Todd McFarlane had it all. Ten years later he was bankrupt. What really happened?
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*Todd McFarlane Reading Guide*
Hulk Vol 1: https://amzn.to/3R3kdof
Hulk Vol 2: https://amzn.to/3T2MTAu
Out-of-Print Hulk Omnibus: https://amzn.to/3sXpYvK
Amazing Spider-Man Vol 1: https://amzn.to/3RjFhbf
Amazing Spider-Man Vol 2: https://amzn.to/3sRoSBF
Out-of-print Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus: https://amzn.to/3QYOMvk
Solo Spider-Man: https://amzn.to/3N0WOTd
*Spawn Reading Guide*
If you want the full Spawn history, the compendiums below are your best bet:
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Spawn Compendium 2: https://amzn.to/3sTPHFa
Spawn Compendium 3: https://amzn.to/3N5IQ2a
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Spawn Compendium 5: https://amzn.to/3N6mgqe
Spawn Compendium 6: https://amzn.to/3uzfeUB
If you want to start reading modern Spawn, start here:
Spawn: Vengeance (contains a 2 issue recap of the whole series): https://amzn.to/3SYtQXX
Spawn: The Record-Breaker (includes issue 300): https://amzn.to/49Z4pvu
Spawn: Aftermath: https://amzn.to/3QWnl5j
Spawn: Omega: https://amzn.to/3SYtVLf
The trades are pretty far behind the current reading order, so from there I’d recommend single issues using this guide:
https://comicbookreadingorders.com/other/spawn-reading-order/
The Spawn Figure on my Shelf: https://amzn.to/3T2MvBH
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*Todd McFarlane Art Books*
Spider-Man Artist’s Edition (Oversized scans of the original art): https://amzn.to/3T1TdrS
The Art of Todd McFarlane: https://amzn.to/49RaV7v
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The best way to read Coyote is to buy these copies from me.
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*Notes*
McFarlane’s business was a web of intertwined corporations that even he at times seemed to have trouble keeping track of. The one that went bankrupt was the entity that oversaw Spawn, and that was likely walled off from his personal finances and that of his toy business. So it is possible that McFarlane retained a good bit of personal wealth while his business went bankrupt. But he obviously isn’t very upfront about his own finances, he did claim to have spent most of his money buying baseballs, but again, this is not something I was able to verify beyond using McFarlane as the source.
*Sources*
The World vs. Todd McFarlane by Daniel Best
The Art of Todd McFarlane
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https://podcast.robliefeldcreations.com/the-dc-comics-detour/
https://podcast.robliefeldcreations.com/comic-book-feuds-todd-mcfarlane-vs-peter-david/
https://podcast.robliefeldcreations.com/what-is-image-comics/
https://podcast.robliefeldcreations.com/image-comics-the-death-of-superman/
https://podcast.robliefeldcreations.com/todds-toys/
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