Robert Liefeld (1967-10-03) October 3, 1967 (age 56) Fullerton, California, U.S.
Area(s)
Writer, Penciller, Inker, Editor, Publisher
Notable works
Youngblood
X-Force
Deadpool
Avengelyne
Awards
Inkpot Award (2012)[1]
Official website
Robert Liefeld (/ˈlaɪfɛld/; born October 3, 1967) is an American comic book creator. A prominent writer and artist in the 1990s, he is known for co-creating the character Cable with writer Louise Simonson and the character Deadpool with writer Fabian Nicieza. In the early 1990s, Liefeld gained popularity due to his work on Marvel Comics' The New Mutants and later X-Force. In 1992, he and several other popular Marvel illustrators left the company to found Image Comics, which started a wave of comic books owned by their creators rather than by publishers. The first book published by Image Comics was Liefeld's Youngblood #1.
Liefeld has been called one of the most controversial figures in the comic industry[2] for his drawing skills,[3][4][5] business practices,[5][6][7] and controversial comments.[8][9]
^"Inkpot Award". San Diego Comic-Con International. December 6, 2012. Archived from the original on December 16, 2012. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
^Golianopoulos, Thomas (February 5, 2016). "Deadpool: Meet the Prime Mover Behind the Mercenary". The New York Times. Archived from the original on October 24, 2018. Retrieved June 12, 2019.
^Ginocchio, Mark (July 3, 2013). "Gimmick or Good? – Youngblood #1". Comic Book Resources.
^Hollan, Michael (January 7, 2017). "Rob Liefeld's Most Controversial Comics Titles". Comic Book Resources.
^ abDavid, Peter (August 20, 2010). "Giving Credit Where Credit is Due, Part 1". peterdavid.net. Archived from the original on February 22, 2013. Retrieved October 18, 2023. Reprinted from Comics Buyer's Guide #1033 (September 3, 1993)
^Sims, Chris (October 26, 2009). "ComicsAlliance Video Vault: The Comic Book Greats: Rob Liefeld" Archived August 24, 2012, at the Wayback Machine ComicsAlliance.
^McLelland, Ryan. "Valiant Days, Valiant Nights – A Look Back at the Rise and Fall of Valiant" Archived July 6, 2009, at the Wayback Machine Newsarama. September 24, 2003. Archived at ValiantFans.com. Retrieved August 21, 2013.
^Adams, Tim (June 11, 2019). "DC Comics Is 'Gonna Drive Off A Cliff,' Rob Liefeld Declares". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved June 12, 2019.
^Johnston, Rich (February 7, 2016). "Fanboy Rampage: What If A Janitor Created Deadpool?". Bleeding Cool. Archived from the original on December 25, 2018. Retrieved June 12, 2019.
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lot of new Gina Carano fans." In July 2013, she and comic book creator RobLiefeld announced they were working on a big-screen adaptation of Liefied's Avengelyne...
Simonson, ultimately taking a more action-oriented focus under artist RobLiefeld, who relaunched the characters as X-Force following the series' end....
November 2009 (plus a spinoff, the prologue-centric #0), with artist RobLiefeld eventually confirming that no further issues would be forthcoming. Image...
Avengelyne is a comic book character created by RobLiefeld, Cathy Christian and Tony Lobito. Avengelyne is an angel who fights the forces of evil and...