I’ve spent a lot of time on this site talking about comic book artists and cartoonists that I admire and adore, but let us take a moment to talk about one of the (if not THE) most hated comic book artists in all of history, Rob Liefield. I am hesitant to talk about terrible artists, because I consider myself a pretty terrible artist and somehow it just seems a bit mean, however, I currently make $0 on my terrible art and comics while Liefeld has made millions, MILLIONS, which I’m sorry to say, opens him up for some serious criticism. Criticism which has finally found a brilliant and hilarious voice with this “Liefeld Expose” on Progressive Boink.
I, like legions of others, have always hated his art – and let’s not forget that on top of the digusting ridiculous art he also can’t write or plot his way out of a paper bag. Most of us still ended up with a surprising amount of his work in our comic boxes (for me it was X-Force…poor poor X-Force…*sigh*). This is eternally frustrating, especially since I continue to lack the ability to go back in time and correct past mistakes. Anyway, for those who don’t know, not only is Liefeld a complete hack, but he’s also, by all reports, an arrogant ass, and again, he made MILLIONS off us…and is somehow STILL getting work…how is this possible? Check out Progressive Boink, and have some brilliant laughs (my favorite is the bit about the “billions of teeth” on #16 – HA!) and maybe it will help you feel a little better, if you like me, EVER purchased a Liefeld book.
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I love this guy’s blog and I’ve only read two posts. Here is a fantastic example:
Oh mercy, I just realized that the guy has a semi-short haircut everywhere, but has a real long ponytail, and then ALSO has two long braids coming out of like the back of his neck somewhere. Can you imagine how hard you would elbow your friend if you saw a dude with three ponytails? You would elbow the shit out of them.
Hilarious!
Good job finding this gem Kelly.
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it’s awesome isn’t it…wait until you get to #16 and the bit about the teeth. so great.
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Dang, I forgot to check last night but I suspect I have at least one of his X-Force comics in my closet. Though maybe it should stay there? I’ll admit that I can’t draw a foot, but then again…I rarely have to by always keeping my view from the waist up!
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i HATE drawing feet…and suck at it…but both you and i can avoid ridicule until we begin making millions of dollars based solely on our ability to not draw feet ala Mr. Liefeld.
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