I always had a great history of comics. I've been buying them since I was six years old. I was a student of the craft.

Rob Liefeld

Categorized in : Always Great Student History

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.

you succeed work remember

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.

good i-believe influence believe

I'm not that guy that blows deadlines anymore.

blows deadlines anymore guy

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

rob early fog late

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

person year you dad

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

more changes get mature

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

always talent young giving

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

me toys youth chance

Long before it was 'Raided' and 'Lost' with Indiana Jones, the Ark of the Covenant was originally stolen from the Israelites by The Philistines; The Ark of the Covenant was the nuclear bomb of its age: when activated, it was devastating.

stolen age lost long

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.

shine me you people

I've had really hard struggles in my life.

struggles my-life hard life

Deadpool does not exist in any way, shape, or form without me.

shape without me way

I love my craft.

craft i-love love

I've always loved both Marvel and DC equally, but I don't have a career without DC giving me the original 'Hawk and Dove' mini-series.

loved me always giving

I wasted so many years in my youth.

wasted many youth years

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

run you i-can young

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

feel day me getting-older

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

old star nine years

I love getting older.

older getting getting-older love

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.

video-games help now smile