Jeff is a 43 year old city boy who has somehow found himself located in Colorado, fulfilling his lifetime dream of making a living drawing super-heroes all day.
He might have been a genius, but he was stupid …
He might have been the worlds strongest man, but he was weak …
There are a lot of things one might be, if only they weren’t the opposite.
I hope the full context of this panel fleshes this out a bit more. Another artist who doesn’t draw feet, hmm.
Don’t discount his natural grace and suppleness Oquies, as you can clearly see by his stance in the panel. I mean, if that doesn’t scream “ROBOT!” I don’t know what does. So you have to give him credit for earning the love of a human woman AND the services of a magical gnome, all while being an artificial life form AND having no coordination at all.
He MIGHT have been champ, if he was GOOD at rollerskating at all…
What an inane statement.
He might have been a genius, but he was stupid …
He might have been the worlds strongest man, but he was weak …
There are a lot of things one might be, if only they weren’t the opposite.
I hope the full context of this panel fleshes this out a bit more. Another artist who doesn’t draw feet, hmm.
No, this is pretty much it — the guy wants to be a great skater except that he’s not, so his girlfriend gets him magic skates from a gnome. Seriously.
I can’t stop laughing. Magic skates from a gnome … please tell me that they made him a hero … Rollerboy or The Rinkmaster or something.
So, he became a super hero with the power of being the worlds best skater! But only when he cheats. I love it.
Don’t discount his natural grace and suppleness Oquies, as you can clearly see by his stance in the panel. I mean, if that doesn’t scream “ROBOT!” I don’t know what does. So you have to give him credit for earning the love of a human woman AND the services of a magical gnome, all while being an artificial life form AND having no coordination at all.
If that’s not heroic, I don’t know what is.
And so, Liefeld’s inspiration is revealed.