Time to hold some feet to the fire for some shady practices over at Marvel. Joe: Snake Eyes and creator-owned are on the desk!'īefore that, Liefeld's longtime creative relationship with Marvel Comics that was rekindled in the mid-'00s seemed to sour, with Liefeld tweeting on October 8, 2019, 'Had a good long talk with my attorney. 'I'm also not continuing any interiors as I've put those on hold as well.

'After doing 100 covers the last few years, I'm taking a pause,' he stated on October 15, 2019. Liefeld exited Marvel in 2019 with a high-profile tweet declaring 'So, this will be my last original cover for Marvel for the foreseeable future.' Plans for the Deadpool 30th anniversary celebration include a Deadpool Nerdy 30 one-shot and 30 variant covers all drawn by Liefeld, featuring Deadpool alongside other Marvel characters, including some of Liefeld's other creations and co-creations.Īdditionally, starting in January, Liefeld's podcast Robservations will feature a five-part 'Making of Deadpool' series that Liefeld's announcement states will 'offer insight into how the character was developed from initial discussions with Marvel to character design and beyond.' The character has also starred in two successful films played by Ryan Reynolds, with a third film in the works. When New Mutants relaunched as X-Force, Deadpool became a breakout character, spinning off into his own limited series, followed quickly by an ongoing series that has more or less continued in one volume or another to the present day. Liefeld created Deadpool alongside writer Fabian Nicieza in 1991's New Mutants #98, as an adversary for the young mutant team.

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