Why even Deadpool 2 seems to think its creator sucks
[There are no plot spoilers for Deadpool 2 below, but it does spoil a couple of jokes, if that concerns you at all.]
Michel Fiffe celebrates extreme ’90s comics in this Bloodstrike exclusive
Michel Fiffe loves superhero teams with a high mortality rate. His creator-owned series, Copra, is a love letter to John Ostrander and Kim Yale’s legendary run on DC Comics’ Suicide Squad, and for his latest project, Bloodstrike: Brutalists, he’s reviving a ’90s Rob Liefeld property featuring a team of assassins…
Netflix puts on its biggest shoulder pads for a series of Rob Liefeld comic book movies
According to Deadline, Netflix has just signed a seven-figure deal with comic book creator Rob Liefeld for the rights to his Extreme Universe, an Image Comic brand featuring Liefeld-created superheroes with shoulder pads, non-existent feet, and suitably extreme names like Bloodstrike, Bloodwulf, Cybrid, and Kaboom…
Rob Liefeld’s “Extreme Universe” to become a multi-film franchise
Rob Liefeld is the co-creator of Deadpool, and though his other creations haven’t been as impactful or lasting as the Merc With A Mouth or his popular X-Force series, he’s still famous for essentially defining the feet-less, grotesquely muscled, pouch-covered superhero aesthetic of the ’90s—a style to which he’s still…
It’s time to throw Rob Liefeld’s Avengelyne on the comic-book adaptation pile
Deadpool was a big hit for Fox earlier this year, thanks in part to the extremely dedicated comic-book fans that are already accustomed to buying everything with his face on it. Naturally, Hollywood has now decided to look into Deadpool co-creator Rob Liefeld to see if he has done anything else with a similarly…
Because you demanded it… Deadpool!
The best predictor of a person’s reaction to the announcement of the Deadpool film may be their age. Above a certain age there’s a good chance the individual in question has never even heard of the character. Anyone younger than, say, 30, has a much better chance not just of knowing who Deadpool is, but of meeting the…
Drawn & Quarterly celebrates 25 years with some of the boldest voices in comics
In the 25 years since its creation, Drawn & Quarterly has grown from a small comics magazine into one of the industry’s top publishers, crafting impeccably designed titles by renowned cartoonists like Lynda Barry, Chester Brown, and Seth, along with works by some of the most exciting, provocative new talents in…
Hip-Hop Family Tree’s Ed Piskor on The Rake’s wack “Street Justice”
In HateSong, we ask our favorite musicians, writers, comedians, actors, and so forth to expound on the one song they hate most in the world.