[Nimrod]

The great & late George Perez was my all time favorite comic book artist ever! John Byrne is a close second. I had a couple of things in common with Mr Perez, both from NY, him the Bronx, me Brooklyn, both Puerto Ricans. I 1st laid eyes on his art in 1977 when I was in grade school' the issue was Avengers 161, Ultron was beating the crap outta 9 Avengers, the art blew me away, I was hooked on his work since then. I met him in person at the 2004 SDCC, He signed all 4 issues of Avengers/JLA + various Superman/Wonderwoman comics as well as a small poster of the Avengers meeting the JLA for the 1st time on that rooftop & Hawkeye says they remind him of the Squadron Supreme. I have all 12 issues of COIE/His work on the 1st 4 issues of Infinity Gauntlet. All his 70s Avengers & 2001-2003 Avengers issues when he came back to work on them with kurt Busiek. Some of his FF work, some of his Wonderwoman/Superman & various TT issues as well as various other titles he did for both DC & Marvel, Also have all issues of his image run on that super team who's name escapes me at the moment. It's been a double loss for comic book collectors these past 7 days with the great Neal Adams passing just last week as well. May both those legendary artists RIP, their great work will last for ages.