DC Comics Is Celebrating George Pérez's Legacy With Beautiful Art

DC Comics will publish a two-page artwork spread in every issue of the month of June to celebrate Pérez's 68th birthday. The new piece features Perez at his drawing board surrounded by a veritable who's who of DC characters the artist illustrated over his incredible career. Every issue DC runs with the piece will include a key highlighting which artist worked on which character in the piece, which you can see below.

The full list of contributing artists and their characters are here.

• The Monitor & Anti-Monitor - Jim Lee & Scott Williams
• Trigon - Todd McFarlane
• The Spectre - Alex Ross
• Darkseid - Walter Simonson
• Firestorm & The Justice League Satellite - Scott Kolins
• Ares & Hippolyta - Phil Jimenez
• Cheetah & The Amazons - Colleen Doran
• Lady H.I.V.E. & H.I.V.E. Agents - Scott Koblish
• Vigilante - Dave Gibbons
• Cheshire - Joëlle Jones
• Brother Blood - Darryl Banks
• Blackfire - Mike McKone
• Gizmo & Mammoth - Klaus Janson
• Shimmer - Bruno Redondo
• Psimon - Mikel Janín
• Neutron & Jinx - Dan Mora
• The Legion of Super-Heroes - Francis Manapul
• The Justice Society of America - Jerry Ordway
• Power Girl & Huntress - Kevin Maguire
• The Justice League of America (and the background) - Dan Jurgens & Norm Rapmund
• Superboy-Prime & Alexander Luthor - Ivan Reis
• Supergirl - Gary Frank
• Harbinger - Adam Hughes
• Pariah - Daniel Sampere
• Jericho & Kole - Nicola Scott
• The New Teen Titans, Deathstroke & George Pérez - José Luis García-López

DC's latest Crisis event, Dark Crisis, will feature variant covers for each issue based on the various crises of the publisher's past, starting with the legendary Crisis on Infinite Earths. The new celebratory tribute art will be a variant of Dark Crisis 7. The Dark Crisis issue will be auctioned to raise funds for comics creators in need. A founding member and chair of the board of directors, Pérez helped raise funds for the charity through the re-release of JLA/Avengers earlier this year.

When I was asked to come up with a design and layout that would honor George P.E9;rez and his many incredible contributions to DC Comics over the years, I was truly honored. I have been able to see how George is always smiling and personable. It was a pleasure to watch this cover come together and I am sure everyone who contributed felt the same way.

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