) McFarlane created the character Spawn when he was 16, and spent "countless hours" perfecting the appearance of each component of the character's visual design. (John Parker of ComicsAlliance has also noted the influence of Walt Simonson in McFarlane's work. He was a fan of comics creators such as John Byrne, Jack Kirby, Frank Miller and George Pérez, as well as the writing of Alan Moore. McFarlane began drawing as a hobby at an early age, and developed an interest in comics, acquiring as many as he could, and learning to draw from them. Prototype version of the character Spawn, which McFarlane drew in his teens Bob worked in the printing business, which led him to take work where he could find it, and as a result, during McFarlane's childhood, the family lived in thirty different places from Alberta to California.
He is the second of three sons, which McFarlane says contributed to his competitive streak. Todd McFarlane was born on March 16, 1961, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, to Bob and Sherlee McFarlane.
He will make his directorial debut with the reboot film, which will star Jamie Foxx. He is also a high-profile collector of record-breaking baseballs.Īs a filmmaker, he produced the 1997 film adaptation of Spawn starring Michael Jai White. McFarlane used to be a co-owner of the National Hockey League's Edmonton Oilers before selling his shares to Daryl Katz. In September 2006, it was announced that McFarlane would be the Art Director of the newly formed 38 Studios, formerly Green Monster Games, founded by major league baseball pitcher Curt Schilling. 70 (February 1998), McFarlane has illustrated comic books less often, focusing on entrepreneurial efforts, such as McFarlane Toys and Todd McFarlane Entertainment, a film and animation studio. The character's popularity in the 1990s also encouraged a trend in creator-owned comic-book properties.Īfter leaving inking duties on Spawn with issue No. The debut issue sold 1.7 million copies, which as of 2007, remains a record for an independent comic book. In 1992, he helped form Image Comics, pulling the occult anti-hero character Spawn from his high-school portfolio and updating him for the 1990s.
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In the late 1980s and early 1990s, McFarlane became a comic-book superstar due to his high-selling work on Marvel Comics' Spider-Man franchise, on which he was the artist to draw the first full appearances of the character Venom.
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Todd McFarlane ( / m ə k ˈ f ɑːr l ɪ n/ born March 16, 1961) is a Canadian comic-book creator, artist, writer, filmmaker and entrepreneur, best known for his work as the artist on The Amazing Spider-Man and as the creator, writer, and artist on the superhero horror-fantasy series Spawn, as well as being the current President and a co-founder of Image Comics.
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