There are plenty of things that I grew up with, that I can appreciate as nostalgia objects, that I would absolutely not tolerate if they were done by current artists (see also: the incredibly bad animation standards of 90 percent of all 1980s cartoons). Art is supposed to EVOLVE and IMPROVE, and art that doesn't NEEDS TO GO EXTINCT.
Also, you continue to defend your choices as either/or alternatives, as though we MUST support Liefeld OR the current crop of shitty stories, whereas I refuse to endorse "the lesser of two evils" in art. If it's shit, it's shit, no matter WHAT it's compared to, and I'm not going to forgive Rob's shitty work even if I DO accept that there are people who are even WORSE.