Rob Liefeld put Marvel on the explosion. The co-creator of Deadpool, Cable and Bedrock said he’s working with Marvel Comics and revealed why in the latest episode of his Rob Savage Podcast. In a subsequent interview with the Hollywood Reporter, he expanded that fateful night.
At the premiere, Liefeld learns that he and his family have not been invited to an afterparty. He also felt snuggled by Disney Brass, including Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige.
“It was embarrassing, reduced and intended to defeat me,” Liefeld said on the podcast that he had not gained access to the afterparty.
And then there was another obvious slight. Liefeld said he took professional photos with the Creative with the Deadpool and Wolverine team, but was later told by his spokesperson that those photos were removed. He believes they were considered courtesy and not intended to be used, but other photos featured not only with Liefeld but with his family were also included in the event Disney. It was introduced as part of the Getty Press Portal.
Liefeld has been working for Marvel for some time as part of his seventh or eighth career reinvention. This was already billed as his “final Deadpool story”, including this year’s Deadpool team-up. But at this point he feels that Marvel doesn’t want to work with him. When he puts it on the podcast, he says, “At one point you say, ‘I got the message, and the message is clear.’ ”
Marvel did not comment directly, but insiders told the Thr Reporter Boys Kit.
This is what we call “burial” for the business, suggesting that Liefeld’s suspicion that Marvel doesn’t want him anymore is probably somewhat accurate.
After the story broke, Liefeld continued to tweet about the issue.
Thank you to everyone who reached out to me today. thank you very much. I always believe comic creators are special and deserve special treatment. Sadly, it doesn’t cost you to share kind words, even if it was under Marvel & Disney. My family and I deserve common… pic.twitter.com/bfh2x0tmqk
– robliefeld (@robertliefeld) February 7, 2025
…. And many times.
On the one hand, there is no doubt that Liefeld can be stronger with the rhetoric that “created a deadpool” that excludes co-creator Fabian Nicieza. It reached the film. Gale Simone, who played a prominent run with the character, wrote that he was treated very well in the same premiere on FB (don’t read the comments).
I feel very strange about this because the creators of Deadpool are amazing and absolutely believe they should be treated with all the respect they have won.
Meanwhile, Marvel treated me wonderfully at the same premiere. So they got in the way to make it a lovely experience.
I hope this works for everyone.
Also, I didn’t post this to make the creator slap the creator. I think I’m just a bit confused.
Meanwhile, Liefeld’s claim to Liefeld’s podcast is that “Kevin Feige doesn’t treat comic book creators well. That’s my personal experience,” not from Feige himself, but some support is there is.
Ed Brubaker, who wrote the classic Winter Soldier Arc of Captain America and co-created the current version of Bucky, wrote the classic Winter Soldier Arc of Captain America: His in Civil War Premiere, as per another podcast I received complaints about treatment.
Brubaker mentions turning down a check for Captain America’s “Thank You” credits. Because he felt that small amount was such an insult. To add humiliation to the injury, Brubaker appears to have to attend the premiere of the Overflow Theater, as opposed to the main big theatre with the big stars. Brubaker’s digging is understandable, as the basic premise of the Civil War Bucky, which includes Bucky hunting rogue agents in the Winter Soldiers Program, was based on his Captain America comic run.
Apparently, Brubaker and artist Steve Eptin are the teams who reinvented Joe Simon and Jack Kirby’s Bucky Burns as Winter Soldiers. Kevin Feige’s assistant wasn’t on the list, so who plays the character in the MCU. Adding salt to the wound meant that Feige’s assistant would be happy to bring in other assistants and bloggers.
Brubaker also said he made more money from cameos with Winter Soldier than royalties to write characters, but his beef was more from Marvel Publishing than Marvel Studios. (Brubaker continues to write for several streaming series and is deeply involved in upcoming Amazon series based on his criminals, co-created with Sean Philips, so he’s fine.)
This is also an exposing from THR four years ago. Here, comic creators used their work in a billion-dollar movie franchise and were called “shut-up money.”
Several comic creators have publicly stated that they generally pay high for DC adaptation. Comic creator Jim Stalin said in 2017 that Warner Bros paid him for the major Guardians Thanos, Gamora, and Gamora, and Gamora’s Dawn minor characters in DC’s Batman vs. Superman: Galaxy characters. I turned my head when I pointed it out publicly. Combined with Drax. After Stalin aired the complaints, Disney renegotiated his contract with Avengers villain Thanos: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame. These films totaled $4.83 billion worldwide, and Stalin has not shared details of his deal, but he is happy. “The cliché is that the squeaky wheel gets grease,” Stalin tells a Hollywood reporter. “The way these contracts are written could be more generous if Disney wants. They quickly say they can change the terms to make it even better.”
Starlin’s Creations (some of which will return to his high school notes) has informed many of the MCUs, including Infinity Gauntlet and Thanos, and hopes they have received decent financial compensation from Marvel Studios. Masu. The fact that Stalin had a somewhat prominent speaking line in Avengers: Endgame is proof of this. Many manga creators have got cameos in movies, but the speaking line is much rarer, with Stanley on the side. (This is Chris Claremont: The Last Stand, watching the lawnmower fly on the X-Men.)
Anyway, Liefeld was a rather tireless evangelist in Deadpool movies. There’s always a liefeld joke in Deadpool’s films, but as Kit pointed out, the final scene of Deadpool/Wolverine takes place in front of a store called Just Feet of Leafeld. Cameo along the way. Maybe he’s too energetic. At SDCC last year, he made a highly animated appearance on Comics Beat’s “Inside the Con” show.
And it’s the Liefeld project whenever you’re around him.
Many would say that Liefeld’s explosion is projecting Primadna’s attitude, but he still touched on the truth that has been pointed out many times. Century, and comic creators are not always treated pretty much on the way, either with payment or respect.
While Liefeld is away from Marvel’s work, he’s fine too as the full remastered version of Young Blood Deluxe came out in April and is back in image.
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