Be Careful What You Wish For
Yesterday I lamented the fact that Marvel's June solicitations didn't include an image of Rob Liefeld's cover to CABLE & DEADPOOL #4 for me to mock.  And now today I'm bombarded with more crappy Liefeld art than I can shake a strange-looking spear at.  I'd make with the usual snark, but I think I'm overwhelmed.  Besides, a poster named MDC over on The Pulse has already done a nice job of tearing apart Rob's problems with anatomy, backgrounds, continuity, etc.:

He's off to a fine start if the pages above are anything to go by, appalling anatomy, perspectives and Cables morphing hairline aside: Cable's bracelet changes to a wrist band on the 2nd page by which stage Domino's grown a widow's peak and the baddies eyewear looses it's bridge in the space of a panel, by page 3 Domino's gloves have dissappeared and by page 4 Cable's Spine has dissapeared and the Spearhead has changed appearance.

In other Wizard World LA news:

• Both The Pulse and Newsarama have interviews with Liefeld about his upcoming X-Force mini, but only Newsarama dares phrase their questions in the form of dialogue from Zero Wing:

  NRAMA: But then, what you say yes to the offer?

  I was extremely disappointed that Liefeld's answer wasn't "Someone set us up the bomb!"  (Actually, that response would probably be more appropriate coming from comic book fans learning that Liefeld was starting a new series before finishing his uncompleted projects, or from Marvel after they recalled Liefeld's track record with the company.)

• Newsarama reported that Warren Ellis might be doing more work for Marvel beyond Ultimate FF.  When asked if the book would involve superheroes, Joe Quesada responded, "Of course it does."  Apparently Newsarama left off the tail end of Quesada's full answer:  "Of course it does.  It's a Marvel book, and all we do are superheroes."

• Another fun Quesada quote:  "In regards to Kevin Smith, Quesada said that the day that he wants to finish his series, they’ll be finished."  Of course, by then there won't be any fans who are interested in reading those stories, but, hey, at least Kevin Smith was able to finish things on his schedule.

• Quesada also updated fans on when their favorite Marvel comics would be appearing:  “Not yet.”   “Eventually.”  “Not right now.”  Remember these answers in the future when you're wondering when the next issue of the "monthly" Ultimates Volume 2 is coming out.

• Favorite non sequitur from Newsarama's wrap-up:

  Quesada also said that in the near future, readers should see a return line-wide of a return to more Kirby-esque art.
  
  As for what that means perhaps one safe specualtion [sic] could be…four words: Kirby didn’t draw manga.

  Bonus points for the redundant "a return of a return" bit.

• And the "When Movie Marketing Rots Your Brain" award goes to Marvel Publisher Dan Buckley for this quote:

  Marvel Publisher Dan Buckley added that from August onwards, a lot of classic material, i.e., from the ‘70s and ‘80s, will see reprint action as soft covers. Buckley said that Marvel is “reloading” many of its classic heroes, for a lack of a better word.

  Damn the paucity of the English language!

• Wait a second?  Wasn't there any interesting DC news at this convention?  Well, it's not really news, but here's a piece from CBR that caught my attention:

DC Comics' forthcoming "Identity Crisis" event may not remake the DC Universe, but it should shake things up. At least, it's shaking up employees at the company: One veteran staffer recounted reading the script for first four issues, punching the wall and then calling up series writer Brad Meltzer to curse him out for ripping the reader's heart out. And when said staffer later read the finished pages, it provoked the same reaction all over again.

That staffer? 

Finally, a bit of encouraging news about the "new" Larsen-led Image (also from CBR):

With Image Comics now under the guidance of Erik Larsen for the last month or so, we're now hearing about new projects that Erik's bringing to the "i." Last month CBR News told you about a new indy anthology called "Flight" headed up by Kazu Kibuishi. Sunday afternoon, CBR News ran into Kibuishi at Wizard World: Los Angeles who was excited to report that he's found a publisher and, you guessed it, it'll be Image Comics. Larsen saw the work of "Flight's" contributors at last months Alternative Press Expo in San Francisco and was impressed by what he saw. We'll bring you more on this story later this week.

Wow, that's good news on two fronts:  That "Flight" found a publisher, and that Image under Larsen is interested in putting out non-spandex material.
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