Todd McFarlane
Todd McFarlane
Todd McFarlaneis a Canadian artist, writer, designer and entrepreneur, best known for his work in comic books, such as the fantasy series Spawn...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionCartoonist
Date of Birth16 March 1961
CityCalgary, Canada
CountryCanada
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A lot was happening, plus there were an enormous number of people in the industry that were going to conventions, so it was a pretty fun time. Also there was a lot of controversy and I was at the forefront of some of that.
tired people brain
I'm tired of trying to get other people to see into my brain. I'm done.
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Image has to be its own fortress, in spite of the owners. People can't separate that or they don't comprehend that you can turn that on and off for each one of the different entities.
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To me, I was always just standing on the sidelines because up until issue 50, we were just doing Spawn. I wasn't recruiting anybody because I didn't have any books for people to work on.
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Anthology shows as a whole scare people. The networks can't quite get their heads around it.
tired people different
I guess we're all just wired different. I just got to the point where I got tired of people telling me what I can and can't do in my life.
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Once the character was established, I felt that I had to build a strong foundation for the Spawn brand name, ... To build a strong foundation you need four pillars. In the comic book industry, those pillars are television, video games, movies and toys or ancillary products. If you have a good foundation and pillars, you'd be surprised what you can build. You could even build skyscrapers
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I believe the nature of the Hanna-Barbera brand will allow us to bring to life a wonderful new world of action figures, which will be embraced by collectors and fans alike. We will be utilizing the full range of McFarlane talent for this collection and applying our characteristic style and finesse to the timeless Hanna-Barbera characters.
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The plans this year are for me to finish the script that I'm working on and to finance and direct the live action Spawn movie myself.
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This is the new generation's cult classic film; fans will be repeating the lines over and over just like my generation did with three or four movies when I was 13.
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We knew we wanted to make the soldiers look realistic,
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I have to believe that a soldier doesn't do everything by the book when bullets are whizzing by their heads in battle, ... That's when survival and preservation instincts kick in and it's at that moment where you will find the best, authentic pose.
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I guess The Grudge made over $100 million, but none of them had long legs after they came out but they all opened up and found an audience. If you could make those movies for a price, which is what I want to do with Spawn, then you could have some success.
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There hasn't been a big show in New York for a few years. It's sort of like the NFL not having a team in Los Angeles. It will be a good old-fashioned geek fest.