Todd McFarlane Reflects on His Spawn Empire & Where It’s Expanding in 2018
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Todd McFarlane, celebrated comic icon, toy magnate, budding filmmaker, and general creative renegade, has been challenging the status quo for decades. It’s nigh impossible to discuss the man or his work without wading into his penchant for iconoclasm. “If everybody likes you, I’m telling you now, you are not changing the world,” he explains.
Brian Azzarello Brews Barroom Inspiration in 3 Floyds: Alpha King and Moonshine
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Writers have long been known to find their inspiration at the bottom of a bottle, with humanity’s history of fermenting grains stretching back nearly twice as far as the written word. So beer has, quite literally, always been there for writers in need of a little mental lubrication. Comics legend Brian Azzarello falls directly in that legacy of scribes honing their craft with a pint glass. Fittingly, his two most recent projects for Image—the prohibition-era monster/mobster mash-up Moonshine, and the over-the-top beer fantasy Alpha King—are both prominently booze driven.
Former Editors Embrace Their Ids as Writers and Artists
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The comics editor is something of a factotum. Every issue is a Frankensteinian effort, bringing together a multitude of talents and perspectives, and it’s up to the editor to keep the trains running on time.