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Robservations with Rob Liefeld

Comic Book Feuds: Trash Talkers! Pt. 1

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

🗓️ 14 July 2023

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

We are always entertained in sports when our favorite athletes pop off at each other and comic books has a rich history of testy rivalries as well. We look back on some of the more bitter vitriol exchanged by rivals of a competitive era. We have more beef to grill than a cattle rancher! 

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0:00.0

Today we return to our series on comic book feuds with the focus on the trash talk between your favorite comic book legends.

0:20.9

Competitiveness definitely breeds contempt.

0:24.0

And as far as beefs go, we're cooking more beef than a cattle rancher.

0:28.6

And you thought only your favorite athletes could trade insults like a pro.

0:33.1

Today, we share the gripes, the quarrels, the jerks, the arrogant bastards, and my personal

0:39.6

favorite, Mr. Smarm Bucket.

0:42.5

It's all coming out in the wash as we look to come clean on an all-new episode of Robeservations.

0:53.5

Hey, everybody, welcome to another edition of Rob Observations. I am your host, Rob Lefeld.

1:00.3

I've been making comics for 38 years, writing them, drawing them, publishing them. I even

1:05.5

colored a couple. I watercolor painted them. Comics are my life. Comics are my passion. This show is a natural

1:13.5

extension of, of making the comics because we talk about the comics. We talk about the comic books,

1:19.1

the superheroes, and their massive imprint on pop culture, one that has only increased over the

1:27.2

last 20 years, just taken over. What's at the,

1:31.4

what's the movie theaters, superhero movies? What's it? What's coming to the theaters very soon?

1:37.2

More superhero movies. What's on your streaming platforms? What's in your video game consoles?

1:41.2

Your, you know, your toys, your statues, collectibles,

1:47.2

funco pops, it's all become so comic and superhero focused. And this show has given you

1:54.7

my perspective since I've been collecting these for maybe way too long, uh, 1974, pulling them off the spinner rack, fell in love with comics, never look back.

2:04.4

We are going to get right into it today because we got a fun, we have a fun topic to discuss.

2:10.5

Uh, look, this episode, we're talking the trash talkers, the trash talkers of comic books. Of course, this is going to have to be a part

2:20.2

one because I could never cover this all in one single, solitary episode. We're going to have

2:26.7

some fun today. We have taken the, some of the vitriol, some of the trash calling,

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