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| Poorly photoshopped artwork by Jon Lennon |
I’ve known Leo Perez for quite a few years now. In fact, we
worked on the Napalm Assault together for a while. When I first met him, he was
an artist, but he wasn’t doing a whole lot with his talent. He wanted to do
comics, but he never really found direction as far as that went. Then came the
day I introduced him to Jon Lennon, and Leo turned into an absolute beast of a
comics illustrator. He is now an integral part of CheeseLord Comics. Here is my
question for him:
ME: Imagine a world without CheeseLord Comics, and you never
met Jon Lennon. Where would you be as an artist now?
LEO PEREZ: Fuck. I’m going to have to go deep here, aren’t
I? I’ve always considered myself an artist, but obviously Jon Lennon was the
guy that woke the beast up, roped the beast and then helped me to tame it. I
learned a lot from Jon, but most importantly Jon helped me financially as well.
Jon fronted most of our cons and trips while I found my legs and became this
somewhat self-reliant artist I am today. It’s even to the point where Jon and I
have begun to explore different art styles together and have become more
involved in our art than our comic creating. I owe a lot to Jon and CheeseLord
because of the work and focus that he’s helped me put into my work, and in
doing so we’ve become full partners in this comics business. This year alone we
were able to win a bid in a huge project where we got paid extremely well and I
could not have confidently done my part without the guidance and teachings of
Lennon. That is 100% real and true. So going forward as we continue to grow
artistically and as a company, I can always look back and say yeah, I did it,
but not without my friends, family, my wife and notably Jon Lennon. Oh God . .
. he’s going to read this and have the biggest dick in the room!
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