Spawning SPAWN; Interview With Spawn Creator Todd McFarlane (2 of 4)

For Supanova pop culture expo, Blunty interviews comic book legend Todd McFarlane, creator of Spawn, the man responsible for the modern reinvention of Spiderman and a list of other pop-culture achievements longer than Spawn's iconic cape.

In part two of four, "Spawning SPAWN" Todd McFarlane and Blunty discuss the birth of his iconic creation, SPAWN.

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Todd McFarlane;
Born in Canada in 1961, McFarlane's road trip to creative autonomy began when he accepted an assignment pencilling for Marvel/Epic Comics in March 1984. From there, he worked his way to the top of the talent roster before leaving Marvel to help found Image Comics with six other artists.

It was then that Todd introduced his own character, Spawn. The book's debut in 1992 sold an amazing 1.7 million copies, an unprecedented feat in independent comics. From there came a whirlwind of growth and expansion: more comics, action figures, film, animation and the Web.

In 1994, Todd founded McFarlane Toys, because he wanted to maintain maximum creative control over his Spawn character. Over the years, the company has become one of the largest, most renowned toy manufacturers in the world. In addition to Spawn, McFarlane Toys has produced figures from such properties as KISS, Shrek, X-Files, Austin Powers, Metal Gear Solid, Clive Barker, Akira, the Beatles, Army of Darkness, Jaws, Rob Zombie, Alien, Predator, AC/DC and dozens of others.
http://www.spawn.com

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[gamesboi]

almost 10 hours, and 19 comments???!!! on a blunty video? hmmmm.

i never read the spawn comics, but if he makes toys based on metal gear solid, SPAWN must be amazing because he clearly has good taste :P

[Blunty3000]

not unusual for the number of comments on an interview vid to be lower than is common on some of my others. this type of vid is less interactive, more traditionally "passive" entertainment, like "normal tv". The vid isn't about an "issue" that gets people all worked up with opinions, and Todd himself, while he will probably see this (he asked to be informed when it was live), it's not likely he'll join in discussions here in the comments section so people don't ask questions about the content

[CrazySnareCharles]

dude, is that song u always use for supanova clips yours or supanova's promotional song....?

[Blunty3000]

I created it for use in my SN promo stuff

[malockaaa]

thumbs up if you searched for the gamer SpawN!

[MortalGamer1]

@kingboy0023 i hope

[kingboy0023]

Is there going be a spawn 2????

[1Nbillion817]

I dont care what anybody says. Spawn is the shit. And Todd is the man 4 making him

[artisticlatino07]

I may be wrong, but I think it was Todd Mcfarlane who created Venom.

[vorker4]

u guys do knw that in the movie they wont really show spawn the character with the cape and all its now like a horror/suspense movie

[Tabularasalocke]

@FlashMob22

Not really a copy if Spawn was released in the 90's and Prowler was in the 80's/70's

[FlashMob22]

and the fact that its a copy of spawn

[TimiHendrix195]

if you think about it spawn is quite revolutionary as a character (ok maybe revolution was over the top) i mean a african american anti hero, who kills his enemies he goes against almost all superhero conventions and its a independent comic.

[CawFanMan]

bares a slight spidey resemblance too