Rob Liefeld

“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 wasted so many years in my youth.”

“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 am a lifelong Moebius geek. The European approach is perfect, the art is beautiful, and the storytelling is fantastic.”

“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.”

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

“Domino is all about... as an actress and as the character that is going to be on the screen, you already allude to it: it's all about the sass.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

“I love 'Captain America.' I love those fight sequences, but I've seen them multiple times.”

“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.”

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

“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.”

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

“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.”