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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. "
Rob Liefeld
Plastic
Now
Here
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" 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. "
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" The visual of Deadpool was very informed by Spider-Man. "
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" Ryan is Deadpool. Look, Ryan Reynolds, he's gone through that same career arc; the guy is ridiculously talented. He has a huge, huge passion for 'Deadpool.' "
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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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" I'm not that guy that blows deadlines anymore. "
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Deadlines
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" I've been as much a DC guy as anything else my entire fan life. "
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" We can't be beholden to the past. "
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" Certain things work on paper held together with staples. Comics use bright colors to make things leap off the page, but movies are a different medium. "
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" We've gotten into this 'family friend' space, and 'Deadpool' trashes it. "
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Space
Gotten
" 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
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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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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. "
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Situation
Me
" 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
" Marvel comics took a chance on me in my youth, allowing me to create so many toys in their sandbox. "
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Me
Toys
Youth
" Deadpool was intended, as Cable was, to be tied into Wolverine's history. "
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Wolverine
Tied
History
" 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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Smile
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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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Dream
Big
Drawing
" 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
" '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
" 'Youngblood' #1 was my first brush with Internet bashing. Message boards were just emerging, but the criticism was drowned out by millions of copies flying off shelves. "
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Message
" I've had really hard struggles in my life. "
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Life
My Life
" 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. "
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Movies
" The Internet snark has zero effect on me. "
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" 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. "
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Business
Bad
Energy
" I'm not a fan of the Michael Keaton 'Batman,' which came out in 1989. "
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Came
Fan
" Our style, in one word, the Image guys, our approach to the page was bold. "
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Image
Word
Style
" 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
" 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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Hope
Because
Time
" 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? "
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Today