No more pouches?

[sabotabby]

We're not going to have Rob Liefeld to kick around anymore.



The comics world mourns the loss of baroque anatomy, porn traces, floating or otherwise invisible feet, and seriously, what was in all those pouches?

I can't help but imagine various DC heroines untwisting their spines and sighing in relief as their internal organs re-settle into their proper places and their tiny little feet are finally able to touch the ground.

Also, who tweets during a movie? That's just rude.

(Via fengi.)

Comments

[fengi.livejournal.com]

Is she going "nooooo" because her spine has snapped, or has she been sucked into a zone of non-Euclidean anatomy?

Alas, it seems Rob will continue be published somewhere because he can fart momey - some movie studio actually optioned Bloodstrike. Doesn't matter if it gets made, someone paid for it. If anything proves that the comics industry is a boys club which is impervious to taste and quality, it's Liefeld.

[sabotabby]

I actually look forward to Liefeld with no editorial controls imposed on him. It'll be funny.

[marlowe1.livejournal.com]

That didn't go well when Todd McFarlane did it.

[cucumberseed.livejournal.com]

Nope.

[the_axel]

Isn't that what Image was all about?
All creator controlled content, etc., etc.

[frilled-shark.livejournal.com]

I like to think it's actually her breast saying "Nooo!".

[fengi.livejournal.com]

This is perfect. I can imagine a lot of breasts in DC comics would express similar sentiments. "What the hell!" "No material would cling to me this way, not even lycra!"

[marlowe1.livejournal.com]

Oh but his influence will live on.

Did you ever read the Bloom County storyline when Berke Breathed ended it the first time and had all the characters trying to find new jobs. Steve Dallas went for the comic book world because all the women look like "Dolly Parton in zero gravity" (man, Dolly Parton has large breast jokes - I almost miss them)

[sabotabby]

Almost.

[marlowe1.livejournal.com]

I must say watching 9 to 5 was much better when I was thinking of Dolly Parton as an enthusiastic country singer who projected warmth and charisma as opposed to a very long and tedious joke.

On the other hand, 9 to 5 actually talked about sexism in the workplace and had female characters who effortlessly passed the Bechdel test and it was a little depressing knowing that movies like that aren't made so often anymore.

[radiumhead.livejournal.com]

Hes not quitting comics, hes just quitting DC.

[radiumhead.livejournal.com]

To be fair, this isnt him being a dick. George Perez said he quit too, for the same reasons Liefeld did.

[sabotabby]

I figured that.

[radiumhead.livejournal.com]

I dont know how familiar you are with George Perez, but hes pretty much the opposite of Liefield.

His art is amazing, and totally technically correct, and hes a complete professional with no rock star attitude. And very few people have contributed as much to DC as him. Hes been there like 25 years.

If HE just gets up and quits, that means DC has become FUCKED UP.

[sabotabby]

DC has totally become fucked up.

[fengi.livejournal.com]

I think it's best summed it up as:
"It's unfortunate that DC's heavy editorial hand has driven away so many talented people.
It's a godsend that DC's heavy editorial hand has driven away Rob Liefeld."

The 52 Reboot strategy had potential: dial back some of the insular editorial tendencies (grim, sexist, overly convoluted plotting, etc.) while bumping sales. Instead it's a retrenchment of the same but cheaper and sloppier with a higher cover price. I suspect it's more cost effective to milk the established market until it dies, but does not being a disorganized dickhead really cost much more?

[bitter-crimson.livejournal.com]

hahaha oh man, that wonder girl scan is one of the worst ones I've seen in ages.

[franklanguage.livejournal.com]

When I first read this post, I thought you meant he had died.

[sabotabby]

No, I actually wouldn't be callous about that. Dude didn't hurt anyone, just draws some really shitty comics.