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Recently I talked to Spawn creator, Todd McFarlane, about the current state of play of his comic book publishing empire Which, after 2020 and 2021, is a little more of an empire than it used to be As he moved from publishing one monthly-ish comic book to four, Spawn, King Spawn, Gunslinger Spawn and The[...]

Recently I talked to Spawn creator Todd McFarlane about the current state of play of his comic book publishing empire and that empire has grown since 2020 As he moved from publishing one monthly-ish comic book to four, Spawn, King Spawn, Gunslinger Spawn, and The Scorched, we also touched on the planned new Spawn movie,[...]

Recently I talked to Spawn creator, Todd McFarlane, about the current state of play of his comic book publishing empire Which, after 2020 and 2021, is a little more of an empire than it used to be As he moved from publishing one monthly-ish comic book to four, Spawn, King Spawn, Gunslinger Spawn and The[...]

Todd McFarlane's Spider-Man is the latest legendary comic book run to get an Artist's Edition from IDW, the company announced in a press release Monday IDW invites readers to "experience one of the most acclaimed runs in Spider-Man history like never before" by paying IDW nearly $200 for the hardcover book. The synopsis: Experience one of the[...]

And now he is doing that with Todd McFarlane's Spider-Man, posting this image, saying "so this is happening." IDW Publish Artist's Edition Of Todd McFarlane's Amazing Spider-Man No details yet as to which issues are being published, but the cover above is from Amazing Spider-Man #316, featuring the first cover appearance of Venom. IDW Publish Artist's Edition Of[...]

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Todd McFarlane took part in an interview last week with popular action figure reviewer and YouTube personality Shartimus Prime on his channel While they covered a variety of subjects, there was a segment of the interview that has rubbed people the wrong way all weekend When discussing female action figures, he…well, he completely shows his[...]

Last week, Bleeding Cool looked at Todd McFarlane and his attempt to revive the glory of his co-founder of Image Comics Jim Lee's X-Men #1 cover, for the new Spawn: Scorched comic book, in time for FOC It wasn't finished but we got the idea Well, it looks like that FOC date has been delayed[...]

Todd McFarlane has, it seems, run out of time for the cover to Spawn: Scorched #3, up for FOC from Image Comics today Which is why he is releasing a work in progress, a homage of the Jim Lee and Scott Williams cover to X-Men #1 from over thirty years ago Though just posting in[...]

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Todd McFarlane took to Facebook late last night to reveal that the popular 2021 Target Exclusive Batman Year Two figure is coming back Originally slated as an NYCC 2021 exclusive, this deluxe figure set captures one of McFarlane's stories from his time at DC Comics It looks like both Signed and Unsigned versions of the[...]

Todd McFarlane is claiming today's launch of the Spawn team comic book The Scorched #1 as the "Biggest New Team Book" from the past thirty years, including a new relaunch of Marvel's X-Men and Guardians of the Galaxy, with more than 270,000 copies sold And that this is the fourth major record-setting 2021 new title[...]

It looks like 2022 is the year of Spawn as Todd McFarlane continues to kick off his Spawn's Universe with a whole slew of new comics With an increase in the comics, interest in the legendary anti-hero will continue to grow, and that means more collectibles will be on the way McFarlane Toys has teased[...]

Todd McFarlane's first batman cover, issue #423 of the series, is one of those keys that just keeps growing for no other reason than that it is by him That is pretty neat in this day and age of movie and TV speculation Also: it is just a really cool cover When I close my[...]

In the Spawn comic book series written by Todd McFarlane, there are… a lot more Spawns around right now Enough to make up a new team, The Scorched, launching next month Which, in the Spawn universe, have made supernatural entities walking the streets a little more visible than before. Including hordes of zombies and angels, gathering[...]

When I talked to Todd McFarlane about Gunslinger Spawn, he told me "I think he could be my breakout character I mean he breaks out now, but I think I can push him even further, so if you think Spawn's badass, Gunslinger's gonna make Spawn look a little bit like a boy scout, because he's[...]

"Spawn" universe creator Todd McFarlane is expanding his multimedia reach with a deep dive into television, with Deadline Hollywood offering exclusive details on a development & production arm being launched as part of McFarlane Films to focus on series projects- development & production arm that already has a first-look television deal with wiip (Mare of[...]

Before Spawn, before Spider-Man, before Hulk, Todd McFarlane was an artist on Detective Comics for DC Comics, drawing Batman: Year Two in the mid-eighties Which has a habit of constantly being reprinted, with new eyes upon it. Todd McFarlane on Detective Comics for DC Comics On the Facebook group for Comic Swipes, Erik Larsen, co-founder of Image[...]

Even if a few scabs need pulling off first. LITG: The ten most-read stories, yesterday, 28th October, 2021 Credit: McFarlane Toys McFarlane Toys Brings The Batman to Life Once Again with New Figure Hasbro Pulse Con Deep Dive: Animated X-Men Marvel Legends It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Season 15: So How Soon is "So Soon"? Bosch Spinoff Series Signals Season 1[...]

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This week, DC Comics told retailers that the 1:25 tiered variant cover for Batman #118 that plays off Todd McFarlane's cover to Spider-Man #1 would switch to be open order, such was the demand for it by retailers And while Todd McFarlane may no longer have that original cover artwork, he does have the opening[...]

As it rolled on, Bleeding Cool reprinted their respective letters on the matter from 1993, and Todd McFarlane's recent statements on Instagram But it is possible, spanning the thirty-year gap, that we may have a little closure Because David Michelinie has posted a further follow-up as a result of Bleeding Cool's coverage of the matter[...]

Recently, Bleeding Cool ran a Fanboy Rampage between Venom co-creator David Michelinie, looking to get a bit more credit for his co-creation than Todd McFarlane seemed to recently be giving, and Erik Larsen, who took over from Todd drawing the book, who pushed back on that And now Spider-Man artist Ron Frenz has taken it further, talking[...]

But the journey from that moment to the first appearance of Venom, drawn by Todd McFarlane in Amazing Spider-Man #300 was a twisty-turny one Todd McFarlane is often given greater credit for Venom, and sometimes takes it himself, and with the release of the new film, David Michelinie wanted to put the record straight, again,[...]

Todd McFarlane will be there for the DC toys, but I bet he'll try to plug Gunslinger Spawn Donald Mustard is there for the Fortnite crossovers They've got Scott Snyder, but no mention of Josh Williamson, Tom King, James Tynion IV, Jorge Jimenez, Sean Gordon Murphy or Greg Capullo this time around… they just make the[...]

Recently I talked to Todd McFarlane about Jim Lee's decision to sell the original cover artwork to X-Men #1, all four covers, for millions of dollars More details on that sale to come, I am hearing But I wondered if he had any similar gems and what it might take for him to sell them[...]

Todd McFarlane's Spawn comic has been breaking records with its sales of later, but as we previously noted, only a few years ago, sales numbers were in the low five figures Which means that renewed interest has seen the price of many of those mid-run back issues boom in terms of value, with their scarcity[...]

We knew that Gunslinger Spawn #1 got 385,000 advance reorders from comic book retailers. Now we know how they were spread. . Greetings from the coal face

We know Todd McFarlane has a new Spawn movie in the works and has had for months We also know he is working on a Sam & Twitch TV series as well But his ambition extends further I talked to him last week about the launch of Gunslinger Spawn #1, but he has so much[...]