Based on the Todd McFarlane Toys line, the story centers on a man who decides he wants to be rid of his wife in favor of a more interesting life. The man “exchanges” his wife for a demon goddess from another world, throwing her into a shadowy world of monsters – one from which she must escape and return to his everyday world to rescue their child and vanquish the demon.
Based on the Todd McFarlane Toys line, the story centers on a man who decides he wants to be rid of his wife in favor of a more interesting life. The man “exchanges” his wife for a demon goddess from another world, throwing her into a shadowy world of monsters – one from which she must escape and return to his everyday world to rescue their child and vanquish the demon.
While you’re tuned into AMC later this week watching the back half of “The Walking Dead“ season three (premiering Sunday, February 10 at 9pm ET), you can start salivating over this DVD/Blu-ray box set many of you will eventually buy.
There’s a rundown of the box over at MTV and the whole thing seems pretty cool and very unique. It’s based on The Governor’s custom TV set-up and apparently even requires water. The whole thing was created in conjunction with Robert Kirkman, Todd McFarlane and AMC and features five decapitated zombie heads floating in water.
Kirkman says, “McFarlane has a very intimate relationship with AMC, so I was approving concepts on this Blu-Ray case before Season Three even aired. So while we were building things on set, Todd and the team at McFarlane Toys were coming in and scanning actors and scanning props. So having them come in and do the fish tank with the severed heads while we were still building it for the show is a pretty cool thing, and I think makes these products much more accurate and cooler for the fans.”
There’s no release date for the set as of yet, but you can bet we’ll keep you posted. Head inside to check out some images! READ MORE
Bleeding Cool’s got some keen sleuthing skills. As the site points out, issue #29 of Haunt ended with a bang and then the words, “To be continued in the pages of Spawn”.
When BC asked The question asked Todd McFarlane, he said, “I am looking to retool the book and make it more creepy. I want the word HAUNT to be much more meaningful to the impact of the stories in the future. I can introduce some new ideas for the book within the pages of SPAWN then bring the title back out again.” Smells like a relaunch. READ MORE
Remember The Adventure of Spawn (it’s okay, I don’t)? Anyway, the kid friendly “Spawn” series is available once again via the digital comics app, Comixology. If you are a Spawn lover and are looking to get your little tike in on the action, this seems like a good way to introduce them to the chaos. The two 48-page issues are written by Jon Goff with art by Khary Randolph. Check out more below. READ MORE
Spawn has had the hearts of horror lovers since the early 90s, when cheesy dialogue and huge muscles were all the rage. However, over the past 20 years Spawn has consistently been one of the flagship titles in horror comics. When Todd McFarlane first brought Spawn onto the scene it was a completely new, nothing like it had ever been done before. Time sure does fly, and now 20 years after the inception, Image is paying tribute where it is due. To celebrate the milestone, the original creator, Todd McFarlane will resume his duties as cover artist for the rest of 2012. More importantly, he will be writing the 20th anniversary issue #220, set for release this June. Read on for the skinny…
If you’re a fan of Todd McFarlane, and are still hoping for thatSpawn reboot, then this could be a glimmer of good news. A faint, slight, glimmer mind you. Don’t hold your breath just yet.
Reports are coming in today that Neil Gaiman and Todd McFarlane have settled their lawsuit – a matter that also tied up authorship rights (or at least the clarity of those rights) to several characters in the Spawn universe.
Per the AP, “Fantasy industry giants Neil Gaiman and Todd McFarlane finally called a truce in their long-running legal feud over who owns which characters in the Spawn universe, according to court documents. Jeffrey Simmons, one of Gaiman’s attorneys, said terms of the agreement were confidential. A jury had already found Gaiman a 50 percent owner of content in two Spawn issues and the first three issues of a Spawn spin-off. Simmons said reiterating that declaration would block any appeal. ‘This is intended to put an end to the whole thing. It’s fair to say both parties are pleased to have this resolved,’ Simmons said.”
I really don’t care if there’s another Spawn movie. But if you do, it’s likely that McFarlane’s insistence on writing, producing and directing the film is a far bigger financing hurdle than the legal matter with Gaiman. READ MORE
When it was announced that co-creator/writer Robert Kirkman and artist Greg Capullo, would be leaving “HAUNT”, there was a lot of speculation as to who would come on board to fill their creative shoes. “HAUNT” is one of Image Comics best selling monthly titles and part of the series’ appeal had been the creative powerhouse of two of comic’s biggest names.
For co-creator Todd McFarlane, who publishes “HAUNT” under his Image imprint, it would have been an easy to replace Kirkman and Capullo with a carbon copy creative team and have the book continue to coast in the current direction. Not afraid to rock the boat and shake things up, McFarlane tapped writer Joe Casey (Godland, Butcher Baker the Righteous Maker) and artist Nathan Fox (Dark Reign: Zodiac, DMZ, Blue Estate) to give “HAUNT” a complete creative facelift starting with issue #19.
Bloody-Disgusting.com caught up with writer Joe Casey to discuss the new creative direction of Haunt and how he plans to give the character more of a horror vibe by mixing together buckets of bloody violence and artwork that can “scare the shit outta people”.
Image Comics has also given Bloody-Disgusting readers an exclusive 6-page preview of Haunt #19 after the jump.
It has been a hell of a road (no pun intended) for “SPAWN” in the past few years, but it seems as if the past 6 issues of the series have been a bit of a light at the end of the tunnel for Image Comics and scribe Will Carlton, who has consistently delivered some of his best work yet on the monthly. This week the story continues to unfold with issue #215, and beyond the break you can check out a 5 page preview. Read on for the skinny…
The anticipation has been mounting ever since Image and Companies’ 185th ish of “SPAWN”, and finally fans will get exactly what they have been waiting for this week with issue #211. Beyond the break you can check out the 5 page preview of the book and get all the details. Read on for the skinny…
You just can’t keep a really dangerous villain down, or so “SPAWN” is learning (the hard way) within the pages of the latest arc in the series from Image Comics. This week the series 210th issue hits shelves, and if you make the jump you can check out a 5 page preview. Read on for the skinny…
Continuing its uptrend to becoming relevant in the comic book industry again, this week Image Comics will be unleashing the 209th issue of Will Carlton’s “SPAWN” upon retailers everywhere. The series continues to build momentum on the sales charts, and the creative team of Carlton and illustrator Szymon Kudranski arguably have saved the series from becoming as irrelevant as “THE MAXX”. Thank…erm…Malebolgia?…for small miracles. Inside you can feast your eyes upon a 5 page preview of the ish and get all the details. Read on for the skinny…
Circumstances have never been as dire as they are now for the cast of Image Comics’ star-studded “HAUNT” monthly. With The Apparition leaving our hero knocking at death’s door, and Kurt seemingly abandoning his now wholly human brother, it just might mean that we have seen the end of Kirkman’s (“THE WALKING DEAD”) hero. Inside you can get some of the deets yourself with a 5 page sneak preview of the series’ 16th issue that hits store shelves tomorrow! Read on for the skinny…
In 206 issues of the “SPAWN” lifespan, one would have expected the series’ (with its abundance of religious themes and undertones) would have taken on the subject (and persona) of God. However , that has never really been the case…until now! Inside you can check out the 5 page preview of issue 206, which pits Jim against God himself, and takes him directly to The Pearly Gates! Read on for the skinny…
Website My DVD Insider caught up with comic artists legend Todd McFarlane, who was very open when talking about his plans for an R-rated Spawn reboot. After jokingly acknowledging that “Spawn” fans of the ’90s are now old enough to see an R-rated film, he updated the status of the screenplay:
“I’m three quarters through it,” he explains. “I’ll finish it and put it on a shelf for about a week. What usually happens is, I come back to it so I can see all the flaws. I do a rewrite and there’s a first draft at that point.”
Speaking on studio interest, McFarlane is iron first on his demands: he will only make it if he can write, produce, direct (probably so Spawn doesn’t end up with a nose, again).
“[A few studios have phoned me to talk about the project] and when I walk into these pitch meetings, I go here’s the story. I give them the broad strokes. Then I go, here’s the non-negotiable part: I write, produce, direct. That’s it,” he states adding that it WILL be low budget, therefore he might as well be the “schmuck” who directs it.
Lastly, on the plot: “In this new version, there are no supervillains, archenemies or any of that. It’s just a spook movie, something scary going bump in the night.”
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In all of the battles that ‘HAUNT’ has found himself in, the character has always had one thing that has given him an edge in every battle: his superhuman powers. However, what will Robert Kirkman and Todd McFarlane’s protagonist do when he is faced with a villain who possesses many of the same abilities that he does? Inside you can find out as “HAUNT” goes toe-to-toe with the deadly Apparition in this 5 page preview. Read on for the skinny!
It has been a long time since I was genuinely excited to pick up a new issue of “SPAWN”, but recently the series has been nothing short of awesome with scribe Will Carlton at the helm. The 204th issue hits stands tomorrow, and inside you can feast your eyes on a brand spankin’ new 5 page preview. Read on for the skinny!
With the reemergence of Clown in the pages of “SPAWN”, you knew that there had to be more than just a class reunion going on, and this month publisher Image Comics and scribe Will Carlton will be revealing some of the shocking details with issue #203. Inside you can check out a 5 page preview of the issue before it hits stores Wednesday. Read on for the skinny!
With the reemergence of Clown in the life of series protagonist and anti-hero, Al Simmons, you would think that the Hell Spawn would have his hands full. However, it seems that series writer Will Carlton has other ideas as he will be introducing an all new villain into the series with the 202nd issue, on sale today. Inside you can get a look at the 5 page preview straight from publisher Image Comics to get a sneak peek at the action. Read on for the skinny!
Earlier this month marked the landmark return to form of Todd McFarlane’s ‘SPAWN’ over at Image as the 200th issue FINALLY hit stores. Now it is time to keep that ball rolling as the 201st issue hits stores today, and inside you can check out 5 page preview. Read on for the skinny!
The popularity of “Spawn” is nowhere near what it was when the first film adaptation arrived in theaters (boasting a then incredible soundtrack), yet creator Todd McFarlane continues to tease fans with the possibility of a new (and hopefully way better) film. In an interview with the LA Times he reveals that with the success of the “Batman” and ‘Spider-Man” franchises, his phone has been ringing off the hook. But he says that he’s doesn’t like the idea of “some big special-effects movie with a supervillain in there,” instead opting for something smaller. You can read the details inside.
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It has been a long, arduous road for creator Todd McFarlane and his benchmark “SPAWN” monthly since its inception so many years ago. The story has weathered its fair share of controversies, lawsuits from hockey players, and a terrible Hollywood adaptation, but all of that has lead to a very star-studded 200th issue which went on sale everywhere yesterday. Beyond the break you can check out the 5 page preview of the issue and get all the details. Read on for the skinny!
Still to this day one of the absolute best comics that each month has to offer is Image’s “HAUNT”. The series penned by Robert Kirkman (“THE WALKING DEAD”), and illustrated by the tandem of Greg Capullo & Todd McFarlane(“SPAWN”), is a rare treat that comes along only once in a great while, and if you haven’t jumped on this train then I feel damned sorry for you. Beyond the break you can check out the 4 page preview of the 12th issue which drops this week and begin making up for your sins. Read on for the skinny!
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