Quite a few years ago, some comics trade magazine (whose title I can't recall) ran a number of unpublished George Perez pages, drawn before he turned pro. For the young, aspiring, unknown and unpublished wannabe I was at the time, this was a godsend, for it showed me in concrete terms that I could improve with practice and that I, too, could make it someday as a pro, just like George did. How often I've wished over the years that I could see other artist's amateur work! Showing one's early unpublished work is probably somewhat embarrassing for many artists, but I get a real kick out of the unintentional absurdities found there, and I remember how important that Perez find was for me. So in the interest of letting it all hang out, and in case anyone else out there feels the way I did, the following unpublished crap, er, efforts from my amateur years are presented for your amusement... And remember: The only way to graduate from amateur to Pro is PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE! 1969  |  1970  |  1973  |  1974  |  1976  |  1977  |  1978  |  1979     Here's a drawing of the Justice League I did when I was 9 years old. Notice that I spelled "League" incorrectly, I put Spiderman in there although he's not even a DC Comics character (and I drew him from a faulty memory; his costume web designs were beyond me), GA's costume looks more like Robin Hood's than his own, and in the close-up of the Atom I barely made him any bigger than he appears in the group shot!     Here's a pencilled copy of Gainsborough's painting "The Blue Boy", which I drew in 4th grade at age 9 from a framed print of the painting hanging on our classroom wall. I remember that my teacher Mrs. Vogen let me work on this while the rest of the class was studying other subjects; I guess she thought I was using my time wisely. Notice that I never did finish this; I never drew in the face ...   Next... 1970