Rob Liefeld - Worst comic book artist ever?
#76
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Originally Posted by MovieExchange
I've only scanned the thread, but have we actually gone 3 pages with no one bringing up the fact that Liefeld coped other people's artwork, sometimes down to the exact frame layout over the pages?
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Originally Posted by Nick Danger
Mrhan did, in post 71.
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Some examples of his swiping:
New Mutants 100 vs Ronin #1
Rob Liefeld<-->Yoshitomi
Captain America vol2 6 vs Captain America 110
And something else drawn from his gay porn collection:
New Mutants 100 vs Ronin #1


Rob Liefeld<-->Yoshitomi




And something else drawn from his gay porn collection:

#83
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Originally Posted by dadaluholla
http://progressiveboink.com/archive/robliefeld.html
Check out this breakdown of his 40 worst drawings if you need to review some of his work before making a decision.
Check out this breakdown of his 40 worst drawings if you need to review some of his work before making a decision.
#85
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Originally Posted by boredsilly
I LOVE when the swipe police attack! It seems like such a no brainer to not do that shit, but people still do to this day.
I get a kick out of seeing how obvious they are.
I get a kick out of seeing how obvious they are.
#86
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Originally Posted by MartinBlank
Does this happen a lot? I've heard about it for years from stand-up comics, but never about comic books.
#87
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A couple of those "swipes" aren't really that bad. Obviously both artists had seen pictures of Rambo with his machine gun. And the Wolverine pose is straight from "Drawing the Marvel Way". It's probably something that Kirby invented.
Granted, most of them are flagrant.
Granted, most of them are flagrant.
#88
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Originally Posted by madcougar
There used to be a really good website with swipes, but I can't remember off hand. As I recall, Liefeld was featured prominently along with dozens of other artists.
#89
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Originally Posted by Nick Danger
A couple of those "swipes" aren't really that bad. Obviously both artists had seen pictures of Rambo with his machine gun. And the Wolverine pose is straight from "Drawing the Marvel Way". It's probably something that Kirby invented.
Granted, most of them are flagrant.
Granted, most of them are flagrant.
#90
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I don't know, I think they're all pretty bad. Sure Wolverine is in that pose dozens of times in various comics, but whenever you can lay one image over another and they match up perfectly? You've got a problem.
If you look at the one that swiped the leaping Guy Gardner GL, the hands are exactly the same.
If you look at the one that swiped the leaping Guy Gardner GL, the hands are exactly the same.
#91
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Originally Posted by MartinBlank
A lot of these don't seem like swipes to me, so much as homages.
#93
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I still say Roger Cruz was the worst at this (maybe he still is? haven't seen his work for quite some time). His style changed depending on who he copied.
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Originally Posted by madcougar
Wow. This website is brutal. But it made for some good laughs - who am I kidding? This thing had me in tears. I'm not sure why so many people HATE this guy. He wasn't the best artist by far, but certainly not the worst.
According to him he went to a comic con, and like everyone else showed his work to someone from Marvel or DC (who if there is any justice in the universe has since been fired) but unlike everyone else he was hired on the spot. He then was given a high profile book at Marvel, and within months pretty much everyone there was either trying to or was commanded to draw like him.
But it didn't stop there--he was approached to make the 501 jeans commercial, then got together with a bunch of his artist pals, said "screw you!' to Marvel, and left to start his own company with his own "original" characters.
That seemed to be where the hate really being to ramp up. His 4-issue "Youngblood" miniseries was still unfinished over a year after the first issue was printed. He then began starting up new titles like crazy, most of which never saw a 2nd or 3rd issue. Most of his "original" characters were copies of his earlier characters which were themselves copies of Marvel properties.
Then just to prove the universe makes no sense, he was actually hired back by Marvel (the company he basically told to f-off) in order to help roll out their "Heroes Reborn" debacle.
Oh yeah, there's also the fact that he can't draw his way out of a paper bag, and the constant and blatant swiping. You'd think someone who swiped poses as much as he does would be able to draw better.
#95
Originally Posted by Mordred
Yeah, I could probably find a dozen Wolverine poses exactly like that from a dozen different artists. The one with the guy leaping like the green lantern isn't all that bad either. The rest are pretty obvious though.
Look at the position of the fingers on both hands in both pictures!
#96
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Originally Posted by redskull
The hate probably stems from the fact that he fell ass-backwards into a career and lifestyle that most comic fans can only begin to dream about...

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Jae Lee.
#99
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Originally Posted by boredsilly
A lot of these don't seem like swipes to me, so much as homages.
except for a few like this one.

and this one

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Originally Posted by dogmatica
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