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Robservations with Rob Liefeld

Comic Book Feuds! Gaiman Vs. McFarlane pt. 2!

Robservations with Rob Liefeld

Robservations with Rob Liefeld

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

4.8743 Ratings

🗓️ 3 October 2023

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

In part 2 of our Comic Book Feuds - Gaiman Vs. McFarlane, we answer the question so many are asking, “Why Exactly Did Neil Gaiman Sue Todd McFarlane?” What broken promises and bad faith occurred in order to bring in the lawyers! Find out how Marvel enters the picture, setting the stage for the final showdown! 

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0:00.0

Today we dive deeper into Neil Gaiman versus Todd McFarlane with part two.

0:18.7

As we discuss exactly why did Neil Gaiman sue Todd McFarland?

0:24.0

What circumstances led to him finally giving this over to his lawyers?

0:29.2

What were the broken promises, the misunderstandings?

0:34.1

And did Neil Gaiman really try to negotiate with Todd for five long years before it all blew up?

0:42.0

Find out that and so much more on an all new episode of Robeservations.

0:51.3

Hey everyone, welcome to another edition of Rob Observations.

0:55.8

I am your host, Rob Leifeld on Robeservations.

0:59.0

We discuss all things, comic books, superheroes, and the tremendous impact they continue to have on pop culture at large.

1:08.3

And on today's episode, we are continuing a series in our comic book feuds category.

1:15.1

Because boy, do comic book people know how to feud and none were bigger and had more consequences

1:21.7

than this particular comic book feud between acclaimed author, Gaiman and an uber popular comic artist

1:33.7

Todd McFarlane. This thing went the distance, as you're going to see today, it went through

1:40.7

the courts. It had incredible ramifications.

1:46.0

You're going to find that characters that were once with Todd McFarland ended up in the possession

1:52.1

of Neil Gaiman and then ultimately in the possession of Marvel Comics.

1:58.4

It is crazy.

2:00.1

It gripped an entire comic book industry. And we laid the

2:05.3

groundwork in our first part. You must absolutely, if you have not already listened to the first

2:12.0

part of this particular comic book feud, Neil Gaiman versus Todd McFarland so that you can get

2:17.2

the full

2:17.8

groundwork that we laid, giving you the conditions, the environment, the exact manner with which

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