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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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" 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. "

Rob Liefeld

High

Relationship

Everyone

" The Internet snark has zero effect on me. "

Rob Liefeld

Effect

Internet

" 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. "

Rob Liefeld

Attitude

Great

" I love drawing Ryan Reynolds in his Deadpool costume. He looks amazing and is the true embodiment of the Merc with a Mouth! "

Rob Liefeld

Amazing

Drawing

" I love Deathstroke! I was 12 in 1980 when Deathstroke appeared in 'Teen Titans' #2. "

" The Tony Stark I grew up with wasn't as snappy and as quippy as Downey Jr. made him, but now I only think of his performance. "

" Deadpool exploded for the youth around 2010 with 'Marvel vs. Capcom.' He was the most popular character. He does kicks, then mocks you as he hits you and dances around you when you hit the ground. "

" At nine years old, I saw 'Star Wars.' I saw it a gazillion times. "

" I'm not a fan of the Michael Keaton 'Batman,' which came out in 1989. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

Rob Liefeld

Shine

People

" '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. "

Rob Liefeld

Picture

Good

" 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. "

" I've got three kids, and my three kids make me feel like I'm getting older every day. "

Rob Liefeld

Getting Older

Feel

" 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. "

" '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.' "

" '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. "

" 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. "

" 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

" We've gotten into this 'family friend' space, and 'Deadpool' trashes it. "

" Anything that is good influences the next thing. It's inevitable. I believe that Hollywood influences the comics, and the comics influence Hollywood - it's a cycle. "

" My role as an artist helps me tremendously in breaking down each story. Pacing, layout, movement - having drawn a few thousand pages, I understand the language of comic books very well. "

Rob Liefeld

Books

Artist

" A fixer-upper is good for your business if you are the guy who fixes it up. "

Rob Liefeld

Guy

You

" I love getting older. "

" I truly believe there's all the Deadpools that have existed, and there's Ryan Reynolds' Deadpool, who is now the Deadpool for the world. He owns that voice. "

Rob Liefeld

Who

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. "

" I've been as much a DC guy as anything else my entire fan life. "

" 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. "