Her folks is a tribute to the man I consider to be the single worst artist in comics today. Now, I'm not really able to draw them there superheroes, but at least I KNOW I can't! Mr. Rob Liefeld is, in my opinion, the single bigest hack in comics EVER!

First, a bit of history. Mr. Liefeld started out at DC, fresh out of high school with no formal training (really!!!). He soon defected to Marvel, where he was given the job of revampiong the New Mutants. Eventually, this became X-Force, starring the hero Cable. Rob was an almost instant success, since his style was unlike anything else on the market.



In the early 1990s, he and several other Marvel artists left the company to form Image comics. His first Image title, Youngblood, was an instant success, but trouble was brewing. This was where many fans began to realise that Rob was just recycling the same old character designs over and over, and that he was also stealing from other creators. It also became apparent that the guy had no sense of proportion whatsoever, and that he had no business actually writing comics.





Soon, Rob was fired from Image, and started his own comic company. He also returned to Marvel to reboot Captain America and The Avengers. This was the final straw for many comic fans, and Rob's name became an overnight synonym for "sucky".



Quicly, Rob found himself fired from Marvel, so he decided to take his unused Captain America ideas and create a comic called "Agent America", who battled a villian called "The Cyber-Skull"



When Marvel threatened to sue, Rob went out and bought the rights to the Jack Kirby character The Fighting American. He changed his Agent America character to The Fighting American, and slightly tweaked the costume. Marvel still sued his ass anyway. They eventually settled out of court.



These days, Rob doing work for both Marvel and DC. He is widely hated by comics fans worldwide, yet still gets plenty of work. He must give great head.







So, let's hear it for Rob Liefeld, the sultan of suckage!

Here's a brilliant idea from Liefeld:

most mainstream comic book artists basically have the exact same style, imo. i don't see the suckage solely here.

Santa the Barbarian? For real?

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

I don't even remotely agree with this statement. I can think of plenty of mainstream artists that are quite good: Ethan Van Schiver, Rags Morales, George Perez, Alex Ross, The Kubert brothers, Mark Bagley, Ed Ramos, Joe Mad, Ed McGuiness, Jim Lee, Chris Bachallo just to name a few.

Liefeld isn't even remotely in a class with these guys.

JediMaster said:

piccie don't work.

Teacher said:

I shit you not!!!

JediMaster said:

i stay away from mainstream comics because all i see is similarity between the style of art. it all basically looks the same to me; you can barely tell the difference between the titles anymore. there's absolutely no sense of uniqueness in the mainstream comic book nowadays.

but i do agree that liefeld is an absolute tool...

....as for the santa the barbarian comic, i'm looking at the webpage for it now. what in the hell is he thinking, who's gonna buy that shit????

i hate how he has to put buckles and seams and pockets and gizmos and shit all over classic superhero costumes. then again, i like real old skool, simple looking stuff like john romita jr. and (glory days 'alpha flight' era) john byrne. i loved paul smith's work back in the mid 80s, too - very smooth and clean.

JediMaster said:

I can see that... what did he do to Santa?????

Teacher said:

He gave him the same royal @$$fucking that he did Captain America and Wolverine! Whatta bastard!

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

That's what I'm saying... what's he gonna do, slay the reindeer?

JediMaster said:

Santa should be off limits to bastards like that. What if the kiddies see it?

dude, just...NO.

Anxiety said:

I also love the old school Byrne (not to crazy about his more recent work. I think he's kinda lost it), and Paul Smith is great.

I'm not a big fan of Romita Jr. but I know I'm in the minority on that one. His dad, on the other hand, is the friggin' king!

Teacher said:

...or naughty children, which is what I think the comic was about (I can't say for sure, as I avoid his work like blood spurting from a junkies arm). Yes, Rob is a sick little monkey, and I'm pretty certain he only gets lumps of coal for Christmas since he published that little number.
[Edited 9/30/05 7:10am]

JediMaster said:

oh, i love his dad's work too. i like how romita jr. can pull off "non-action" scenes in comic books and make them really interesting...i could read a whole issue of spider-man where it's nothing but peter and m.j. talking about nothing, as long as romita jr. is drawing it. he did an issue of x-men kinda like that back in the '80s, where it was just storm and kitty talking about girl stuff, and it may be one of my favorite issues of a comic book ever - of course, part of it was the writing, and marvel letting them take the risk of having an entire issue devoted to character development.

I'm not sure what the deal is with Cap's arms in this shot, or why his shield is a big goose egg:

JediMaster said:

he needs to work on his posture - maybe get some more calcium in his diet.

Here's Cap fighting someone who looks like Cable. Oh wait, that's NOT Cable?



Here's a Youngblood character who bears a striking resemblance to...Cable?



Hey, since when is Cable on the Battlestar Galatica?

okay--the angle perspective on that is fucked up. is he standing with his arms stuck up halfway in the air, or is he flying through the air? the position of his feet make it look hard to tell.

either way, dude's back looks messed up.

Anxiety said:

I will say that I think Romita Jr has a great sense of flow, and his layouts in action shots are quite nice. It just bugs me the way he draws faces. All of his characters look pretty similar, and I cannot stand the way he draws character's mouths.

JediMaster said:

what in the world is up with that woman's ribcage?? she looks as if she'll break in two!

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

Unfotunately, that is true of all of his stuff. He just has no concept of perspective whatsoever.

Here's his Superman rip-off, Supreme. Looks like Cable...with a cape!!!

Here's Glory. Wonder where he got the idea for her??

JediMaster said:

uggggg...how'd this dude get hired to do comic work in the first place, if he doesn't even know something as simple as perspective?

Here's another great example of perspective going in the shitter:



"My Legs! Where the hell are my legs? Why are my arms gigantic? Why are my hands so tiny?"

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

Again, I think he must just give great head.