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The Hood – Straight Outta Rob Liefeld

Published Thu, 27 Aug 2015 10:00:15 -0500

With Straight Outta Compton hitting the screens, on Facebook, Rob Liefeld reminisced about NWA member and the Godfather of gangsta rap,

to that time Eazy-E came to my comic store signing. I was shocked and thrilled when Eazy showed up at the Golden Apple for the launch of Youngblood #1. I acted like a fool because I was intimidated by his presence. I remember thinking "Eazy E reads my comics?? What?? AWESOME! He was persistent and insisted we do a comic together so we decided to develop a comic "The Hood" and we worked on it until he became ill. Really sweet guy, incredible talent. Give way too soon! I'm seeing ‪#‎StraightOuttaCompton‬ this weekend as the‪#‎NWA‬ story is a compelling on for all artists! I know I have the sketches for The Hood in my files, I'll dig em up and share them soon. ‪#‎robliefeld‬‪#‎imagecomics‬

He dug them up.

The Hood – Straight Outta Rob Liefeld

Here are some of the sketches for The Hood, a project about urban men with powers developed/created with Eazy-E in 1992-93. The designs are dated but reflect the time of that era. #Youngblood had a huge urban audience with characters as Sentinel and Chapel. Would have been a blast to complete but Eazy-E had fell out of contact due to complications with his illness.#NWA #eazyE #robliefeld #imagecomics

Note, one of them is actually called Compton.

When asked "maybe you should bring them back as now would be the most appropriate time", Rob replied