Liefield- Youngblood

[-K-M-]

hmmmmm....

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j165/A_Flight10/cdx.png

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j165/A_Flight10/youngblood_v1_008_03_04_rougher-1.jpg

..........looks like a child of Wolverine and Puck. Explains the deformity

[Flightpath07]

Is this a recent image (pun intended)? I know Liefeld has been doing art on the new(ly restarted) Youngblood series, so not sure if this is recent or a really old pic. In the old days, Rob had a real problem with chest dimensions.

[-K-M-]

It's old, still funny though. His arm is terrible too.

[PWalk]

How did he ever get a job in this business?

[-K-M-]

All those pouches he draws were full of money.

[DIGGER]

Looking at that picture, a couple of words come to mind...THE HELL?

[Flightpath07]

How did he ever get a job in this business?

Because he was a brilliant creature of characters. He just didn't have any formal training in the drawing side of the business.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Characters_created_by_Rob_Liefeld

[Phil]

I'm gonna come right out and say that I like Rob's work.

It may not be anatomically correct, but it's full of energy and emotion and, to me, is a nice example of stylised storytelling.
It's clearly fantasy and yeah it's not traditional fine art, but I don't want that from all my comics all the time.

Plus Rob is a very shrewd businessman, and when I met him at a con he was a really nice guy.

[Flightpath07]

Thanks, Phil. Seems not too many folk stick up for Mr.Liefeld anymore. I follow him on Twitter, and find him both intelligent and witty, plus he doesn't let ANY comic company push him around.

His style isn't for everyone, but (like it or not) Rob defined a whole generation of super-heroism in the 90's; in that decade, there was Liefeld, and then there was everybody else. He has created some of the best-loved characters ever. He liked action, and he drew plenty of it.

[-K-M-]

Witty? Did you not see his rant against both Marvel and DC latetly? It was ridic

[Le Messor]

(Play Close Your Eyes from Buffy, The Vampire Slayer)
Many are still suffering from Youngblood's Disease (http://atopfourthwall.blogspot.com.au/2009/05/youngblood-1.html).


I'm gonna come right out and say that I like Rob's work.

I'm gonna come right out and say I don't hate it. Also, I hate that people complain that he can't draw feet, then complain that he covers up feet in all his picture - that's just trying to complain. Give 'im a break.


(like it or not) Rob defined a whole generation of super-heroism in the 90's; in that decade, there was Liefeld, and then there was everybody else. He has created some of the best-loved characters ever.

That said, I don't... and very few people like / love / respect super-"heroism" in the 90s. For reasons I agree with.
Except DC; they've made an entire campaign around bringing the 90s back.

~ Le Messor
"I am enclosing two tickets to the first night of my new play; bring a friend, if you have one."
~ George Bernard Shaw to Winston Churchill
"Cannot possibly attend first night, will attend second .... if there is one."
~ Winston Churchill, in response.

[Flightpath07]

Witty? Did you not see his rant against both Marvel and DC latetly? It was ridic

No, I actually have taken a break from Twitter for the last three weeks or so. I do know that Rob left DC recently because of too much "editorial interference". As a Flight-lover, I can understand, empathize, and respect that. I enjoy a lot of what DC is doing right now, but i will admit that they keep a very tight reign over what stories can and cannot be told; everything has to fall within their pattern of the new DC universe they are trying to create, and therefore artists who wish to tell their own stories, don't get to. So Rob quit.

And that is all I know about that.

[Chris]

After I read Marvel Comics Presents 51 - 53, I wanted Rob to replace John Calimee on AF. In another thread (http://alphaflight.net/showthread.php?5807-The-Cable-Guy) there was talk about Rob relaunching Alpha Flight but instead he was assigned to New Mutants.

Does anyone have any his redesigns of Alpha Flight? I e-mailed Rob about a year ago asking him to post some of his redesigns for Alpha Flight but he never responded.

[Phil]

Heh, as stated in that thread I might have them saved on my old harddrive.
I'll try and dig it up soon.

[Phil]

Judging from this archived thread: http://alphaflight.net/showthread.php?3745-What-could-have-been-AF-Liefeld-and-Cable I definitely had the designs at somepoint but uploaded to aol homepages which went the way of the dodo... HOPEFULLY I've still got it...

[Flightpath07]

HOPEFULLY I've still got it...

YES! Would love to see them!

[Le Messor]

Judging from this archived thread: http://alphaflight.net/showthread.php?3745-What-could-have-been-AF-Liefeld-and-Cable I definitely had the designs at somepoint but uploaded to aol homepages which went the way of the dodo... HOPEFULLY I've still got it...

Ooh, dig 'em up! They'd be so amusing to see. The Alphans, all carrying big guns, doing heroic things like robbing banks, and... and...
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You sure we haven't seen them already?

This post did not end where it started in my head.

~ Le Messor
"I feel so miserable without you; it's almost like having you here."
~ Stephen Bishop

[Phil]

Right.....

Despite it being touted as such a decade ago, looking at it now, I'm not convinced it is Rob's work...

IF it is it definitely pre-dates Cable and isn't the designs for the 'relaunch' and is most likely just a piece for himself (very early in his career... possibly pre-professional work) or a convention sketch...

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[Chris]

Thanks Phil. Not quite what I expected, but it is still a lovely sketch of our Alphans.

[Phil]

Like I say, it's not what you were after and there's a good chance it's not actually Liefeld art.

[Flightpath07]

Like I say, it's not what you were after and there's a good chance it's not actually Liefeld art.

I'll admit, doesn't look like his style.

[Le Messor]

Observe the feet. Note the way the heads are slightly off...
I don't think it is Liefeld - that signature was PM's from somewhere else, methinks.

~ Le Messor
"It is much easier to suggest solutions when you know nothing about the problem."

[Phil]

The facial features look like early Liefeld so I am torn, but definitely leaning towards it not being him.