Yes, Rob Liefeld was one of the Image founders. He had a very distinctive style of drawing, which unfortunately was then aped by all and sundry. I can't say I've ever noticed the perspective thing, but then I've only actually read one or two of his comics, and that was with an air of detatched disdain.
Actually I don't have a burning hatred for the man, I just find it amusing that Sosa does. Also, Chris Claremont.
Hmm. I don't like that. It looks . . . silly. As comic styles go, this is not one I will approve of. Thanks for bringing it to my attention, Rob is now filed under "things I disapprove of" in my HeadBin.
Rob Liefeld first rose to prominence pencilling Marvel's "The New Mutants" and introduced Cable, the cyborg alternate reality future version of Nathan Summers (the child of Scott Summers and Madelyne Prior). He was possibly also a clone of Stryfe, a bad guy and also and alternate future version of Nathan Summers.
But anyways - Rob Liefeld does indeed suck ass. You only really need look at his early work to see just how godawful he actually is. The image Andy has linked is quite good, compared to his earlier work, before he started hanging out with decent artists.
http://members.aol.com/chrisv82/america.htm - the best one.
I always hated the way that Liefeld couldn't draw fingers and crotches, yet always had them in the fore ground. Also he coudl only draw this really limited number of poses, so every cover looked the same, as did every fight scene after a while.
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Date: 2004-09-02 07:48 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-09-02 09:02 am (UTC)Actually I don't have a burning hatred for the man, I just find it amusing that Sosa does. Also, Chris Claremont.
"As big a deal as Image seemed in its early days, that company and its style of "New Comics" are now looked upon as a discredited form, defined by critics as excessively cynical, overly graphic, bloat-muscled, too-violent exercises in immoderation with plenty of lovingly rendered violence and almost-nude female characters."
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Date: 2004-09-02 09:07 am (UTC)Mmm, boobs.
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Date: 2004-09-02 09:21 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-09-03 03:30 am (UTC)But anyways - Rob Liefeld does indeed suck ass. You only really need look at his early work to see just how godawful he actually is.
The image Andy has linked is quite good, compared to his earlier work, before he started hanging out with decent artists.
Here's some stuff to look at and weep:
http://www.marvel.com/catalog/listing.htm?artist=Rob%20Liefeld
http://www.lambiek.net/liefeld_rob.htm
http://members.aol.com/chrisv82/america.htm - the best one.
I always hated the way that Liefeld couldn't draw fingers and crotches, yet always had them in the fore ground. Also he coudl only draw this really limited number of poses, so every cover looked the same, as did every fight scene after a while.
hate hate hate hate