Comic Book Feuds! Byrne Vs. McFarlane!

Robservations with Rob Liefeld

Comic Book Industry, Comic Books, Rob Liefeld, Visual Arts, Arts, Comics, Comic Artists, Books

4.8 • 743 Ratings

🗓️ 3 January 2023

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

What happens when one generation of talent replaces another, garnering the spotlight & praise, routinely topping the charts that were once dominated by the previous era? Seldom does the older generation go quietly and, in the case of John Byrne, he takes aim with the Image Comics gang, specifically Todd McFarlane…repeatedly! Hang on for a crazy installment of Comic Book Feuds!

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0:00.0	Today, we are all the way back and we kick it all off with a return to our comic book feud series.
0:16.3	We have a heavyweight matchup between two industry icons.
0:20.6	One is a superstar of the 80s. The other
0:23.7	is a megastar of the 90s. John Byrne redefined the X-Men in the 80s and Todd McFarlane took
0:29.8	Spider-Man to all new heights in the 90s, eclipsing sales records by John Byrne along the way.
0:36.9	What happens when relevance fades? when the spotlight leaves for another?
0:42.4	Does it inspire resentment in spite as clearly as is the case in all that we discussed today?
0:50.2	It's a common occurrence in many fields, and today we tackle how it rocked the world of comic books on an all-new Robeservations.
1:02.2	Hey, everybody, welcome to another edition of Rob Observations.
1:06.9	I am your host Rob Leifeld, hence the Rob in Robeservations. First off, let me just say,
1:14.0	Happy New Year. We are in 2023. We made it all the way through 2022. I hope your 2022 was fantastic. I
1:22.5	hope it was great. I hope your holidays were amazing. And here we are in a brand new year.
1:28.4	It's very exciting.
1:29.6	And I am so excited that you are here to share it with me
1:32.8	and along for the ride on Rob's observations
1:35.0	and gearing up for another season's worth of shows
1:40.2	that I am so excited to bring to you.
1:42.6	I have been cracking the books,
1:45.5	researching as best I can to, uh, to, to give you new topics, new approaches, no retreads,
1:53.3	and to continue to just give you information, share history, uh, that you may or may not
2:00.6	have been exposed to or remember or know of in the first
2:02.9	place. I love comics. One thing you have to know about me, Rob Leifeld, I love comics. I love
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