Top 55 Rob Liefeld Quotes

I was given a chance to re-haul ‘New Mutants’ and take it from the dog of the ‘X-Men’ office to 1 million copies with its final issue.

I can tell you, young 22-year-old Rob Liefeld was having quite a run.

I love ‘Captain America.’ I love those fight sequences, but I’ve seen them multiple times.

I’ve always had a fortunate knack for grabbing young talent and giving them a break.

‘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.

If you only see ‘No Country for Old Men’ and ‘Sicario,’ you’ve seen two great, totally separate Josh Brolin performances.

I love getting older.

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.

As to Batman, turns out I really prefer Robin over the Dark Knight.

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.

I grew up on R-rated action films, and you didn’t blink.

Gene Hackman’s portrayal of Lex Luthor did not exist in comic books. This is not my Lex Luthor, but I really like it.

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.

The visual of Deadpool was very informed by Spider-Man.

You can’t rewrite the history books; you can’t eliminate the impact of my work and my characters.

My kids love going to the comics store with me, but they have insatiable appetites for new apps, and I truly believe we have to be online in order to reach their generation.

I wasted so many years in my youth.

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.’

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.

I’ve had really hard struggles in my life.

When you hold something you created, drew, and conceived, and now here it is in 3D plastic – it is a rush.

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!

Captain America and the Avengers were my favorite characters as a kid.

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.

We’ve gotten into this ‘family friend’ space, and ‘Deadpool’ trashes it.

My characters came with a lot of gear, a lot of weaponry.

At nine years old, I saw ‘Star Wars.’ I saw it a gazillion times.

As I get older and more mature, my artwork changes accordingly.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

Our style, in one word, the Image guys, our approach to the page was bold.

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.

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.

Carter Hall is a cross between Indiana Jones and Robert Langdon from ‘Da Vinci Code’ and ‘Angels and Demons.’

My entire tenth grade year, my dad was in a coma. That changes a person. It changes a kid. It makes you ridiculously independent.

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.

The Internet snark has zero effect on me.

I had gotten a lot of acclaim for giving a previously dead franchise, ‘Hawk & Dove,’ a facelift.

Marvel comics took a chance on me in my youth, allowing me to create so many toys in their sandbox.

I’ve seen every Ryan Reynolds movie. I’m a fan.

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.

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.

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

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.

Women love the bad boy.

Late ’90s, early 2000s, Rob was in a definite fog.

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.

If you spend 90 seconds with Ryan Reynolds, you know he’s Deadpool. There is no one else on the planet that has any business being that character, ever.

‘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.

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.

‘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.’

‘New Mutants’ #100 went out the door with over a million copies. It is the highest-selling last issue of any comic ever. And that’s when I knew that I spoke fandom. I spoke their language.