Liefeld's Kickstarting Brigade

Greg

"BRIGADE and its creator Rob Liefeld are returning to comics and we want everyone to get a FREE copy of the re-imagined Brigade!"

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/649924296/brigade-returns?ref=live

DoctorDoom

...Why?

Greg

Exactly

DoctorDoom

So how's Bloodsport #2-3 coming?

mwhitt80

ohh snap. I'm over halfway through my image extreme mapping and Brigade is in the top 2 (between that and Supreme). Yep it's that bad people. I might be able to keep going after my year long break.

To be fair...
If he's going to do this like he did the relaunch of Prophet and the other Extreme properties then it might be worth checking out. BUT Rob better hope I don't win the Mega Millions because I'm making him come down to S.West GA, during the summer, to sign at my library. After I put out full page ad in all the surrounding newspapers (at least twice).

bamfbamf

i hope he doesn't get funded

DoctorDoom

bamfbamf said:

i hope he doesn't get funded

30 backers, $1,060 so far.

mwhitt80

31 @ $1,100

Chuck_Melville

I just don't need a free comic that badly.

mwhitt80

Chuck_Melville said:

I just don't need a free comic that badly.

winner. that's the first post that's made me laugh all week.

dubbat138

I have been slowly collecting all the Liefeld Extreme Studios stuff. Never paying more than 50 cents for an issue. Been doing it to see just how bad it can get. And some of the pre-Alan Moore Supreme stuff isn't horrible.

Mr_Cosmic

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Re72di5phM0

mwhitt80

@dubbat138
If you want a reading order that makes sense I have one for the first 1/2. I took a long break, but have start reading it again.

bamfbamf

http://www.progressiveboink.com/2012/6/14/3084348/the-second-40-worst-rob-liefeld-drawings

mwhitt80

$5600. this is going to get funded before the first week.

fredzilla

bamfbamf said:

http://www.progressiveboink.com/2012/6/14/3084348/the-second-40-worst-rob-liefeld-drawings

This is totally worth the price of admission to this thread.

luke52

This is a relatively low target considering who's kickstarter it is. It'll easily get funded, although I won't be adding any of my hard earned money to the pot.

PeanutButterMustache

I backed it...maybe because I'm a kid of the nineties or maybe because I'm a fan of fun!

Chuck_Melville

PeanutButterMustache said:

I backed it...maybe because I'm a kid of the nineties or maybe because I'm a fan of fun!

I didn't back it. Because I'm a fan of good art.

Greg

Chuck_Melville said:

PeanutButterMustache said:

I backed it...maybe because I'm a kid of the nineties or maybe because I'm a fan of fun!

I didn't back it. Because I'm a fan of good art.

Thanks @Chuck_Melville, I couldn't bring myself to say it.

mwhitt80

@PeanutButterMustache
Don't let them get to you. We all know Rob can't draw well, but they seem to think we forgot that. ;)

It's fun to laugh at his top 40 worst drawings, but it's not like we didn't know he couldn't draw. I can't hate the dude for making real money off of bad stories and bad art.

I was in the 12-14 age range when Image started and I was reading comics/wizard. I like you have fondness for Rob. I can't defend his talent or stories (or the fact that most of his villains came from an issue of the Tick), but I do enjoy the fun he brings to projects he's invested in. I backed the project; now we get to see if it comes out in this decade...

DoctorDoom

I suppose I'm part of the problem. I bought the first few issues of Onslaught Reborn.

Greg

I like Rob, I've been able to meet him a few times in Chicago, he's a cool guy to talk comics with. There hasn't been much progession or maturation in his craft though. His art and ideas still seem be anchored on the late 80's and 90's, more so than some of the other folks from that time. I wish him the best of luck.

dubbat138

mwhitt80 said:

@dubbat138
If you want a reading order that makes sense I have one for the first 1/2. I took a long break, but have start reading it again.

Thanks for the offer . I have been just reading them in publication order.

mwhitt80

So I was looking at this today there it's sitting at $27,350 right now. That isn't a lot compared to some of the other big comics projects, bt what is interesting is the pledge amounts.
The average donation is $60.25. Ok so we have a few large donations (500+), but the single largest group is $50.00. This is a crazy distribution for a comic project. It's interesting snap shot of Rob's fan base.

DoctorDoom

So what happens with that extra money?

mwhitt80

he's going to print more free comics and there are some bonus stuff for backers. Rob's goal (from what it sounds like) is to print as many copies of Brigade #1 as he can, then make them available for free to retailers. He's really excited about getting a lot of free comics out there for the public to read.

I've listened to/read lots of interviews with him over the years, and I'm not sure I've ever heard anyone that enjoys creating comics as much as he does. He really loves comics and the comics community.

DoctorDoom

Ah, thanks.