Category Archives: I Hate Rob Liefeld’s Art

Reason #13: He’s a hack

Posted on June 10, 2011 by Jeff Hebert

The upcoming “Hawk & Dove” relaunch features a cover by none other than Rob Liefeld, whose art (as you know) I hate with the white-hot intensity of the sun. Here’s the cover: Apparently DC, having already decided to grant an … Continue reading →

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Freelance Friday: Babewatch edition

Posted on September 18, 2009 by Jeff Hebert

You don’t have to be a filmmaker to know if you like a movie or not, and to offer a critique of it. You don’t have to be an author to know if you like a book or not, and … Continue reading →

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Reason 12c: Yet more bad swiping

Posted on July 10, 2009 by Jeff Hebert

I’d like to take a look at another Rob Liefeld swipe (with thanks to the Adlo blog), this time from the incomparable Frank Miller, to show why I hate Rob Liefeld’s art. Again, I don’t have a problem with “swiping” … Continue reading →

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Reason #12b: More bad thievery

Posted on July 3, 2009 by Jeff Hebert

Under the theory that you can never have too much whiny sniping and carping, I wanted to follow up last week’s post showing how Rob Liefeld can’t even swipe right with another example, this time featuring the exact same character … Continue reading →

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Reason #12: He steals badly

Posted on June 26, 2009 by Jeff Hebert

Pretty much every artist has at some point “derived inspiration from” or “paid homage to” or “flat out stolen” work from another artist, but the thing is that when you do that, what you come up with still has to … Continue reading →

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Reason #11: The Whole Package

Posted on June 19, 2009 by Jeff Hebert

Picking apart individual aspects of Rob Liefeld’s art is easy, but sometimes you need to step back and take a look at the “big picture” as it were, a point I was forcibly reminded of when I stumbled upon this … Continue reading →

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Reason #10: The outfits

Posted on May 15, 2009 by Jeff Hebert

The Joel Schumacher Rule allows for no exceptions, and simply stated it commands that “Thou shalt have no nipples on the outside of thy costume”, but apparently Rob Liefeld didn’t get the memo when it came time to put together … Continue reading →

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Reason #9: The Covers

Posted on May 8, 2009 by Jeff Hebert

Somewhere along the line, the powers-that-be realized that perhaps Liefeld’s “greatest” weaknesses — complete lack of page layout ability, utter disregard for basic anatomy, the wordsmithing of a Tourette’s-afflicted kindergartner, unnatural fixation on shouting/grimacing/overwrought faces — could be turned into … Continue reading →

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Reason #8: The writing makes it even worse.

Posted on April 3, 2009 by Jeff Hebert

We already know Liefeld’s art is lame, but when attached to his writing or humor, it gets even lamer. “But Jeff,” you might say, “that’s like saying something is more infinite than infinity or more immovable than the immovable.” And … Continue reading →

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Reason #7: He breaks women

Posted on March 20, 2009 by Jeff Hebert

Goodness knows I don’t have any room to talk on this subject since I can’t draw women to save my life, but no one ever said you have to be able to “do” in order to “criticize”. With that out … Continue reading →

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