He had his own Levi's commercial directed by Spike Lee in the 90s. You know how people draw comics? Rob doesn't do that. I'm a little more bitter about the loss of innocence than Bill, but we both don't appreciate Garth Ennis having Superman demand blowjobs in a comic and expecting people to call him a genius.Īnd then, there's Rob Liefeld. Talented people did and still work on comics and as immature and goofy as any hobby can be, they should be respected and admired for their work. Comics were once for kids and now they're for the adults who loved them as kids but suddenly became adults with no upward motivation. It was a grand and miserable time for all involved, and as a result now Spider-Man wears flying armor and the good writers we lost, guys like Alan Moore, are busy writing graphic novels about how Snow White loves fucking the Seven Dwarves in a metaphorical Future Paris or whatever.
Kids were replaced by old men with backing boards, and eventually the kids and the old men became one, and 9 out of 10 kids you met collected comics for the money they'd never see and gave you the most turd-burgling stink-eye if you took the literally, figuratively, and creatively worthless SPIRITS OF VENGEANCE out of its polybag. They'd always been popular and we'd always collected and enjoyed them, but a surge of popularity brought out collectors and special editions and all the shit we've learned to deal with from breakfast cereals and television punditry. well, I'm sorry for this in advance.Ĭomic books exploded when I was about ten years old. If that doesn't tell you everything you need to know about Rob Liefeld. Also, you can find the sequel, 40 MORE of the worst Rob Liefeld drawings, right HERE. Holy Lord, Rob Liefeld is bad at drawing.
This feature was originally published on November 14th, 2007.