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[Allyn Gibson]

The Liefeld Revolution allowed only for pouches.

There's a part of me that would love to read a Liefeld-esque Star Trek comic...

Speed lines!
Scowly faces!
Blank eyes!
Men with impossibly huge and muscular chests!
Women with waists smaller than a Number Two pencil!
Phaser rifles as big as a car!
Uniform boots missing feet!
Dynamic poses that will put the men, in the words of the Prince Regent, "in danger of seriously disappointing my future Queen!"
Belt pouches!
Thigh pouches!
Arm pouches!
Spock Helmet pouches!
Even the Enterprise (or whatever hero ship is in the story) has pouches!

I'd read it.

 

[Nerys Myk]

There's a part of me that would love to read a Liefeld-esque Star Trek comic...

Speed lines!
Scowly faces!
Blank eyes!
Men with impossibly huge and muscular chests!
Women with waists smaller than a Number Two pencil!
Phaser rifles as big as a car!
Uniform boots missing feet!
Dynamic poses that will put the men, in the words of the Prince Regent, "in danger of seriously disappointing my future Queen!"
Belt pouches!
Thigh pouches!
Arm pouches!
Spock Helmet pouches!
Even the Enterprise (or whatever hero ship is in the story) has pouches!

I'd read it.

And all the characters have the same face.

 

[ace2k]

There's a part of me that would love to read a Liefeld-esque Star Trek comic...

Speed lines!
Scowly faces!
Blank eyes!
Men with impossibly huge and muscular chests!
Women with waists smaller than a Number Two pencil!
Phaser rifles as big as a car!
Uniform boots missing feet!
Dynamic poses that will put the men, in the words of the Prince Regent, "in danger of seriously disappointing my future Queen!"
Belt pouches!
Thigh pouches!
Arm pouches!
Spock Helmet pouches!
Even the Enterprise (or whatever hero ship is in the story) has pouches!

I'd read it.

Don’t forget to obscure the feet in every shot.

 

[hbquikcomjamesl]

Huh??

 

[ICW]

I consider myself fortunate that I was able to amass a near-complete collection of Star Trek novels for dirt cheap. There was a Barnes and Noble in Paramus, NJ, with a unique feature: a massive used book section. I was able to obtain most books (paperback, hardcover, comics, reference books, etc.) for pennies on the dollar. I miss those days, and that particular B&N location shut down.

 

[ace2k]

Huh??

Rob Liefeld was notoriously awful at drawing feet and would often get around it if possible by simply covering them. A quick google of “Rob Liefeld can’t draw feet” shows exactly what I mean.

Props to him for building a successful career nonetheless, though.

 

[David cgc]

Huh??

There were a couple of hilarious articles criticizing Rob Liefeld's quirks around 2010. They're on the Internet Archive ("Does anyone remember when the internet used to be forever?")

The 40 Worst Rob Liefeld Drawings

40 More of the Worst Rob Liefeld Drawings

Read through those, and you'll get all our jokes about excessive storage pouches, wasp-waisted bodybuilders, everyone having dainty ballerina feet when they have them at all, craggy-faced teens, and more.

 

[hbquikcomjamesl]

everyone having dainty ballerina feet when they have them at all

Sounds like the precise opposite of Mort Walker.

 

[E-DUB]

Sounds like the precise opposite of Mort Walker.

Or perhaps Don Martin.

 

[JD]

I've never understood how he ever had any success as an artist, I've always found his artwork hideous. I guess he had the advantage of it being the '90s.