Over thirty years in the past, Rob Liefeld helped to introduce the fourth-wall-breaking and clever cracking Deadpool (Wade Wilson) to the Marvel universe, and now he’s determined to retire from engaged on the character.
In his assertion, Liefeld regarded again on his a long time of labor at Marvel and with Deadpool particularly, asking “I usually marvel what my life can be like if I had not created and bought not simply Deadpool, however Cable, Domino, Stryfe and lots of others to Marvel”.
You can take a look at Liefeld’s full assertion under.
I’m retiring from Deadpool. It’s official. Yup, after 33 years of not solely introducing Deadpool however chronicling lots of his hottest adventures it’s time for the Deadpool Daddy to say farewell. One of the enjoyable components about getting older is you possibly can retire from issues, so right here I… pic.twitter.com/Kq4XAjslNT
— robliefeld (@robertliefeld) February 5, 2024
Deadpool entered mainstream consciousness following the 2016 film which starred Ryan Reynolds because the titular character. Fans had been excited when producers at Fox leaned into creating an R-rated Marvel film, regardless of a number of Punisher and Blade movies beating them to the punch.
While Liefeld could also be stepping again from engaged on the characters, he’s anticipated to launch one final story: “I’ll end this one final Deadpool story, and belief me, it’s a wild one, and name it a collaboration for the ages”.
It’s unclear if Liefeld will proceed his work on comics, however apparently he’s implying he’s solely retiring from work on Deadpool.