Really Rob Liefeld? You really wanna go there?

I'm usually against slagging off comics professionals on the internet.  Firstly there's far too much undeserved negativity and bile directed towards these people and they don't need me adding to it.  Secondly the worst comic writer/artist out there is at least a thousand times more talented than me.  Not only that but everyone of them has actually got up off their arses and worked their way into the industry, which is no mean feat.  While I'm entitled to express my opinion on their creative output they all still deserve my respect.

But then I see stuff like this on Rob Liefeld's Twitter feed....


Hey if you are @BizarroStanLee does that mean you're the talented version of Stan??


Hopefully the Ghost of Jack Kirby will show up today and kick Stan's sorry ass as he gets his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Really? Really? Rob Liefeld really wants to publicly have a go at Stan Lee!? Really?!

Just to remind you all, Stan Lee is the guy who co-created most of the Marvel Universe and, along with other legends such as Steve Ditko and Jack Kirby, changed the face of mainstream superhero comics for all time.  Rob Liefeld is the guy who helped set the brief '90s trend for over-muscled, multi-pouched superheroes with big guns.  He famously can't draw feet.  He drew this...


So just so we're all clear, the man who helped create this...


is being criticised by the man who did this...


That's this....


...versus this...


I'm being unfair.  Rob Liefeld has had a massive impact on the comics industry.  He's a self-taught artist who worked his way up to the top of his field.  He co-founded Image Comics.  He co-created Deadpool.  He's done more with his life than I ever will to say the least.

But he can't draw feet.  And Stan Lee is STAN LEE!

This isn't the first time Liefeld has had a go at someone by whom he's ridiculously outclassed.  In the past he's thrown stones out of his glass house in the direction of Alan Moore.  Check it out here.   Fellow blogger Duy Tano has published a highly amusing rebuttal to this interview on his Comics Cube.

I feel guilty taking these cheap shots at Liefeld.  Like I said, there's enough bile on the internet directed towards comic pros.  But really? Rob Liefeld?  Taking shots at Stan Lee? Really? Stan Lee?

Really?