So when Todd McFarlane was still at Marvel and released his own title of Spider-Man, what did you guys think of it. The subjects were a little more serious than normal Marvel (child murder and obduction) but I liked them. I really like the Demonized Hobgoblin. Stopped collecting before it was taken over by another writer/artist so I don't know where it went from there.
Any thoughts?
McFarlane's Spider-Man
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McFarlane's Spider-Man
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Re: McFarlane's Spider-Man
I didn't like how he drew people in the early days, far to weird. His Superhero's and Villans loked the business, but he just couldn't do ordinary people - MJ a supermodel actress? With a face like it had been hit with a frying pan.Mark S wrote:So when Todd McFarlane was still at Marvel and released his own title of Spider-Man, what did you guys think of it. The subjects were a little more serious than normal Marvel (child murder and obduction) but I liked them. I really like the Demonized Hobgoblin. Stopped collecting before it was taken over by another writer/artist so I don't know where it went from there.
Any thoughts?
His stories were good, and seemed miles better than the other Wartists out there at the time (Rob Liefield, what the fuck!
). The only ones that really matured from the Wartist boom were Erik Larsen in Savage dragon and Mike Alred in Madman, both of whom showed how good they could be (though it took Larsen some time).Macfarlane simply took the easy route and got others to do the writing when he started Spawn (how can you go wrong with Alan Grant or Alan Moore writing your issues?)
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"The officers can stay in the admin building and read the latest Tom Clancy novel thinking up new OOBs based on it." Coyote
HAB Tankspotter - like trainspotting but with the thrill of 125mm retaliation if they spot you back
