UGeorge Pérez, umculi othandwayo nonethonya wencwadi yamahlaya nombhali owaziwa ngomsebenzi wakhe obalulekile ngezihloko ezifana Owesimame oyisimangaliso futhi I-New Teen Titans, ushone eneminyaka engu-67.
Ukufa kukamabhalane okudala ngoLwesihlanu kuqinisekisiwe isitatimende ekhasini lakhe le-Facebook, ephawula ukuthi izinkinga ezibangelwa ukulwa kwakhe isikhathi eside nomdlavuza we-pancreatic njengembangela yokufa.
"Ubengekho ebuhlungwini futhi wayazi ukuthi uthandwa kakhulu," sifundeka kanjalo isitatimende ekhasini likaPérez kuFacebook. “Sonke silusizi kakhulu kodwa, ngasikhathi sinye, sibonga ngendlela emangalisayo ngenjabulo ayilethile ezimpilweni zethu. Ukwazi uGeorge kwakuwukumthanda; futhi wayethanda emuva. Ngolaka nangenhliziyo yakhe yonke. Umhlaba uphansi kakhulu namuhla ngaphandle kwakhe kuwo.”
Umculi we-marquee kukho kokubili i-DC ne-Marvel Amahlaya, uPérez waqala ukusebenza nabakamuva ekuqaleni kwawo-1970, ebonisa izihloko ezifana ne Izinganekwane Ezimangazayo futhi The Avengers. Ekuqaleni, u-Pérez washayelwa ihlombe abalandeli ngobunkimbinkimbi bamaphaneli akhe agcwele kanye nesitayela esingokoqobo adweba ngaso abalingisi.
Ekuqaleni kwama-Eighties, u-Pérez waqala ubudlelwane bakhe obude naye DC Comics ngokusebenza kanzima kwabo I-Justice League yaseMelika futhi, ikakhulukazi, ukusiza ukwethula yabo Intsha Yentsha Titans umugqa, owaba ngomunye wama-franchise aphumelela kakhulu e-DC; i-franchise iphinde yakha ama-now-DC fixtures afana ne-Cyborg, i-Starfire ne-Nightwing. U-Pérez wathatha ikhefu kuleyo comic ngo-1985 ukuze adwebe umfanekiso we-DC Inkinga Emhlabeni Ongapheli izinkonzo. Ngokushesha ngemva kwalokho, wasiza ukuphefumula impilo entsha Owesimame oyisimangaliso Franchise ngenkathi lowo mlingiswa eqalwa kabusha ngo-1987.
"I-DC ijoyina abalandeli abavela emhlabeni wonke ekulileni ukudlula kukaGeorge Pérez," kusho i-DC Comics isitatimende NgoMgqibelo. “Njengombhali, umhleli ohlanganyela naye, ipensela kanye ne-inker, uGeorge Pérez ushiye uphawu olungacimeki emhlabeni wamahlaya, okulethe injabulo kubalandeli abaningi futhi kwathonya isizukulwane sonke sethalente lokudala.
Umshicileli we-DC kanye neSikhulu Esiyinhloko Sezobuciko uJim Lee wengeze, “UGeorge Pérez wayenesitayela sobuciko esasinamandla futhi siveza imizwa emangalisayo. Ubuciko bakhe bekuwukhanvasi wokuxoxa wezindaba weminye yemicimbi ebaluleke kakhulu emlandweni we-DC. Yize ezomkhumbula kakhulu, umsebenzi wakhe uzoqhubeka nenani labalandeli abaningi, kanye nalo lonke ithalente aligqugquzele eminyakeni edlule.”
UGeorge Pérez wayengumculi, umbhali, isibonelo, nomngane. Umsebenzi wakhe wavula izindaba ezinhle kuwo wonke amahlaya, futhi ifa lakhe lomusa nokupha ngeke lilibaleke. Umndeni wethu eMarvel ulilela ukulahlekelwa kwakhe namuhla, futhi izinhliziyo zethu zinomndeni wakhe nabathandekayo. pic.twitter.com/Z61gXE1zk4-
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Ngesikhathi engasebenzi eMarvel, uPerez wasebenza njengomculi kuma-run ama-Mid-Seventies kuwo womabili. The Avengers futhi Amazing Four, futhi wayengumbhali wepensela engxenyeni yokuqala yenganekwane I-Infinity Gauntlet ama-miniseries amise i-trajectory ye-Marvel Cinematic Universe.
"UGeorge Pérez wayengumculi, umbhali, isibonelo, nomngane," kusho isitatimende sikaMarvel Comics esitatimendeni sangoMgqibelo. “Umsebenzi wakhe waveza izindaba ezinhle kuwo wonke amahlaya, futhi ifa lakhe lomusa nokupha ngeke lilibaleke. Umndeni wethu eMarvel uyamzilela namuhla, futhi izinhliziyo zethu zikanye nomndeni wakhe nabathandekayo. ”
Ngenkathi u-Pérez eqhubeka nokusebenza kwaze kwaba ngawo-2000s, ukukhiqizwa kwakhe kwehle kule minyaka eyishumi edlule njengoba eqhubeka nokubhekana nezinkinga zezempilo, okwamphoqa ukuthi athathe umhlalaphansi ngo-2019.
Ukushona kukaPérez kuza ngemuva kwesonto uNeal Adams, omunye umculi owaziwayo we-DC, washona eneminyaka engu-80. Njengomsebenzi kaPérez ku-Wonder Woman, u-Adams wanikezwa udumo ngokuvuselela Batman.
Inkonzo yesikhumbuzo yokuhlonipha uPérez izoba ngoMeyi 22 emhlanganweni weMegacon e-Orlando. Ikhasi lika-Pérez le-Facebook lengeze uMgqibelo, “Namuhla usuku lwamahhala lwencwadi yamahlaya. Usuku uGeorge aluthanda ngokuphelele nosuku olufanele lokukhumbula amagalelo akhe kumahlaya nasezimpilweni zethu. Ngethemba ukuthi uzolujabulela usuku lwakho lwanamuhla unaye emqondweni. Ubengakuthanda lokho.”
