press association/fan fiction group that made George and Marv honorary members and the members that became comics professionals, why my marriage to Lori Skaggs and friendship with Jesse wouldn't have happened if it wasn't for George, his work on Crisis on Infinite Earths, Jesse's criticism of DC wiping out the pre-Crisis Superman continuity, George rebooting Wonder Woman in the post-Crisis era, the storyline "A Lonely Place of Dying" that introducing Tim Drake as the third Robin, George cutting ties with DC after War of the Gods and going back to Marvel, his work on The Infinity Gauntlet limited series, Jesse taking George out to dinner in Dallas, his creation of The Maestro with Peter David, his 1995 run as writer of Silver Surfer, Lori, me and other TitanTalkers taking George out to dinner while he was a guest at the 1995 Mid-Ohio-Con in Columbus, Jesse having George draw Supergirl in a fez for his Doctor Who sketchbook, George returning to The Avengers for an incredible run with Kurt Busiek, George drawing the scariest Ultron ever in "Ultron Unlimited", George drawing both Lori and me into his short-lived Crimson Plague series, finally getting a JLA/Avengers crossover limited series, George returning to DC for Infinite Crisis and Final Crisis: Legion of Three Worlds, his short-lived run on Superman for DC's New 52 relaunch, his New Teen Titans collaboration with Marv Wolfman The New Teen Titans: Games, George's surgeries to address hemorrhaging in his left eye that effectively made him blind in that eye, his BOOM! Studios series Sirens, his 2017 heart attack and his formal retirement in 2019 due to various health issues, my wife Lori's thoughts regarding George, and more!
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