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Robservations with Rob Liefeld

No Shirt, No Shoes, No Service!

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

🗓️ 17 January 2023

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

Marvel & DC have a long history with shirtless warriors, Killraven, Kamandi, Tor, Claw, Ka-Zar among the many who have struggled to stay relevant! Towering talents such as Neal Adams, Joe Kubert, Jack Kirby, John Buscema and more have contributed, trying to break the trend, with decidedly mixed results! The Struggle Is Real!! Plus - an update on the comic book marketplace!

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0:00.0

Today we are tackling the shirtless wonders, the shirtless warriors of comics.

0:17.1

Marvel, D.C., they have their fair share of them, whether they're in the prehistoric times, whether they're in the jungles of Africa, whether they're in the far

0:24.8

Apocalyptic future. The shirtless wonders have always struggled no matter what the talent.

0:30.7

Giant talented artist writers have tackled these characters, but they just can't seem to stick the landing.

0:38.4

What is it?

0:38.9

What is it with this trend?

0:40.1

We're going to dive deep into Conan, Turok, Tor, Kesar, Kilraven, Tarzan.

0:48.8

Have you even heard of Korak and Commandi?

0:51.7

We're going to discuss the phenomenon that is no shirts, no shoes, no service on

0:58.6

today's all new Robeservations.

1:04.9

Hey everyone, welcome to another edition of Robeservations. I am your host, Rob Leifeld. I have been making comics

1:13.2

for 37 years. It is maybe my only area of expertise in my lifetime is comic books,

1:19.7

all things comic books. We discuss comic books because now comic books covers everything.

1:24.5

It's top movies. It's top shows. It's toys. It's so beyond comics. All the

1:30.6

merchandising. Believe you me, I know about comic merchandising. I have shelves and shelves and shelves

1:37.6

of Deadpool, cable, X-Force, Youngblood, all of the merch all the time.

1:44.9

I display it, I dig it.

1:46.3

I'll never, ever get tired of it because I have been into it since I was a kid.

1:52.5

You know, Planet of the Apes, dolls.

1:55.1

Let's just call them what they were.

1:56.7

Dolls.

1:57.5

I've covered it here.

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