See more ideas about rob liefeld, comic artist, comics. Rob liefeld creations comic book artist, creator of deadpool, cable and comic book. In 20, comic book writerartistpublisher, creator of youngblood and major x and cocreator of cable and deadpool, rob liefeld, crowdfunded an appeal. Ive heard the stories about suydam taking other artists table space at conventions and the like and wont defend him on his accussed assholery but with regard to the pictures above, surely he was hired by dc to do zombie versions of famous dc covers. Twentyfive years later, his creation finally has its own movie. Despite all of this, youngblood is still considered one of.
I will be offering the most popular characters from comic books and anime in. Will start officially this wednesday 41 but just wanted to give all of you. Bravo, youngblood just jobs, rob liefeld, todd mcfarlane, image comics. Issue 3 of major x just hit comic store shelves, and like the issues before it, its frequently selling out and destined for a second printing with the direct market struggling, comic book stores closing, and comic industry reports tagging in crowdfunding and manga sales to artificially buoy. In the case of liefeld, as this page from youngblood shows, he really was pretty awful in his time. The whole reason deadpool was introduced was liefeld wanted to emulate his idols. Comic book artist rob liefeld poses with deadpool character cosplayers.
Rob liefeld celebrates his extreme time in comics cbr. A prominent writer and artist in the 1990s, he is known for cocreating the character cable with writer louise simonson and the character deadpool with writer fabian nicieza. From an early age finding a love for drawing, he soon found himself filling tests less and less with meaningful facts and more and more with doodles of superheroes. Rob liefeld, the famed comic book writerartist who originally created deadpool for marvel, is joining fandango in celebrating the forthcoming release of deadpool 2. Comic book legends like frank miller, john byrne, walt simonson, who wrote, drew and created their own characters.
A group for people who draw who need help from people who can write. Any good comic book character actually has a superpower and isnt lame ass. In the early 1990s, liefeld gained popularity due to his work on marvel comics the new mutants and later xforce. He is a terrible artist with no concept whatsoever of basic human anatomy, physics, or how things operate.
It features an amoral protagonist who discovers he is the heir to a career as a supervillain assassin in a world. The team made its debut as a backup feature in the 1987 oneshot megaton. Bring up his name among the more scholarly comic book aficionado and youll likely get some eye rolling on their part. In my teen years, i wanted to be the next rob liefeld a comic book artist who creator of deadpool in the 90s. Deadpool creator rob liefeld is outspoken at the best of times, and the legendary comic book writer and artist has now shared some very interesting thoughts on wolverines marvel cinematic. Deadpool creator on sending the antihero back to middle. The unlikely origins of deadpool, the xmen character who. Deadpool wade winston wilson is a fictional character appearing in american comic books published by marvel comics. His unique style exaggerated anatomy, pouches, excessive hatching, pouches, panelbursting splash compositions, and pouches is widely recognized. What comic book artists are generally seen as having bad. There are a myriad of comic book artists who painstakingly research anatomy and medical photographs and watch cinematic masterpieces to try and emulate the great auteur principle of miseenscene. A prominent artist in the 1990s, he has since become a controversial figure in the medium. Comics publisher jim lee and illustrator rob liefeld are auctioning.
Hes often been the guy to blame for the visual style of mainstream comics becoming a bloated mess of big guns, a million pockets and wacky hairstyles. Written and drawn by infamous 90s superstar rob liefeld, youngblood was a superhero book devoid of joy, excitement, and talent. How to beat the haters how i do it rob liefeld creations. Originally posted by supermallet looks pretty bad to me. Rob liefeld auctioning art for comic book shops newsarama.
Rob liefelds latest book major x has been quite a shot in the arm for the comic book industry. It was published by top cow in 2003 and 2004 as part of millarworld. Comic book artist, ready for new comic book orders. Deadpool exists because liefeld wanted a character people liked that was. Initially deadpool was depicted as a supervillain when he made his first appearance in the new mutants and later in issues of xforce. New youngblood publisher trolls rob liefeld on twitter. As the 25th anniversary of both youngblood and image comics approaches, i find myself pouring over both familiar, existing published material as well as the hundreds of youngblood pages, sketches and scripts that have never seen the light of day. Marvel and dc illustrators auction off drawings to help comic. Many stylistic advents in superhero comics of the 1990s are inaccurately attributed to liefeld, such as the sharp, thinlined crowquill inking style that. Rob liefeld was one of the hottest comic book artists of the 1990s, creating dozens of new characters and helping completely transform the xmen franchise for marvel comics before embarking with several fellow superstar artists to found image comics upending the industry and changing the face of comics publishing forever ever since the industrys mid90s boomperiod bubble burst, hes. In part 2 of our interview with rob liefeld, we discuss the image comics hotel meeting scene and the 90s comic book speculator crash on robert kirkmans secret history of comics.
Last month, liefeld announced that he would team with artist jim towe to create a reboot of the comic book series, but the idea of a film version has been in and out of development for years. In the early 1990s, selftaught artist liefeld became prominent due to his work on. Buy products related to rob liefeld products and see what customers say about. That sentiment seems to be the motivation for every comic liefeld draws. The latest on a handful of great white whaletype unfinished or unstarted comic book projects. We get more specific from here, but if we didnt lump these together the entire list would be broken spines and colossal hooters. Liefeld has long been derided as one of the worst comic book artists.
What may have been a common practice to many artists in artists. As tickets for deadpool 2 become available for purchase beginning today, fandango ticketbuyers will also receive a complimentary poster illustrated by liefeld from fandango fanshop while supplies last. The 40 worst rob liefeld drawings progressive boink. Explosion before later appearing in its own ongoing series in 1992 as the flagship publication for image comics. While talking with my grandmother today she mentioned that when she was a christian schoolteacher in anaheim, ca she taught robby liefeld and he was always drawing on things and they he later went on to be a comic book artist. Granted, all of this is information i gleaned from liefelds twitter feed at the time. After creating deadpool, rob liefeld was the comic worlds hottest and fastestburning star in the early 90s. Rob liefeld fielding calls about supreme film rights. Liefelds youngblood and image comics in general were the reason i started.
Do you know how many drawings a comic book artist pumps out over the course of 20 years. In the early 1990s, selftaught artist liefeld became prominent due to his work on marvel comics the new mutants and later xforce. Rob liefeld was one of the hottest comic book artists of the 1990s. Rob liefeld creations comic book artist, creator of deadpool, cable and comic. Now deadpool creator and comic book writer and artist rob liefeld has taken to his instagram page to offer the following. Rob liefeld is a very polarizing figure in the comics community. Fellow comic book writer peter david would later use this as an example of liefeld passing the blame for the books issues. A short while back i penned this youngblood screenplay, it was a story that i. In my all out ocd fashion, i wanted to read about him from the very beginning.
He is also credited as a pioneer of the nineties antihero. I havent read nearly enough comics to be qualified to judge that. Jim lee and rob liefeld are auctioning off original art. Rob liefeld creations comic book artist, creator of. Comic book talk rob liefeld worst comic book artist ever. Rob liefeld turning stale and sour brigade kickstarter. Illustrator reacts to good and bad comic book art 2. This is not just a comic book for the mtv generation. They have friends and models pose and they set up the. Mcfarlanes main contribution to image was spawn, one of the most popular comic book series of the 1990sits first issue sold 1. Im not as knowledgeable as all of you, so as a casual comic book fan this is randomly what looks good to me and what doesnt not sure if anyone cares, but i wanted to chime in. Yesterday, comic book artist and writer, rob liefeld, tweeted that he had received two calls recently inquiring about the film rights to supreme.
Rob liefeld is an american comic book writer, illustrator, and publisher. Jim lee and rob liefeld are auctioning off original art to benefit comics. Im looking for a comic book artist to pencil, colour and letter my 72page comic with potential to go beyond 72 pages but well get into more details about that when the time comes. But beyond the fact that rob liefeld has never stopped being one of the most famous and bestselling comic book artists for twenty years now, the joke was on us not really, because our dear friend has never stopped putting out work. Rob liefeld interview on robert kirkmans secret history. Kirkman pointed out that mychaels was liefelds assistant at the time.
I felt that with no product out in the marketplace for the past 3 years, i needed to give some sort of incentive. Youngblood script rob liefeld creations comic book. Wanted is a comic book limited series written by mark millar, with art by j. It features an amoral protagonist who discovers he is the heir to a career as a supervillain assassin in a world where such villains have secretly taken control of the planet the sunday times dubbed the title the watchmen for supervillains. He had the basics down, but knees, elbows, feet basically any place where joints articulate looked. Youngblood was originally published by image comics, and later by awesome entertainment. Bravo, youngblood just jobs, rob liefeld, todd mcfarlane, jim lee. Deadpool has a february 12, 2016 release directed by tim miller starring ryan reynolds, morena baccarin, tj miller, ed skrein and gina carano.
Would autographed comics by rob liefeld be worth much. Youngblood is a superhero team that starred in their selftitled comic book, created by writerartist rob liefeld. This episode asks the question of whether rob liefeld s art got better over time. A product of the creators penchant for extreme, amoral buttkicking, gun wielding bad asses with giant, deformed muscles, youngblood may well be our ultimate punishment for buying xforce when we were 8. Liefeld, similarly to his comic counterpart, is a quickwitted, sardonically charming individual who can fit more words into one brief exchange. Comic book artist, creator of deadpool, cable and more. Rob liefeld turned away by dc comics because of agendas. Later on, during 1980s, his father became ill and he found himself with a new reason to get into comics. Deadpool creator rob liefeld refuses to believe hugh. Marvel has been very slow to give individual artists a lot of control or influence over their characters. Less creative or well thought out ones need 15 guns, a machete, ninja stars, a bat, a bit of wood, a pouch full of sharp stones, a lathe, some poisonous dice and a dildo with a razor embedded in it. Im really hoping he never gets into the big two again. See more ideas about rob liefeld, comics and comic art. Liefeld would eventually blame the books scripter, hank kanalz, for the story problems and fire him.
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