Amethyst by George Perez

Page 003: After getting the sketch from Don Rosa, I discovered that a line was starting to form for George Perez’s appearance in 20 minutes. As he was one of the main people I wanted to meet while at Dragon*Con, I decided to stand in line and wait. Now standing and waiting for something is pretty difficult when you’re with a six-year old. So I decided that I would fund her first paid sketch.

I figured this would be a great opportunity for my daughter Amethyst to get a sketch of her namesake – Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld. I knew that George had worked on the series, doing one of my all-time favorite covers – the one with Amethyst riding a Pegasus (which I had him autograph). George was happy to draw Amethyst for Amethyst. He said he’s done sketches of Amethyst before, but this was the first time he did it FOR Amethyst.

On a side note, thank you to the people in line that held our spot for the quick bathroom break!