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" If you only see 'No Country for Old Men' and 'Sicario,' you've seen two great, totally separate Josh Brolin performances. "
Rob Liefeld
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" I've always loved both Marvel and DC equally, but I don't have a career without DC giving me the original 'Hawk and Dove' mini-series. "
Rob Liefeld
Hawk
Career
Giving
" Dave Cockrum's work at Marvel and DC defined my childhood and inspired me to be a comic book creator. Without Dave, there is no New 'X-Men' resurgence, there is no Colossus, Storm, Nightcrawler, Lilandra, Star Jammers, or the Imperial Guard. His influence on generations of fans cannot be measured. "
Rob Liefeld
Influence
Storm
Book
" I'm just a guy drawing comics. Guys knocking other guys through buildings. Guys flipping tanks over on each other. I'm just trying to be true to what I liked as a kid. "
Rob Liefeld
True
Be True
Kid
" I'll be on the street and go up to people - 'Have you read a comic book before? Well, here's one.' You've got your pro-life people, your pro-choice people, your feminists. I'm a comicbooks activist. "
Rob Liefeld
Street
People
Here
" I'm very invested in 'Youngblood' at all stages. "
Rob Liefeld
Invested
Very
Stages
" Just because one tribe piles on you, take shelter and continue to work towards your next goal, your next project. Don't be discouraged and remember that there are many fans of your work rooting for you to succeed. "
Rob Liefeld
Work
Remember
Succeed
" I had gotten a lot of acclaim for giving a previously dead franchise, 'Hawk & Dove,' a facelift. "
Rob Liefeld
Giving
Hawk
Franchise
" In the late '90s, the magazine formerly known as 'The Wizard' came after me strong and hard. I was the brunt of jokes for an entire staff of angry fanboys; as much as can be poured on was poured on. But I kept focus, as anyone in that situation should. "
Rob Liefeld
Strong
Situation
Me
" Even if it flops, when you're sitting at the drawing table, you dream about seeing your work on the big screen, no matter what. "
Rob Liefeld
Dream
Big
Drawing
" If you spend 90 seconds with Ryan Reynolds, you know he's Deadpool. There is no one else on the planet that has any business being that character, ever. "
Rob Liefeld
Know
Planet
You
" All comic-book artists secretly want a successful television or movie project because of the wider audience. "
Rob Liefeld
Successful
Want
Television
" I ended up making my name at Marvel, but I've always desired greater access to the DCU characters. Bottom line: I'm a huge fan. "
Rob Liefeld
Fan
Line
Name
" Deadpool was introduced as a mercenary and a bounty hunter... because I was so crazy for Boba Fett when I was a kid. "
Rob Liefeld
Kid
Because
Crazy
" I am a huge fan of all things Mondo, and when the opportunity to illustrate a Mondo print celebrating the 'Deadpool' film presented itself, I leapt at the chance! "
Rob Liefeld
Film
I Am
Opportunity
" I know, for some people, 2016 was entirely miserable. And I'm like, 'Does it have to end?' Because over here in the Liefeld corner, it's been phenomenal. "
Rob Liefeld
Over
Some People
People
" Everyone has embraced the family-friendly Disney approach, which is great. I see all of those movies, and I take my kids. But I grew up on 'Predator,' 'Alien,' and 'Terminator.' People forget, but those were R-rated movies. So 'Deadpool' put its money where its mouth is, and it changed the game. "
Rob Liefeld
See
People
Movies
" I've seen every Ryan Reynolds movie. I'm a fan. "
Rob Liefeld
Seen
Every
Fan
" The '90s was a great period for the fans that were collecting at that time. Comics sold at an all-time high and reached the largest audience in our modern age, and the energy in our business was fantastic. Any bad feelings from fans of that era were a result of the poor delivery of the product we sold them. "
Rob Liefeld
Business
Bad
Energy
" I'm not a fan of the Michael Keaton 'Batman,' which came out in 1989. "
Rob Liefeld
Keaton
Came
Fan
" I had seen this comic called 'Invincible' created by two people I had never heard of before, Robert Kirkman and Cory Walker, and I was a huge fan. 'Invincible' probably had five or six issues under the belt, and the book was so impressive to me, I was surprised that I had never heard of them before. It's like they came out wholly formed. "
Rob Liefeld
Two People
People
Never
" As a kid, my favorite book, up until 'X-Men,' was 'Avengers.' What does Captain America have? He has a shield. What does Thor have? He has a hammer. What does Hawkeye have? He has a bow and arrow. That's why Cable came with weapons. That's why Deadpool had swords and machine guns and pistols. It's like, let's weaponize these dudes. "
Rob Liefeld
Hammer
Why
Kid
" I've been as much a DC guy as anything else my entire fan life. "
Rob Liefeld
Anything
Fan
Been
" Now, in the Liefeld household, I don't tend to share the fact that I created Deadpool with my kids, so when all the video games started coming out where Wade was at the center of them, I couldn't help but smile. "
Rob Liefeld
Now
Smile
Video Games
" I wanted to launch 'Youngblood' with an exclusive relationship with ComiXology because I believe that they can provide the extra push that a launch like this requires. "
Rob Liefeld
Relationship
Believe
I Believe
" The funniest is the moms who get really angry with me, and they bring their kid who's dressed like Deadpool, and he's 9 years old, and they're scolding me that their little kid can't enjoy Deadpool. "
Rob Liefeld
Dressed
Kid
Enjoy
" Watching people like Brandon Graham, Erik Larsen, and Joe Keatinge produce stories for my characters was a revelation... Like, 'Why are you doing work for hire when others are working on characters you own?' 'Bloodstrike' and 'Brigade' is me re-focusing my focus! "
Rob Liefeld
You
People
Me
" I never thought we'd live in an age where we'd get to 2008's 'Iron Man,' which I think is a perfect movie. "
Rob Liefeld
Live
Age
Man
" I love 'Captain America.' I love those fight sequences, but I've seen them multiple times. "
Rob Liefeld
America
Captain
Fight
" So much of our society has gone completely digital. Today, you can attend school, buy TVs, plan a vacation, and pay your bills electronically. Why not bring comic books into the digital realm? "
Rob Liefeld
You
Vacation
Today
" The Internet snark has zero effect on me. "
Rob Liefeld
Effect
Internet
Me