meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Robservations with Rob Liefeld

Comic Book Feuds! Mike Turner vs. Top Cow!

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

🗓️ 30 July 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

A bitter dispute between talent and label creates a window of opportunity that provides an alternative path putting Michael Turner on top of the comics world! Turner’s introduction to the big two publishers was a result of a standoff with his former studio, his work at DC put him in another league of recognition and acclaim which carried until his tragic passing in 2008.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

And here we are another edition of Rob Observations. I'm Rob Lightfeld. Welcome to the show. We got another

0:09.5

exciting show for you today. We are continuing on our series of comic book feuds because so much of

0:18.0

these feuds created and forged and inspired great works that followed.

0:25.4

I have really no interest in litigating these feuds.

0:28.8

The feuds are the headlines that created the separation, maybe in some cases, some drama,

0:35.1

that then resulted in new works being created, new, new directions

0:42.5

being forged. And again, whenever we, the feuds, I mean, it's a, it's a sexy name. And each of these

0:52.1

are in fact feuds that I'm sharing with you across this series.

0:57.3

We've done Alan Moore versus the world where, you know, his beefs with Marvel and D.C.

1:02.4

extended fairly along the lines of his entire career.

1:07.5

I mean, he, uh, from 1988 on, like, you know, Alan was feuding with two of the

1:15.5

major publishers. And along the way, we detailed how eventually DC Comics would obtain an

1:22.3

entire line of his work. Uh, and, and, and, and, and there was a quote-unquote firewall erected to preserve Alan's kind of

1:33.2

outlook on the entire matter, but the entire time he was working for DC Comics, and he knew it,

1:40.0

and it makes kind of that feud even more interesting, if not more amusing.

1:44.0

So that was one of our feuds that we've covered.

1:46.5

Recent, another recent episode that we tackled was the feud that broke apart the greatest

1:52.3

team in comic books.

1:53.6

John Vernon, Chris Claremont created unbelievable magic.

1:58.5

And that was spurned on by me obtaining yet another amazing addition of their

2:07.1

works together that there is nothing i own more of no no more quantities that i have on my bookshelves

2:14.1

than reprints of chris claremont john burnrne, and their extended X-Men run.

...

Transcript will be available on the free plan in -1339 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Robservations with Rob Liefeld, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Robservations with Rob Liefeld and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.