Pipeline #531

[bh123]

Liefeld was replaced by a relative newcomer named Greg Capullo

Augie, you forgot to mention that before Capullo came onboard, we were treated to four issues of Mark Pacella & Dan Panosian doing their very best Rob Liefeld impression. So in that case, for a few issues at least, Marvel was trying to fill the gap with something very similar. And the fact that I remember such utterly trivial knowledge after all these years is really scary. I can't balance my checkbook, but I instantly recall who drew X-Force immediately after Liefeld. Good grief :eek:

[Augie De Blieck Jr.]

Good point, Ben. Those were truly horrific issues. But, hey, one could argue that Marat Mychaels spent a few of Rob Liefeld's issues aping Liefeld, as well. . . ;-)

-Augie

[torippu]

I think that I probably enjoyed X-Force more after Liefeld left the book. The Greg Capullo & Tony Daniel issues were really good, especially the Age of Apocolypse stuff. It was the stuff after Daniel (Adam Pollina?) that turned me off the book for good.

[Augie De Blieck Jr.]

Didn't JM DeMatteis write those issues? They did some sort of road trip or something? The book changed tones dramatically, from what I heard of it. I had given up on it by then, I think.

-Augie

[torippu]

I think that it was John Francis Moore who wrote the Pollina issues. I was also off the book at that time as well, but remember looking in every now and then.

[Augie De Blieck Jr.]

Thanks - you're right. I'm getting all those three-named fellas confused now.

Pollina did a one shot or two with Scott Lobdell at Image a little later, too. He had a nice art style. I guess he's out of comics now?

-Augie

[torippu]

Pollina did a one shot or two with Scott Lobdell at Image a little later, too. He had a nice art style. I guess he's out of comics now?

-Augie

Didn't he do something recently? Or am I merely thinking of the B.P.R.D. one-shot that he did a couple of years ago that I re-read recently?

[torippu]

From Wikipedia:

He began to pencil X-Force in 1995 with #44 and continued as regular penciller until #81 in 1998.

In 1996 he drew the four-issue limited series Rise of Apocalypse, again for Marvel.

He has also produced a creator-owned limited series Big Daddy Danger, which was published by DC Comics in 2002. This series is reportedly being developed by Walt Disney Studios as a feature film.

Who knew he was on X-Force for that long?

[goman]

I knew I saw Pollina was working on something. Apparently it's an Angel mini with Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa. I always enjoyed his work on X-force, and Capullo's, although to be fair, I started reading X-force after Liefeld had left, so my view may be a little skewed.