Vault Comics has announced to celebrate the late comic legend George Perez on his birthday, they will hold a special auction with proceeds donated to the Hero Initiative.
On Thursday June 9, 2022 at 4:00pm ET/1:00pm PT Vault will host the auction on their Whatnot channel. The auction includes rare art from artists Darick Robertson, Eryk Donovan, Liana Kangas, and Tim Daniel, as well as CGC 9.8 graded copies of limited releases from Vault and two rare copies of JLA/Avengers.
“Over the last year or so, we all watched as George Pérez closed this chapter of his story with dignity, grace, and love,” said Tim Daniel, Vault’s EVP of Branding & Design. “Doing so came as no surprise to anyone and everyone that had encountered Mr. Pérez, either personally or through his work over the course of his multi-decade career in comics. He left us exactly as we met him, true to himself, with an easy kindness and in the same openly welcoming manner in which he authored his entire story.”
“A very big thank you to Jason Benner, Co-Owner and general Manager of Muse Comics in Missoula, MT, and Eitan Manhoff, Owner of Cape & Cowl Comics in Oakland, CA, for supplying us with the two very rare and highly coveted copies of one of Mr. Pérez’s most celebrated works, JLA/Avengers,” continues Daniel. “We’d like to thank those artists and creatives that have so generously and selflessly carried on Mr. Pérez’s spirit by supporting our Hero Initiative benefit and honoring him with their donated original works, especially artists Eryk Donovan, Liana Kangas, and Darick Robertson.”
“We hope you’ll all come and join us in supporting the Hero Initiative in Mr. Pérez’s honor on his birthday, only on Whatnot.”
All auction items are available for pre-bids now on Vault’s Whatnot page. The live auction begins at 4:00pm ET/1:00 PT this Thursday, 06/09/2022.
