Thursday, October 28, 2021

5 YouTube Interviews of Todd McFarlane You Need to Watch as an Aspiring Comic Book Creator

 

Todd McFarlane holding up Spawn Issue #301

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Todd McFarlane 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 writer and artist on the superhero horror-fantasy series Spawn.

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, McFarlane became a comic book superstar due to his work on Marvel ComicsSpider-Man franchise, on which he was the artist to draw the first full appearances of the character Venom. 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. Spawn was a popular hero in the 1990s and encouraged a trend in creator-owned comic book properties.

Since leaving inking duties on Spawn with issue No. 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.

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. McFarlane used to be a co-owner of the National Hockey League's Edmonton Oilers before selling his shares to Daryl Katz. He is also a high-profile collector of record-breaking baseballs.

As a filmmaker, he produced the 1997 film adaptation of Spawn starring Michael Jai White. He will make his directorial debut with the reboot film, which he is also writing, and which will star Jamie Foxx.

His comic series Spawn also holds the Guinness Book World Record for the longest-running Independent Comic Book in the world when it hit issue #301 in 2019 and has since surpassed those record number of issues with the King Spawn arc currently running in 2021. 


1. Spider-Man to Spawn, How Todd McFarlane Became the Biggest Comic Book Artist Ever - Complex

This is a very insightful interview that breaks down Todd’s career from scratch to what led him to start Image Comics with his other co-founders.


Spider-Man to Spawn, How Todd McFarlane Became the Biggest 

Comic Book Artist Ever by Blueprint

Video Credit: Complex



Todd talks about the realities of the comic book and gives solid advice of how to break into the industry.

Todd McFarlane - No One Cares About Your Original Characters - Diary of a Struggling Comics Artist

Video Credit: Diary of a Struggling Comics Artist



3. Todd McFarlane - The Four Pillars - Diary of a Struggling Comics Artist

Todd talks about the four pillars of how to structure a comic book inspired brand and how he did it.

Todd McFarlane - The Four Pillars - Diary of a Struggling Comics Artist

Video Credit: Diary of a Struggling Comics Artist


4. Comic Book Icon Todd McFarlane Has a Conversation about His Career, Creating Spawn & More - Build Series by Yahoo

Todd is interviewed by the founder of Midtown Comics, Richard Capobianco at an interactive session with a live audience of comic fans in New York.

Comic Book Icon Todd McFarlane Has a Conversation about His Career, Creating Spawn & More - Build by Yahoo

Video Credit: Build Series by Yahoo


5. Todd McFarlane - Like Hell I Won't - Full Documentary - SYFY Wire

A documentary of Todd McFarlane and what it took for him to create the Spawn comic franchise, co-founding Image Comics with the triumphs and failures spanning over decades.

 

Todd McFarlane - Like Hell I Won't - Full Documentary - SYFY Wire

Video Credit: SYFY Wire


Article Credits/References:  YouTube, Wikipedia, Guinness Book of Records and Google Search

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