Comic Book Greats: Todd Mcfarlane Pt. 1

[nickm34456]

Haha Todd sounds like gda saying porn

[TwiTcheD100]

I'd love to hear what Todd has to say about drawing and such at this point in his career.

[ArnoldRulesyou]

Can't believe he made Spawn..... Does'int seem like the person with the right personality.

[greenkidd529]

@ArnoldRulesyou thats how you know hes a great creator/writter he's not just copying something from someone or himself. he's litterally creating(created) something new! hes a badass!

[akumavsguile]

He talks alot of sense

[ranchy888]

Wow! Great video! 

[thisaccountisshared]

Wow so this was Todd when he was younger

[phc3m]

can't stop laughing from the vhs distortion sounding like a fart XD

[werdle92]

hideously outdated hairstyle ftw.

[luckyjinxer]

Twad MicFawand

[johnmoser01]

what year was these shows?

[Cthulhuized]

AAAAAAAAAAAAH A MONSTER! haha XD

[jpepemaza]

Todd mc far the best spidey artist ever

[NightwingReborn]

Stan is the man!

[MiinaVsWorld]

Stan Lee..I LOVE YOU!

[Cruzboy]

the start bit reminded me of retro porn. awesome.

[LunchboxDrummer]

8:13 was my favorite part. I didn't expect to die laughing during this. :P but it's very helpful.

[mechaart]

hmm....at 7:13 to a few minutes foward it sounds like the sound goes a bit etchy.

hmm must be the VHS tape.

nonetheless thanks for upoloading this to yt.

[loki2stunt]

What the hell stan got? A hair piece

[stutwostep]

Epic. 

[Wh3nYour3Strang3]

Is it just me, or does Todd look like Christian Bale?

[PanterAmetal100]

@Wh3nYour3Strang3 Yes! He does! I thought about it too.

[Nextrol]

@Wh3nYour3Strang3 No he really does... I'm pretty sure Todd McFarlane IS Christian Bale. It's like The Prestige :P

[Wh3nYour3Strang3]

@Nextrol mind = blown

[ServoPrime]

Is somebody farting? 7:13

[iDraw3G]

@ServoPrime It was Stan. They were both awkwardly ignoring it.

[anijujuofthe360s]

@iDraw3G I think its the fact that its vhs

[ilovethevol]

@iDraw3G that cracked me up more than the comment you replied to. lmfao

[SpectralViral]

I don't agree with Todds philosophy of approaching comics. However, I understand where he is coming from. Style with no substances creates for Michael Bay-esque art work where there is great visuals but nothing compelling in terms of symbolism or in meaning. This philosophy is why his writing is mediocre at best. But if, somehow, style was combined with substance, where something looked cool, and had meaning, then Todd has more credibility when it comes to comics.

One word todd: watchmen.

[PrisonCipher]

@SpectralViral, Except Watchmen wasn't really "known" in the comic book universe, it was known by the die hards but that isn't the demographic that buys them. People want the Michael Bay esque work because it looks "cool" and ultimately that's what sells big.

Alan moore still whent for the "big splash page" like everyone else, the only difference is that he had a deep story to tell. But like Farlane said "If they wanted that , they could read a novel". Pretty much nailed it.

[SpectralViral]

@PrisonCipher Fair enough. But that attitude that Todd holds, is why most people hold comics in such a low esteem. The last quote is very very harmful to the industry. I don't know if he is on the same page as Quesada, but feel as if he should also have more open minded approach in terms of complex story telling for a much literary audience. Comics can be literature, but McFarlane's attitude towards it just pisses me off because he is just basically proving Frederic Wertham

right.

[PrisonCipher]

@SpectralViral , Fredric Wertham was a PhD with a soap box, nothing more. Comics took a dive after his attempt but slowly came up again. Because in a way, wee need the placation of ultraviolence or another, to help cope with the sadness of the world. So while soccer moms may hate Mortal Kombat, they don't mind soothing their childs mind, with fictional violence.

McFarlane just lays it down on a media/Hollywood point, we all went to 300 expecting violence not a deep story.

[illuminatioracle]

@PrisonCipher it's not as if it forever remains a cult favorite to this day. i'd say it has pretty firm mainstream respect now

[Robocop1989]

Cool video! What other videos of this series do you have and when can we expect to see them?

[iDraw3G]

@Robocop1989 I have all of them. I'll post the Rob Liefeld one next week.

[generalzod51]

Thanks for uploading "The Comic Book Greats" video with Todd Mcfarlane! I hope you upload the rest of them sometime.

[EnigMaestrOxide]

Great learning experience. Thanks for the upload, I've been wanting to see this one for a while =]

[TerryBogard675]

"Plunked down my two bucks and came out with 6 comic books"

if only it was still like that

[MikeAM78]

Flashback!! I remember renting this from my local comic chop when it first came out. Was cool to see it again. I've always liked Todd McFarlane and think he's a great artist, an entertainment storytelling, and a smart businessman.

[wewordsson]

todd is an asshole....the comic industries anti-Christ.