Liefeld Retires! UPDATE- Just taking a break from comics

WetRats

Read it here.

Let the sniping begin!

Cap Boobs in 5... 4... 3..

Marty_Devine

WetRats

@Marty_Devine: Bravo!

Torchsong

He rescinded his retirement announcement. You may all go about your business. Makers of hip and leg pouches all gave a collective sigh of relief. :)

brydeemer

Such a tease.

Bry

electric_mayhem

ol' Bobby knows how to work the PR machine, thats for sure..

Mr_Cosmic

Marty_Devine said:

Those don't look like tears...ewwwwww.

:-&

WetRats

He may not believe he's retired...

Gargoyle

Whilst you can love (or more frequently) hate his art, he used to be an interesting twitter read and always had something positive to say about comics and just came across as having a lot of fun. In the past few months leading up to the Snyder thing he just seems to have lost his interest, I've thought about unfollowing him a few times but it had car-crash TV quality to it.

If he does take a break I hope he gets his love of comics back.

Chuck_Melville

If he really loves comics, he'd make that break an indefinite one...

John_Steed

No matter what - there will come a day when there is no more Liefeld.

Who will be the comic artist the geeks of the world will most likely love to hate after Liefeld is gone?

DoctorDoom

Torchsong said:

He rescinded his retirement announcement. You may all go about your business. Makers of hip and leg pouches all gave a collective sigh of relief. :)

Aw, hamburgers!

dubbat138

John_Steed said:

No matter what - there will come a day when there is no more Liefeld.

Who will be the comic artist the geeks of the world will most likely love to hate after Liefeld is gone?

Herb Trimpe?

kiwijase

Now he can put his feet up....or maby learn to draw the damn things.

CaptShazam

John_Steed said:

No matter what - there will come a day when there is no more Liefeld.

Who will be the comic artist the geeks of the world will most likely love to hate after Liefeld is gone?

Tony Daniels? And I met Herb Trimpe at the Denver Con last year. He was a little gruff but he did sign a G.I. Joe special missions trade for me. He had a packet of original art from the series for sale. Not sure how many pages were in the bundle but he wanted a couple thousand for the whole thing. I passed on that deal.

DoctorDoom

CaptShazam said:

John_Steed said:

No matter what - there will come a day when there is no more Liefeld.

Who will be the comic artist the geeks of the world will most likely love to hate after Liefeld is gone?

Tony Daniels? And I met Herb Trimpe at the Denver Con last year. He was a little gruff but he did sign a G.I. Joe special missions trade for me. He had a packet of original art from the series for sale. Not sure how many pages were in the bundle but he wanted a couple thousand for the whole thing. I passed on that deal.

Is Daniels really on par with Liefeld? or is he just the next man up?

CaptShazam

Just next man up. Liefeld will leave with the championship belt.

DoctorDoom

Roger that.

dubbat138

Chap Yaep

Hex

dubbat138 said:

Herb Trimpe?

Bite your tongue! I love me some Herb Trimpe!

Gargoyle

Humberto Ramos

WetRats

Greg "Polaroid" Land

John_Steed

Hex said:

dubbat138 said:

Herb Trimpe?

Bite your tongue! I love me some Herb Trimpe!

I quite like his version of HULK - a brute force when needed, but also a bit more tender at times. His work on other characters I had to google. Didn't care much about what I've seen there. Guess he will be remembered as a good artist on HULK.

John_Steed

dubbat138 said:

Chap Yaep

Another one I had to google.....having now seen some sample pages I'm glad I missed out on his work.

Hex

John_Steed said:

I quite like his version of HULK - a brute force when needed, but also a bit more tender at times. His work on other characters I had to google. Didn't care much about what I've seen there. Guess he will be remembered as a good artist on HULK.

Exactly! Trimpe's issues of the Hulk were the first Hulk stories I bought off the rack and I'll always have a soft spot for him because of those issues.

TheIndigoFire

John_Steed said:

No matter what - there will come a day when there is no more Liefeld.

Who will be the comic artist the geeks of the world will most likely love to hate after Liefeld is gone?

Probably Joe Mad.

dubbat138

TheIndigoFire said:

John_Steed said:

No matter what - there will come a day when there is no more Liefeld.

Who will be the comic artist the geeks of the world will most likely love to hate after Liefeld is gone?

Probably Joe Mad.

I thought even one liked Joe Mad?

Wood

Rob (who full disclosure is a buddy of mine) is not retired. He's just fried from the Marvel and DC shenanigans (and believe me he's not alone), and also has some Hollywood things keeping him busy (and paid).

John_Steed

@Wood : I always like your summations on behalf of Liefeld on 11 O'Clock Comics - I get Rob's passion for the comics, but his art.......

Wood

@John_Steed art is subjective, and I can't say that every piece of Rob's art has been a pillar of anatomical perfection. BUT...he was one of the first artists who really excited me, who caused me to look at art for the sake of it rather than because it was the next in the line of comics/characters I followed anyway. My appreciation for him now is much more personal than any attempt to defend his career. He does a good enough job of that on his own.

WetRats

Wood said:

Rob (who full disclosure is a buddy of mine) is not retired. He's just fried from the Marvel and DC shenanigans (and believe me he's not alone), and also has some Hollywood things keeping him busy (and paid).

If you can judge a man by the quality of his friends, then I've been woefully underestimating Mr. Liefeld.