Love him or hate him, Rob Liefeld has made a name for himself in the comic industry. Well known for his sometimes controversial and fandom splitting art style, Liefeld had been recently working on several DC titles including Hawkman, Grifter, and Deathstroke recently quit the comics company.
He took to his twitter account, being very vocal with the issues on which he left. Several of his tweets include
“I had at least 20 editorial battles and won 80% but those battles wear you down.
“Everyone kept covering for another guy who kept slipping and tripping all over his deadlines. Excuse after excuse…then, silhouettes…
“Just don’t believe I’m rewarding the guy who draws silhouettes after silhouettes and makes his inker draw his pages. Sorry.”
He seems to be on bad terms with DC now as another round of Twitter posts seem to discourage others from working with the company.
“Freelancers, tell your editor he works for you, not the other way around. Routinely fire them to remind then you call the shots.
“I did this and it gave me a extra 9 months…they cannot make books without talent.
“And where it’s all headed is overseas talent anyways. Why do you think that they fly around doing new talent searches in foreign countries?
“Protect yourself–don’t be a sheep. Remember that YOU make the books – have pride and say enough. You can make more money elsewhere.
“If I haven’t made it perfectly clear let me re- affirm-I am not important to DC comics. Just a freelancer. Nothing I do will change anything.
“Reason I went public hours after informing DC is because I did not want anyone controlling my news but me.
“And, I loved all the work I did there regardless of the struggle. I think the DC 52 was/is positive for comics.”
The artist has stated that the upcoming 0 issues of his current series will be the last with his name attached to them.
