Deadpool creator cuts ties with Marvel after Deadpool & Wolverine frustrations - Ryan Reynolds character’s creator said he has been ‘diminished’ by studio

“Marvel’s treatment of creators has never been their strength,” Liefeld’s email said. “Without the worlds, the characters, and the concepts that we create — and in this specific case, the world of Deadpool — there are no films to shoot. No blockbusters to distribute. … I am not the easy button at Staples. I am the human imagination behind it all.”