Tag: Youngblood

672. Badrock

He’s Bad and that has nothing to do with a litigious Hana Barbera.

386. Sentinel

The other black guy from Youngblood. If I remember the 1st issue correctly, he was the leader of the “away” team. He’s basically Iron Man. I looked up reference, and the guy had 90 different armors, depending on the panel he was in. But I saw a cover where he had an eyepatch, so I …

Continue reading

370. Chapel

So I made this list of black superheroes with help from my friend Jason. When we were brainstorming characters, he kept asking who the guy from Youngblood was. Jason is – shockingly – a huge Rob Liefeld fan. I kept saying “Chapel”. He kept saying “no, the other guy”, as if he was dismissing Chapel …

Continue reading

Ok, PANIC!: Rob Liefeld

Shaft from Youngblood. At the time, I wanted to streamline, and sorta take a “realistic” approach to Liefeld characters. Now, I wanna go the opposite direction.

Can You Dig It?

I’m jus’ talkin’ ’bout Shaft. This week at Ok, PANIC! we’re celebrating the life and work of Rob Liefeld. I have a feeling that we’re doing this ironically. I’m not a fan of ironic enjoyment of anything, but it is incredibly hard to like Liefeld on any level other than irony. But I am going …

Continue reading