Rob Liefeld

Robert Liefeld (; born October 3, 1967) is an American comic book creator. He co-created 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 for his drawing skills, business practices, and controversial comments. In October 2025, Liefeld said that he had perhaps five years left before his retirement, and that the Youngblood series he was writing and drawing for a debut that November would likely be his last comics work, citing his age and his eyesight.