George Perez has confirmed that he is still with CrossGen. It’s great to see that he is standing by the company…although it’s not that hard to stand by a company that is paying you cash and benefits and not requiring you to do any work. I don’t mean to be snide here, folks; that’s what it says in his announcement!

Perez will be leaving Solus after issue #7 and not doing the artwork on The War as was originally planned. He will instead do a two-part mini-series next year.

Perez also comments on the rumors and wild speculation that have been running rampant, and he makes a good point about how business deals that used to be (properly) private become the subject for gossip. The responses to this article on The Pulse provide a good example of just what he’s talking about. Some people are ready to stamp CrossGen’s death warrant right now.