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" 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. "
Rob Liefeld
Only
Him
Now
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" Captain America and the Avengers were my favorite characters as a kid. "
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Captain
" I root for 'Spawn' and every other comic-book movie. I hope all of them are successful because, any time one fails, it makes it that much harder to get one made. "
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Because
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" When you hold something you created, drew, and conceived, and now here it is in 3D plastic - it is a rush. "
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Now
Here
" Deadpool was intended, as Cable was, to be tied into Wolverine's history. "
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Tied
History
" 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
" I'm not a fan of the Michael Keaton 'Batman,' which came out in 1989. "
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Keaton
Came
Fan
" 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. "
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Who
Believe
" I've been as much a DC guy as anything else my entire fan life. "
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Anything
Fan
Been
" 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. "
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True
Be True
Kid
" When I took over 'New Mutants,' writing and drawing, and I figure this is a big deal, I'm 23, 22 at that time, and I am nervous because I've had nothing but success. And now they're giving me the entire platform to create. And I figure, if I fall flat on my face here, it's going to hurt. It's going to set me back. "
Rob Liefeld
Writing
Face
Fall
" 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. "
Rob Liefeld
Bad
People
Love
" 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
" My characters came with a lot of gear, a lot of weaponry. "
Rob Liefeld
Came
Weaponry
Lot
" I am a lifelong Moebius geek. The European approach is perfect, the art is beautiful, and the storytelling is fantastic. "
Rob Liefeld
Art
Perfect
I Am
" 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
" If you only see 'No Country for Old Men' and 'Sicario,' you've seen two great, totally separate Josh Brolin performances. "
Rob Liefeld
Two
See
You
" 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
" Here's the deal: 25 years' worth of Deadpool. This movie comes out 25 years to the day we published him at Marvel, and you couldn't get a better gift if you're a 'Deadpool' fan. "
Rob Liefeld
Gift
Day
Worth
" We've gotten into this 'family friend' space, and 'Deadpool' trashes it. "
Rob Liefeld
Friend
Space
Gotten
" 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. "
Rob Liefeld
Big
Results
More
" Deadpool does not exist in any way, shape, or form without me. "
Rob Liefeld
Me
Exist
Form
" As to Batman, turns out I really prefer Robin over the Dark Knight. "
Rob Liefeld
Knight
Over
Batman
" I'm capable of a ton of work. My Kirby gene has been fully activated. And by that, I mean the capability to draw many pages. "
Rob Liefeld
Been
Work
Pages
" 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. "
Rob Liefeld
Believe
I Believe
Good
" A fixer-upper is good for your business if you are the guy who fixes it up. "
Rob Liefeld
Guy
You
Up
" 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
" I can tell you, young 22-year-old Rob Liefeld was having quite a run. "
Rob Liefeld
Young
Having
I Can
" I'm not that guy that blows deadlines anymore. "
Rob Liefeld
Guy
Deadlines
Anymore
" Trust me: I was the most bullish on 'Deadpool.' When I was day one on the set, I said, 'This is going to open at $75 million,' and they all said, 'Shut up, Liefeld; you're jinxing us.' "
Rob Liefeld
Me
Trust
Day
" 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
Me
Books
Artist