When he revived the concept in the early 1990s, he mixed in some ideas he had for the teen. Bruce stinson was a cia agent before joining the superhero team youngblood. Judgment day is a 3issue miniseries plus aftermath oneshot written by moore and drawn by liefeld and various other artists. Youngblood is going to win awards, as did redeployment and yellow birds, but this is bigger than those books in terms of story and scope and arguably better if those are things you enjoy in a book. During his cia years, he worked with al simmons who later became spawn. At most, youngblood is an awesome, fun, exciting superhero team book that will thrill and entertain fans of the genre. The language is as strong but less showoffy than those other two books. It opens with an assassination attempt on the youngblood leader, a former fbi agent turned super archer named shaft, who avoids getting shot by throwing a pen at the would be assassin with enough force to. For many years, he worked with al simmons who later became spawn. Bruce stinson is a comic book superhero named chapel from the image comics series youngblood. Youngblood image comic book collections for sale ebay. A short while back i penned this youngblood screenplay, it was a story that i wanted to tell, it was a tale id been sitting on for years, liefeld wrote. Long ago, before image comics and millionaire mcfarlanes, i was commissioned by the creators of youngblood to render a twopage spread illustrating all the main superheroes on the original team. Anthonys comic book art original comic art rob liefeld.
Sketch 19 for image comics founder rob liefeld art auction. A prominent writer and artist in the 1990s, he is known for cocreating the character. But it is a fun comic that has just enough going on for me to stay hooked from page 1 to the end of the issue. See more ideas about rob liefeld, comic books art and comics. It will have enough minor defects that it is in clearly worse condition than a brand new freshly published comic, magazine, or book. Since youngblood s debut as the first comic book published by image comics on april 17th 1992, it has gained a controversial legacy over the years for bad artwork, dialogue, storytelling, and. A product of the creators penchant for extreme, amoral buttkicking, gun wielding bad asses with giant, deformed muscles, youngblood may well be our ultimate punishment for buying xforce when we were 8. Youngblood is a fictional superhero team that starred in their selftitled comic book, created by writerartist rob liefeld. Youngblood was the first comic to ever be published by image comics, a company formed by a group of artists including liefeld, jim lee, and todd. At the very least, youngblood is an intriguing historical document for those who are fascinated by comic book history and the different creators and sensibilities that mark the variety of periods throughout that colorful history. In the early 1990s, the selftaught artist became prominent due to his work on marvel comics the new mutants and later x.
Although liefeld and youngblood are both established names in the comic book world, bowers and towe are both relative newcomers. While titles like prophet and glory have taken wildly different aesthetic approaches to the concepts on hand, youngblood is a return to the liefeld style that. Rob liefeld announces youngblood comic series return. I described the book as representing everything that was wrong with 90s comics, but that judgement was misguided as that honor definitely goes to rob liefelds youngblood series. Explosion before later appearing in its own ongoing series. When a young hero goes missing, his friends search for answers leads to some unexpected allies. Chapel was a cia agent before joining the superhero team youngblood. Youngblood is a superhero team that starred in their selftitled comic book, created by writer artist rob liefeld. A prominent artist in the 1990s, he has since become a controversial figure in the medium. Hottest comics key issues comics by letter cgc cert lookup investment speculation new comics this week sell my comics. Sketch 19 for image comics founder rob liefeld art auction to help comic book retailors hurt by covid19 coronavirus pandemic. Youngblood was the first comic to ever be published by image comics, a company formed by a group of artists including liefeld, jim lee, and todd mcfarlane who had. There is a 2nd print of this comic with the cover art on both sides surrounded by a gold border. The final book in images relaunch of liefelds extreme studios books of the 90s, youngblood is, perhaps unsurprisingly, the most in line with the companys original output.
Youngblood by rob liefeld meet your next favorite book. Dc comics, youngblood and walmart the daily litg 20th april 2020. Secure flatrate priority shipping provided inhouse by taurus auctions. Rob liefeld steps away from youngblood, reveals how he. Explosion before later appearing in its own ongoing series in 1992 as the flagship publication for image comics.
Youngblood team member, riptide, has been murdered and her fellow teammate, knightsabre is the main suspect. Find out why fans and critics alike are calling youngblood the best new team book around with this issue, the perfect jumpingon point for new readers. See more ideas about image comics, comic art and comic. Exclusive first peek at youngblood comic art youtube. Youngblood is an early image comics comic book written by rob liefeld, based on a team he had created at the start of his career and planned to do as part of gary carlsons anthology series megaton in the late 1980s, but put on hold when he got job offers from both marvel and dc at the same convention. In 1992, when writerartist liefeld launched his original youngblood series. Written and drawn by infamous 90s superstar rob liefeld, youngblood was a superhero book devoid of joy, excitement, and talent. View market values for books, store your collection, and meet fellow comic fans. See more ideas about rob liefeld, comics, comic books art. Dc comic, the savage dragon, thunderbolts 104, team youngblood. Original art 5 signed comic books 29 comic books 15 deadpool 25 multipacks 9 cable 2 domino 3 thor 1 youngblood 1 extreme 25th anniversary 5 extreme universe 5 toys 4 prints 3 trade paperbacks 2. Because the authorities dont want anything to do with it and its the first case like that in history, they left the superhero community to handle. In washington, a young man and his girlfriend are walking in the mall.
Youngblood is a superhero team that starred in their selftitled comic book, created by writerartist rob liefeld. Youngblood indie comics art, comic art, comic book artwork. Rob liefeld comic book covers comic books art image hero writing fantasy old comics comics universe image comics fantasy artwork. Towe, meanwhile, is best known for commissions and fan art, and got the youngblood gig by tweeting his interpretation of the team to liefeld in.
The book takes place approximately ten thousand years in the future. There is a 2nd print of this comic with the cover art on both sides surrounded by a. For the first time in 22 years, it looks like rob liefeld is ready to say farewell to the signature comic book creation that defined his career, youngblood. Youngblood crashes into the new year with a new recruit, and an allnew mission. Youngblood reborn, part one debut anniversary issue. The team made its debut as a backup feature in the 1987 oneshot megaton.
Comic book artists, comic book characters, comic books art, comic art, marvel comics art, old comics, savage dragon, rob liefeld, superhero villains. Rob liefeld bids farewell to image comics characters youngblood. Since youngbloods debut as the first comic book published by image comics on april 17th 1992, it has gained a controversial legacy over the years for bad artwork, dialogue, storytelling, and. It would be irresponsible for me to write a column about gimmicky comic books from the 1990s without spending some time looking back on the dawn of the image age. Dc comics, youngblood, walmart and the 10 mostread stories yesterday.
Character concept, character art, macross anime, comic art, comic books, valiant comics. Please fill out the following form to report an issue missing from. When a young hero goes missing, his friends search for answers leads to. Rob liefeld born october 3, 1967 is an american comic book writer, illustrator, and publisher. See more ideas about rob liefeld, comics and image comics. Bowers is the more established of the two, currently working for marvel. Get the best deals on youngblood image comic book collections when you shop the largest online selection at. Dc comics, youngblood and walmart the daily litg 20th. Rob liefeld is an american comic book writer, illustrator, and publisher. Youngblood was originally published by image comics, and later by awesome entertainment.