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" My characters came with a lot of gear, a lot of weaponry. "
Rob Liefeld
Came
Weaponry
Lot
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" 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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" Carter Hall is a cross between Indiana Jones and Robert Langdon from 'Da Vinci Code' and 'Angels and Demons.' "
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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. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" Long before it was 'Raided' and 'Lost' with Indiana Jones, the Ark of the Covenant was originally stolen from the Israelites by The Philistines; The Ark of the Covenant was the nuclear bomb of its age: when activated, it was devastating. "
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" I've been as much a DC guy as anything else my entire fan life. "
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" As I get older and more mature, my artwork changes accordingly. "
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" Unapologetically, absent me, there is no Deadpool. Period. I am the name, the costume, the look, the origin, and the attitude. Great one-liners are the result of other writers. But there's no Deadpool at all in existence without me. "
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Attitude
Great
" Give me a celebrity, I'll give you your haters. Some people shine, and some people don't like when they shine. Ask Barack Obama - he'll tell you. "
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People
Me
" 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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" 'Deadpool Bad Blood' is a book that long-term fans of Wade Wilson can appreciate it along with newcomers and movie fans. We gave this book everything we had, and I think it shows. "
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Appreciate
Book
" 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. "
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Street
People
Here
" As to Batman, turns out I really prefer Robin over the Dark Knight. "
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Knight
Over
Batman
" 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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Results
More
" 'X-Force' #1 sold 5 million copies. By default, the second issue dipped and did 1.3 million copies. But the cover of 'X-Force' #2 is Deadpool. It's not X-Force, It's Deadpool. "
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Cover
Did
Sold
" 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. "
Rob Liefeld
Thinking
Business
Doing
" People have debated both sides of the Liefeld influence, good and bad, and I maintain the sales and the results of that time bear out that people love that stuff. "
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Bad
People
Love
" 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. "
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Fan
Line
Name
" 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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Dressed
Kid
Enjoy
" 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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Craft
History
Always
" Everyone at ComiXology has been very supportive and enthusiastic about getting 'Youngblood' as well as the rest of the Awesome/Extreme catalogue online. Hopes are high that this relationship leads to more online comics. "
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High
Relationship
Everyone
" 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. "
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" I'm not a fan of the Michael Keaton 'Batman,' which came out in 1989. "
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Came
Fan
" '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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Confident
Imagination
Book
" The visual of Deadpool was very informed by Spider-Man. "
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Informed
Spider-Man
Very
" My entire tenth grade year, my dad was in a coma. That changes a person. It changes a kid. It makes you ridiculously independent. "
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Independent
You
Person
" I love getting older. "
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Getting Older
Older
Love
" 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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