Yes, I know the Rob Liefeld cover is a swipe of Niki Taylor from some 1995 Calendar... so what? I always have defended Liefeld- and as an amateur "artist" myself: I defend working from photographs, "swiping", and even tracing... Know who else does? Legendary comic book artist Neal Adams!
-Listen to him on Kevin Smith's Fatman on Batman podcast as he lays it alllllllll out for you. -It's amazing. I've never heard it put better: http://smodcast.com/episodes/neal-adams-kneel-before-neal/
It's towards the end of it- if you're just looking for that part specifically... around 52 minutes in. But if you have the time- this is a gripping three-part discussion with the man about all kinds of things. Including creating Green Lantern- John Stewart, helping Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, The X-Men, and of course- his work on Batman.
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Anyways- on with the subject of today's post: Rob Liefeld created Avengelyne, along with former Vampirella convention model; Cathy Christian- with her also being the model for the character, because... well, because like any other guy who saw her dressed as Vampi back in the day- he probably wanted to fuck her:
