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Is Rob Liefeld a legitimately talented creator who has lost his way or was he simply a flash-in-the-pan that had his moment in the sun during the spectator boom? Should he retire from comics or redefine his art and come back stronger than ever?
Goblin
Posted to on 10 April 2008
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His 90s art is just so awful... but I do think that if he puts a little work into specifically making his art NOT look like it did in the 90s (say, take his Onslaught Reborn work and fix it up to look less like... his own art), his art would be plenty good -- as long as he gets a great inker and colorist... (or stops being being so lazy as to litter his art with little errors which they have to fix)
I think if he ever had an original idea, he might have an outside chance at being halfway decent, but he'll never redefine the medium. He cried and cried about Marvel stealing his creations, but almost nothing he did was particularly original in New Mutants/X-Force, and Youngblood was the most derivative crap in the history of the universe. And no, that's not hyperbole. You could look at every single character and see where he stole it from.
You could look at every single character and see where he stole it from.
that wasn't the only thing he stole
I say redefine your art, sir. Muscles, ammo, and cargo pants don't sell as well as they used to.
Draw me an ankle then we'll talk.
LOL poor guy. He drew people with a million teeth and a million abdominal muscles. I'm thinking that there's always room for improvement.
For example, I used to hate Jae Lee's style (he was also from the 90's). People had odd proportions and the incorrect number of fingers. But now he's really refined his style and it looks great. (Dark tower and Fantastic four covers) Maybe, just maybe Leifeld can grow into a better style.
That's the thing--I don't think Liefeld is even interested in "growing." His Onslaught stuff was better than his Youngblood/X-Force days, but after a couple pages, it was all tiny ankles and heads, huge arms again.
Oh, and to quote Jamie Kennedy from "The Specials": Those pants make you look like you have no cock. I think P. Craig Russell should get a shot at drawing every single male superhero, just so we can see how big their dicks are.