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Rob Liefield to write/"draw" 3 DC new 52 titles!

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http://www.newsarama.com/comics/rob-liefeld-deathstroke-hawkman-grifter-120113.html
Rob Liefeld will have more of a presence in DC's "The New 52" than ever, joining the creative team of three ongoing series in May. Liefeld will be plotting both The Savage Hawkman and Grifter, as well as writing and illustrating Deathstroke, replacing previous series writer Kyle Higgins and artist Joe Bennett. How this affects the existing Hawkman writing team of Tony Daniel & James Bonny and Grifter writer Nathan Edmondson is currently unclear. Liefeld joins all three series as of their ninth issues.

The news comes just one day after the announcement that Hawk and Dove, The New 52 title that Liefeld had been illustrating and (as of issue #6) writing, was ending with April's issue #8.

"Rob’s always been seen as edgy, both within the comic book industry and by his fans," DC executive editor Eddie Berganza said in the publisher's press release. "That’s a great vibe to bring to these particular books. We really want to push boundaries, and Rob’s the guy to do it.”

On The Source, Liefeld spoke of his upcoming plans for the series, revealing that Deathstroke will be taking on Lobo and that Hawkman will learn more about the Nth metal, plus teasing an appearance from fellow former Wildstorm character Deathblow in Grifter.
Keep reading Newsarama for more on the latest developments in DC's The New 52.

Very exciting time to be a comic fan!


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So I'm not big in to comics but I know who Liefeld is and I know all of his art that I've seen is fucking terrible.

Do people deciding who does what not realize it's awful? Do they not care? Am I only seeing the really bad stuff and he's actually really fucking good within the comics themselves?

Or is this some sort of giant troll? A play for name recognition, perhaps? Or he's been in the industry so long that he has friends or people that think he deserves the projects because of seniority?
 
So I'm not big in to comics but I know who Liefeld is and I know all of his art that I've seen is fucking terrible.

Do people deciding who does what not realize it's awful? Do they not care? Am I only seeing the really bad stuff and he's actually really fucking good within the comics themselves?

Or is this some sort of giant troll? A play for name recognition, perhaps? Or he's been in the industry so long that he has friends or people that think he deserves the projects because of seniority?

He is a relatively nice guy and he sticks to schedule, both qualities that can put you ahead of more talented people in comics.
 
Liefeld's a nice guy, he's been putting the effort in recently to keep to schedule and it looks like he's being rewarded for it.

Good on him :) His art is bad, but in an enjoyable way, and it usually fits the books he works on. It's not like he's fucking with some indie darling comic, it's fucking Deathstroke.
 
Rob’s always been seen as edgy, both within the comic book industry and by his fans," DC executive editor Eddie Berganza said in the publisher's press release. "That’s a great vibe to bring to these particular books. We really want to push boundaries, and Rob’s the guy to do it.
Seriously, the man's a relic of the 90's....


Can he just...disappear.
 
Breaking news: liefeld to redesign DC logo

Only if he makes it entirely out of feet.

That deathstroke picture is horrendous. It's crazy that after 20-whatever years he's been doing this professionally that he hasn't gotten even a little better.
 

What gets me most about this isn't so much the size of the chest but the angle of it - you can see he is trying to make the star as visible as possible but it shouldn't be from that portrait angle, skewing the proportions further. It is really amateurish, even a child could point this out
 
What gets me most about this isn't so much the size of the chest but the angle of it - you can see he is trying to make the star as visible as possible but it shouldn't be from that portrait angle, skewing the proportions further. It is really amateurish, even a child could point this out

he was just ahead of his time

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That guys gets to draw 3 titles, and this guy;

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Can't get work in the industry.

WTF is wrong with comics?

What's his work ethic like? Is he a good dude? How much indie work does he do? Can he do more than muscle dudes in spandex?
 
Marvel drummed out Claremont. We task DC to get rid of Liefeld.

Marvel didn't drum out Chris Claremont.

Chris Claremont created some of the best comics ever and really shouldn't be compared to Rob Liefeld.

And Liefeld never stays on books for very long. So you can be grumpy comic book fan, or be patient.
 
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