L O O P D A DE W/ Fabian Nic ieza So we all know who Deadpool is, and if you don't then that means you've probably been living somewhere under a rock. He's the merc with a mouth who's flooded your television screens with trailers and your social media with some of the best promotional marketing to date. Before this wise cracking merc was on the big screen, he was on the page and Steve Williamson was lucky enough to talk a bit with one of the men who put him there, Fabian Nicieza, at # LBCE16. SW: What was your opinion of the Deadpool character in the movie X-Men Origins: Wolverine? FN: I don't know what you're t al king about .
e v e r yone d n i m e r o t r e ! Ju s t e h l o o e t a l k i ng p d 'r u a o e y D t a DP: h w r a ct e r k now a h s c u t f o a h e W n o ? n d t ha t u nde r s t a n u o y o D . .. e v a bou t St e n t ha t . i 't n s a w I ? i n Wol v e r i ne SW: How do you feel about the character Deadpool from today? And how much does it differ from the one you created 25 years ago? FN: Wel l , t he charact er I creat ed 25 years ago had al ready evol ved al l t hrough t he 90s f rom Joe Kel l y's work and Gail Simone's work, he evol ved in
t he Cabl e/ Deadpool book t hat I wrot e in 2004 t o 2008, so it 's not l ike I haven't had a hand in part s of t hat evol ut ion. I do t hink t he charact er has no so much changed, but t hey have changed t he sit uat ions t hat t hey pl ace him int o in t he regul ar comics now. They made an edit orial decision several years ago t hat he was an out right comedy charact er, which is not how...