Distinct lack of pouches. And there's feet in *two* panels!
― Matt M., Thursday, 1 July 2010 15:13 (fourteen years ago) link
With that panel sequence, Liefeld has displaced Fletcher Hanks as champion of something.
― Philip Nunez, Thursday, 1 July 2010 17:07 (fourteen years ago) link
...so you'd have hired him if only he'd included more pouches and fewer feet?
― how much can a koala ˁ˚ᴥ˚ˀ (sic), Thursday, 1 July 2010 21:42 (fourteen years ago) link
No, the work would have to be a lot better. And display a fundamental knowledge of lighting (the colorist shouldn't have to do everything, mang.)
― Matt M., Thursday, 1 July 2010 21:59 (fourteen years ago) link
again, that's not distinguishing this from the rest of his ouevre!
― how much can a koala ˁ˚ᴥ˚ˀ (sic), Thursday, 1 July 2010 23:49 (fourteen years ago) link
god I have to say that it has been literally a decade since I even thought the words "rob liefield". what a terrible, terrible artist
― fresno's wet (gbx), Thursday, 1 July 2010 23:59 (fourteen years ago) link
His characters have three facial expressions: tight-lipped, shit-eating grin or yawning.
― rhythm fixated member (chap), Friday, 2 July 2010 02:09 (fourteen years ago) link
Yawning generally representing angry or just been shot in the head.
― rhythm fixated member (chap), Friday, 2 July 2010 02:11 (fourteen years ago) link
tbf, Liefeld himself seems to only have those three expressions.
― how much can a koala ˁ˚ᴥ˚ˀ (sic), Friday, 2 July 2010 02:33 (fourteen years ago) link
http://worldofwardcrap.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/98692-14213-rob-liefeld_large-1.jpg
http://thenoisingmachine.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/robliefeld.jpg
http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/imagecomics/images/thumb/a/ab/Rob_Liefield,_comic_convention.jpg/200px-Rob_Liefield,_comic_convention.jpg
http://www.comicsbulletin.com/features/images/011407rob/rob1.jpg
http://torvald.gjovaag.com/2009ECCC/TrollECCC2009_RobLiefeld.jpg
http://www.sparehed.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/ecr06.jpg
― how much can a koala ˁ˚ᴥ˚ˀ (sic), Friday, 2 July 2010 02:40 (fourteen years ago) link
the original douchey mccool
― obvious and old and bannable (forksclovetofu), Friday, 2 July 2010 05:30 (fourteen years ago) link
I only saw a picture of Liefeld years after I first read his comics - it was pretty funny to look at him and suddenly realize why he draws all his characters with a particular type of face.
― Tuomas, Friday, 2 July 2010 06:11 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.the-isb.com/images/CourageRob02.jpg
― oh shit a ◕‿‿◕ (sic), Friday, 2 July 2010 06:24 (fourteen years ago) link
it was pretty funny to look at him and suddenly realize why he draws all his characters with a particular type of face.
i think that's quite common tbh - for artists to draw people who skew towards their own features...
― Make a bomb in the kitchen of your mom (stevie), Friday, 2 July 2010 06:57 (fourteen years ago) link
Even some of the current popular artists, you pretty much can't tell about one character from another. David Finch I guess is pretty popular, but pretty much almost every character on this cover looks like the same person in the face.
http://reilly2040.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/brightest_day0.jpg
― earlnash, Friday, 2 July 2010 23:03 (fourteen years ago) link
hawkman is rocking a very liefeld-y expression!
― Philip Nunez, Friday, 2 July 2010 23:40 (fourteen years ago) link
Green chick rocking very Liefeld-y boobs.
― rhythm fixated member (chap), Friday, 2 July 2010 23:59 (fourteen years ago) link
It is kind kind of like Liefield with Art Adams sense of crazy detail, in a way.
― earlnash, Saturday, 3 July 2010 00:29 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah I can see Adams in the mix.
― rhythm fixated member (chap), Saturday, 3 July 2010 00:58 (fourteen years ago) link
otm about one facial expression anyway
― Gravel Puzzleworth, Saturday, 3 July 2010 01:02 (fourteen years ago) link
Superheroes should never smile. Ever.
― Matt M., Saturday, 3 July 2010 01:50 (fourteen years ago) link
i have actually been reading/buying brightest day (i know i know) and i have no idea who that is to aquaman's left.
― adam, Saturday, 3 July 2010 02:54 (fourteen years ago) link
It looks like Aquaman in black with a gun, but my best guess is that supposed to be Nemesis.
― earlnash, Saturday, 3 July 2010 05:00 (fourteen years ago) link
Maxwell Lord?
― Slumpman, Saturday, 3 July 2010 21:13 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah max lord has been rocking the underarm holster and pistols look of late but not with bleached hair (giffen justice league:generation lost jli reunion thing is pretty good btw).
finch sucks but he is not capable of liefeld hilarity.
― adam, Saturday, 3 July 2010 23:09 (fourteen years ago) link
[adding post to clear weird bookmark weirdness]
― the crucible of easily debunked e-mail fwds (stevie), Friday, 23 July 2010 07:22 (fourteen years ago) link
Charles Brownstein:
I got to watch Rob Liefeld give a presentation on character design, where he was incredibly charming, and won everyone over by demonstrating the fundamentals of Deadpool’s costume and saying “If I get to be 90 years old and I’m remembered as that guy who couldn’t draw hands or feet, but could design a character that lasts, that’s more than enough for me.”
― ␆␆␆␆␆␆␆␆␆␆␆␆␆␆␆ you oughtta know by now (sic), Thursday, 5 August 2010 00:31 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.hypebeast.com/image/2009/07/meanwhile-at-the-hall-of-justice-comic-exhibition-02.jpg
― ❽ (M.V.), Friday, 27 August 2010 05:35 (fourteen years ago) link
http://robliefeldcreations.com/?p=2370
― high speed p-diddy-esque shrimping vessel (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 2 October 2010 13:45 (thirteen years ago) link
http://robliefeldcreations.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/photo3.jpghttp://robliefeldcreations.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/photo3.jpghttp://robliefeldcreations.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/photo3.jpg
― high speed p-diddy-esque shrimping vessel (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 2 October 2010 13:46 (thirteen years ago) link
to be clear: he made that himself
Haha, no way.
― rhythm fixated member (chap), Saturday, 2 October 2010 13:49 (thirteen years ago) link
http://robliefeldcreations.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/photo37copy.jpg
― high speed p-diddy-esque shrimping vessel (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 2 October 2010 14:23 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm surprised to say that I'm actually starting to like this guy
― buildings with goats on the roof (James Morrison), Monday, 4 October 2010 01:21 (thirteen years ago) link
via comicsalliance:http://www.blogcdn.com/www.comicsalliance.com/media/2011/03/extremejustice.jpg
― I'd rather climb into the saddle of my Ford Mustang and sink spurs (stevie), Sunday, 6 March 2011 09:16 (thirteen years ago) link
doh.http://www.blogcdn.com/www.comicsalliance.com/media/2011/03/extremejustice.jpg
In the interest of posterity, Finch's Brightest Day cover above features 14 characters, 6 feet.
― make the Pagan Dad a Pagan Father. (Dr. Superman), Sunday, 6 March 2011 22:26 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.rickworley.com/2012/02/26/some-more-robservations-about-rob-liefeld/
― drop these whiners on a island (Surviver style) (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 29 February 2012 22:25 (twelve years ago) link
uh there is plenty of reason to call Liefeld a douche beyond not liking some past associations you have with his art, no matter how charming he was to you
― Θ ̨Θƪ (sic), Wednesday, 29 February 2012 22:50 (twelve years ago) link
And those reasons are?
― Tuomas, Thursday, 1 March 2012 09:54 (twelve years ago) link
abuse of the market
inciting children to physical riot
stealing art from Rick Veitch
dishonest business dealings
failing to pay royalties
& al
― Θ ̨Θƪ (sic), Thursday, 1 March 2012 13:34 (twelve years ago) link
I actually made a long post about why I considered him a douche, and in my blog about meeting him, I said I didn't take it back. http://www.rickworley.com/2012/02/17/rob-liefeld-douchebags-of-comics/ He's still getting a trading card in my Douchebags of Comics series. What I did say was that he gets a lot of credit from me for how he handled somebody saying something like that about him, and I stand by that, too.
― Rick Worley, Thursday, 1 March 2012 19:14 (twelve years ago) link
????
― Not only dermatologists hate her (James Morrison), Thursday, 1 March 2012 22:46 (twelve years ago) link
Image convention panels circa 1993, see TCJ reports of the time
(I will withdraw this if it turns out it was only Lee and Silvestri)
― Θ ̨Θƪ (sic), Thursday, 1 March 2012 23:01 (twelve years ago) link
Hi Rick, welcome to I Love Comics!
― Vaseline MEN AMAZING JOURNEY (DJP), Friday, 2 March 2012 18:53 (twelve years ago) link
yep, howdywould like to hear more about how rob stole art from rick veitch
― drop these whiners on a island (Surviver style) (forksclovetofu), Friday, 2 March 2012 19:02 (twelve years ago) link
looks like it's alluded to here? http://www.rickveitch.com/2008/05/07/new-jack-city/
― Vaseline MEN AMAZING JOURNEY (DJP), Friday, 2 March 2012 19:04 (twelve years ago) link
ah, i thought you meant he SWIPED the art and that didn't make sense as i can't think of two styles more opposedwell i can, but you get my meaning
― drop these whiners on a island (Surviver style) (forksclovetofu), Friday, 2 March 2012 19:10 (twelve years ago) link
there was a hilarious year or three where Liefeld would pop up on message boards, and Veitch would ask "hey where's my art and why haven't you paid royalties on the Supreme reprints," and Liefeld would be "huh what art, and I didn't publish that collection so man, I don't know anything about that" and three months later he'd pop up and Veitch would go "hey where's my art and why haven't you paid royalties on the Supreme reprints," and Liefeld would be "what the hell man, I've been busy, why would you expect that art back, it's only been three years. oh and I talked to the dude, that book hasn't made a profit so there's no royalties yet," and then Veitch would say "hey where's my art and how are those books not in profit when there have been multiple printings and second volumes," and Rob would go "JESUS DUDE, I went into my WAREHOUSE because I know exactly where your art is OF COURSE, but it's on a REALLY HIGH SHELF and I knocked something else down while I was reaching for it, and HURT MY BACK, it's REALLY INSENSITIVE of you to bring it up because I might get hurt again if I go and try and get it."
― Θ ̨Θƪ (sic), Saturday, 3 March 2012 01:08 (twelve years ago) link
^^ the Checker royalties weren't actually in the same conversation as the original art iirc, but the narrative of Rob's response re art returns is p accurate
― Θ ̨Θƪ (sic), Saturday, 3 March 2012 01:11 (twelve years ago) link