For Supanova pop culture expo, Blunty interviews comic book legend Todd mcfarlane, creator of Spawn, the man responsible for the modern reinvention of Spider-man and a list of other pop-culture achievements longer than Spawn’s iconic cape. “In the Beginning…” Part one in a four part series, Blunty and Todd go back to the beginning and discover the start of Todd mcfarlane’s road to success and geek-legend. Visit www.supanova.com.au for more exclusives news about upcoming events, celebrity Podcasts fan community forums & Much More! Todd mcfarlane; Born in Canada in 1961, mcfarlane’s road trip to creative autonomy began when he accepted an assignment pencilling for Marvel 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 …
I mean self-embarrassment. How can you live with yourself knowing you’re such a loser?
DeepSpaceStoner, Stop trolling, get life. in that order please.
You shouldn’t speak to your loyal subscribers that way, Blunty.
“Loyal subscriber” or not, you’re being an ass. If you can’t respect that other people find enjoyment in other ways than you, fine whatever, but don’t come to my comments sections and berate my OTHER “loyal subscribers” for simply enjoying cosplay. I have zero problem with blocking people, subscriber or not, for idiotic trolling, I do it often. And I don’t often warn, so take the hint.
I’m the most loyal of all. Blocking me would be a huge mistake. You’d lose one of your greatest subscribers. I dare you to do it.
Please tell me that you are simply just a ballsy SOB(no offense) that likes to talk. If so, you’re forgiven, if not, realize few care for your opinion. Oh and good evening Mr. Blunty, thank you for putting this up, I’m a big Mcfarlane fan.
I know it’s not my place to stick my nose in where it doesn’t belong, but for some ‘loyal subscriber’ you’ve must not seen some of Blunty’s recent rant videos.
Does he care that he may lose one subscriber out 50,000+ subscribers? Isn’t it obvious? Besides, what are you going to do if he does? Bitch about it? More power to ya, I guess.
im guessing deepspacestoner is now blocked…lol…silly troll
Great interview todd is a great writer/artist cant wait for his new spawn show.
DeepSpaceStoner, it’s good to see that to feel better about your life (which apparently involves smoking a lot of pot? real cool, we’re all so proud) you have to come on the comments section of a video and bother someone about the life they lead. I’m not a fan of cosplay either, but I wont make fun of someone who is, and who enjoys and partakes in it. Just remember, “to each his own”. And for that matter, I don’t even care if you smoke a lot of pot, if that’s what you do with your time.
oh, and very nice interview blunty, I’m not exactly a huge fan of comic books, but it’s always cool to watch an interview with someone so influential to any industry.
well said BLUNTY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*sighs*
how on earth do you manage to interview all these amazingly influential people?
You havent blocked me yet! 2 year subscriber. And when you did that video on an xbox…i had to get one. When you did the lego one…i went and got a lego bike and now im back into legos..ugh…
But i like your gadget and toy reviews, u give the full opinion and not just the plus points.
Thank you Blunty! McFarlane is a big hero of mine and one the reason i’m studying the field i am now. His work as an attest is inspiring. In pen, words or models, his amazing.
HA HA! that bit where he accidentally said spawn when he was talking about spider-man was gold! goes a long way to explaining where he got his inspiration i think.
informative interview none the less
I imagined this man to look a lot older than he does
did you shit your pants when you wrote that? you are a HARD ASS
todd used to be built…guy lost some weights
? wow spazz much?
i remember running to the comic store every month or bi weekly whenever the next mcfarlane spidey was out, just to see his version of my fav spidey villains .
his mysterio and scorpion are still my favs.
and this guy invented proper spidey webbing
this guy is one of the biggest comic book legends besides stan lee love them both
@reekinopiss Spawn is seriously out of date and uncool. It was cult for a short while between 1995-1998, then after no one gave a shit about it. Some things like Transformers and Thundercats resurface as ‘cult’ yeaarrs after they’ve finished. Spawn enjoyed a brief period of being ‘cult’ simply because of how cool the toys looked & the violence. The story in comparison to alot of others wasn’t anything different from conventional comics though.
the spiderman movie should have been more like Todd’s concept, i didnt like the movie at all becuase it was the worst costume design ive seen
yes because watch batman wining about his parents for 100000 time is far more kwell please …