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" I've always had a fortunate knack for grabbing young talent and giving them a break. "
Rob Liefeld
Always
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" 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. "
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" I started thinking, 'What if Superman or Batman really existed?' Superman would be doing Nike commercials. The members of Youngblood take the genre of super-heroes and turn it into a business. "
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" 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. "
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" I had gotten a lot of acclaim for giving a previously dead franchise, 'Hawk & Dove,' a facelift. "
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" Deadpool was intended, as Cable was, to be tied into Wolverine's history. "
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" 'Deadpool' took seven years to get to the motion picture screen, and I use that as my measurement. That tested me and my patience more than anything I could've imagined because the screenplay was so good. "
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" Deadpool was introduced as a mercenary and a bounty hunter... because I was so crazy for Boba Fett when I was a kid. "
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" The mutants I like - Wolverine. The action heroes I like, they have weapons; they are more visceral. So I filled the comic with characters like that, and we got big results. "
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" 'New Mutants' is the absolute definition of a broken down jalopy, and I took it on, and I just remade it... That's why I was so cocky and confident: because I was like, 'I just turned around this broken down comic book with products of my imagination.' "
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" 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. "
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People
" 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! "
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I Am
Opportunity
" I always had a great history of comics. I've been buying them since I was six years old. I was a student of the craft. "
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