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Robservations with Rob Liefeld

Comic Book Feuds! Todd McFarlane vs. Peter David

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

🗓️ 1 March 2022

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

An epic comic book feud unfolds between two former collaborators turned bitter opponents! In 1993, the feud between Todd McFarlane and Peter David, co-authors of a resurgent Hulk era, went public with a live debate staged at Philadelphia’s Comicfest. Moderated by the legendary George Perez, the two men aired their less than favorable opinions of each other for all to see.

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0:00.0

On today's show, we have got a feud for you.

0:17.5

We haven't had a good comic book feud in way too long, but baby, we got the

0:22.5

mother of the comic book feuds. Today, this one went public. It became a debate at a convention.

0:30.0

I am talking about Philadelphia Comic Fest, 1993, the illustrious Todd McFarlane and the persnickety, Peter David.

0:39.6

Yep, that's how I see it.

0:41.4

We break it all down today as these two titans of comic books met to state their case in an ongoing debate.

0:52.5

Formerly partners on the Hulk collaborators split by the

0:58.7

formation of image and Peter David's incessant criticism and Todd McFarlane's rebuttal and

1:05.4

who's moderating the whole thing? George Perez, none other than George Perez. We go back in time

1:10.8

for comic book feuds today.

1:13.5

McFarland versus David on the next Robeservations.

1:20.7

Hey, everyone.

1:22.1

This is Rob Leifeld.

1:23.5

This is another episode of Rob Observations.

1:27.1

I am your host. I'm Rob. These are my

1:29.7

observations. Uh, mainly mired in the comic book superhero, sci-fi fantasy side of the world.

1:38.7

Uh, started collecting comics when I was seven years old, never looked looked back became a part of the comic book industry

1:44.9

as a writer an artist a creator uh a publisher uh just just an exciting exciting time all of

1:52.9

these different memories but along the way watching my industry the comics industry grow and expand

1:58.3

uh to where it has an acceptability now today that I would never

2:04.1

have imagined in high school. I routinely hid my comics in my peachy folder if I would even

2:11.9

bring them to school. They had a definite nerd connotation to them, them no doubt about it and no matter how many sports

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