(Fantagraphics) As a bonus in his box set of the first two
treasury compilations, Piskor included a tribute to the Rob Liefeld-era of
truly terrible comics but having fun but not making fun of the Image
“revolution.” While the foil cover (and a promise of variants) and the fancy
printing are period-correct in a way that parodies as much as pays tribute, the
comic, which tells of Liefeld’s rise, and his dealings Spike Lee and Eazy E, is
relatively reverent. There’s a conceit of this being a lost comic by a lost
artist but the real theme here is that Rob is as historical as any of the
obscure Brooklynites championed in early HHFT
comics, and more importantly, is redeemable, despite his crimes against
anatomy. Piskor’s work is all about positivity and celebration, which
consistently makes something that should be extremely niche extremely
universal.
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