I both love and not hate but dislike Rob Liefeld. His bombastic style I completely ate up in high school. But older me found his lack of fundamentals distracting. Being able to draw realistically and the know where and what to exaggerate makes a great comic artist.
He also was a dummy with business. It is a messy story, but he got kicked out/left Image due to shady practices.Though I haven’t heard anything bad about his business since then. He also managed to lose the rights to his Youngblood characters, though that was partly due to shady dealings from another party, IIRC.
That said, he seems to be a true fan and genuinely excited to talk about and do comics. A 1 in a million long shot where lack of raw talent was made up for with his fan boy exuberance.
Now Todd McFarlane is both a good artist, but an excellent businessman. A fan of his work or not, he found a way to make money at it. Though in the early days of image he was dumb with handshakes and verbal agreements.
