Andrew Rev's TERRIFIC Comic Strategy, Too Insane to Believe

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Liefeld walks away from Youngblood as Andrew Rev returns with Terrific Productions
Via comicsbeat.com

Writer/artist Rob Liefeld revealed in a Facebook post last week that he no longer owns Youngblood, the first comic he did after famously leaving Marvel to help create Image in order to, essentially, ensure that he would always own his own creations.

Not only that, but Liefeld also revealed he hasn’t owned Youngblood for more than 20 years, even while serving as the face of the franchise — which also includes such well known Liefeld creations as Badrock, Shaft, Vogue and Sentinel — regularly promoting it, and pretty much always giving his blessing to new creators who worked with the characters. And not only that, but as of precisely now, Liefeld will no longer be involved with Youngblood, not even a little bit, at all, ever — not if changes to who holds the publishing rights license aren’t made. 

Andrew Rev has had a long and mostly tumultuous involvement with the comics industry, one that until he was named directly in Liefeld’s Facebook post, seemed to have ended.

Rev once owned Comico, an indie publishing company that went into bankruptcy in the 1990s. During a phone conversation on Sunday, Rev described himself as someone who had been in comics and is now returning with a new venture called Terrific Productions, for which he did portfolio reviews last month during San Diego Comic-Con. Rev said he had a familiarity with Rosenberg from his time in comics in the ‘90s, and so when he was looking for a splashy IP to lead his new venture, Rev reached out to him. That’s how Rev came to be involved with Youngblood.

One thing that emerged both in talking to Liefeld and talking to Rev, is that the two men are not likely to work together any time soon. 

Terrific Production LLC's Andrew Rev Makes A Very Dodgy Offer Indeed
Via bleedingcool.com

Andrew Rev, owner of Comico, Elementals and Youngblood, continually out-Bill Jemases Bill Jemas on social media for his new comic book publisher Terrific Production LLC. This weekend, he took a step beyond the usual ridiculousness that we have seen. Bleeding Cool is one of a number of comic news site that has been talking about and highlighting the accounts of a number of women regarding sexual harassment and grooming by prominent comic book employees. Which led Andrew Rev to make the following offer.

Terrific Production LLC is taking submissions from comic book writers who have been sexually harassed, as long as they also provide an account of that harassment and let Terrific turn that into a comic book. You can see how that might have gone down. Facing a stream of commentary, Rev clarified his intent but was pretty unrepentant.

TERRIFIC PRODUCTION LLC CANCELS CONTEST THAT WOULD GIVE THEM OWNERSHIP OF YOUR CHARACTER
Via comicspit.com

Terrific Production LLC is known for being the company owned by Andrew Rev that currently owns the rights to Rob Liefeld’s Youngblood. It’s even better known for having the most bonkers Twitter account.

Most recently, Terrific Production LLC tweeted a fan art contest, where fans would have the chance to design a comic character to fight Youngblood. All they ask is that you be a follower of the account and give up all rights to the character.

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