When it comes to art, Rob Liefeld is no Jim Lee or Greg Capullo. The internet hates Liefeld for his unproportional figures and lazy drawings. When I say lazy, I mean copying compositions from other artists and not giving credit or better yet, copying his own compositions from older work. While the internet hates him, there’s no denying his art sells or else he wouldn’t be working with DC right now for Deathstroke.
Over the past several days, Liefeld posted on Twitter that he’s frustrated that Marvel has no love for his created, Deadpool. He mentioned that only “D-list” creative team work on the title and it gets no love from Marvel. I don’t think he meant it as an insult to Deadpool’s current creative team because he mentioned that only new guys work on it and not the veteran writers. Anyways, some Marvel employees responded on Twitter with:
Rick Remender: “Lot of talented people you just called out as D-list. Might be a better way to congratulate yourself?
Dave Johnson: “Yes!!! I’ve been elevated to the “D list” of talent. Thanks Rob. Now if I can only learn how to ink while driving a car.
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JanArrah
Aug 10, 2012 -
Mass Appeal? Really? Is that why the sales TANK on every title he’s ever drawn?
Deathstroke:
March – 103 13.95 DEATHSTROKE #7 [*] $2.99 DC 17,770
April – 112 12.98 DEATHSTROKE #8 [*] $2.99 DC 16,951
May – 122 15.51 DEATHSTROKE #9 $2.99 DC 20,878
June – 117 15.14 DEATHSTROKE #10 $2.99 DC 19,722
July – 127 13.45 DEATHSTROKE #11 $2.99 DC 17,107
Savage Hawkman:
March – 105 13.73 SAVAGE HAWKMAN #7 [*] $2.99 DC 17,490
April – 114 12.61 SAVAGE HAWKMAN #8 [*] $2.99 DC 16,470
May – 138 13.09 SAVAGE HAWKMAN #9 $2.99 DC 17,626
June – 135 12.60 SAVAGE HAWKMAN #10 $2.99 DC 16,417
July – 141 12.15 SAVAGE HAWKMAN #11 $2.99 DC 15,460
Grifter:
March – 121 11.70 GRIFTER #7 [*] $2.99 DC 14,903
April – 130 10.81 GRIFTER #8 [*] $2.99 DC 14,117
May – 154 11.31 GRIFTER #9 $2.99 DC 15,228
June -151 10.95 GRIFTER #10 $2.99 DC 14,258
July – 156 10.52 GRIFTER #11 $2.99 DC 13,382
So everything except Deathstroke is down from where it was before Liefeld took over and Deathstroke is not doing that great. And Hawk and Dove took a massive dive bomb from 38,000 copies at issue 1 to 18,000 by issue #4.. it ended at around 12,000. So not good. Liefeld does NOT sell.
Cricket
Aug 13, 2012 -
Difference of about 2000 copies at max isn’t tanking. From what you provided there were even months that the titles sold more than when he first started.
If he doesn’t sell, he wouldn’t be working in the industry. Simple as that.