Rob Liefeld’s Oversized Comic Actually Gets Something Right?

Guinness World Records announced what they consider the largest comic book ever published to date: Comic book action is getting supersized, after VeeFriends’ (USA) Gentle Giant character expanded into record-breaking proportions at New York Comic Con (NYCC) this 9 October. Taking the title as the largest comic book published in history, VeeFriends Comic Book #22: Gentle Giant measured in at a colossal 7,312.76 cm² (7 ft² 125.48 in²), featuring dimensions of 106.6 cm (3.5 ft) tall, 68.6 cm (2.25 ft) wide, and 0.45 cm (0.01 ft) thick. That’s roughly four times bigger than the average comic! On its own, that might sound flattering, but then, look who drew the cover of this allegedly record-breaking “masterpiece”: Produced as part of the VeeFriends entertainment and character franchise from founder Gary Vaynerchuk (aka “GaryVee” on social media), the record-setting edition had a special cover illustrated by Rob Liefeld, creator of Deadpool and co-founder of Image Comics. Oh, for crying out loud. Why must they sully everything by bringing in an artist who’s proven very poor in his track record? The figure on the cover of the huge copy looks as mediocre in design and awkward in anatomy a...