Talk:Todd McFarlane

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Isn't he the guy who paid $3 million for Mark McGuire's 70th home run ball? If so, I wonder what it's worth now?

? Todd Macflarne is a person, he isn't spawn how come there isn't a seperate article on him><ino 06:34, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

Contents 1 Toy designer 2 Lance Gueck 3 Spawn/venom? 4 Felix the Cat 5 Fair use rationale for Image:Spawn8cover.jpg

[edit] Toy designer

While Todd certainly put out toys, is there any indication that he actually designs them himself?Zentinel 23:40, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

• no, he doesn't. He just won't credit those who do the work. The 4 Horsemen(the guys who did the MOTU and DC Mattel lines) and some NECA guys did a lot of older Spawn toy sculpting.

Are you kidding? He can barely draw, never mind sculpt! 70.53.108.44 18:54, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

You said it! What a hack! 67.71.143.95 14:22, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Lance Gueck

Is Lance Gueck the credited scripter of Spawn #1? Can this be verified?

[edit] Spawn/venom?

Is it just me or does venom look kinda like spawn without the chains and cape? I mean the lines on the chest, the large white area around the eyes... there's even a spawn-carnage character isn't there?

You can probably chalk that up to McFarlane's piss-poor drawing skill. That's also why he digs capes.

67.71.142.157

• he "co-created" Venom(his extent there is debatable) too. Though Spawn also looks a lot like Marvel's Prowler character in the wrong colors

This hack and originality do not go together. 67.71.143.95 14:23, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Felix the Cat

Doesnt anyone remember when he would put in Felixs face? I have SEVERAL issues with it including Incredible Hulk #340, Spider-man #1, and all the inferno issues of Amazing Spider-man plus more. He did it just about every issue.Wrestlinglover420 01:55, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

I'm not quite sure that the Easter Egg Archive qualifies as a reliable source for this. Also...is it really necessary to include this in there? Metros 02:10, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

I think it is any of his early work if you look at it has Felix the Cat its one of his trademarks. Its very important.Wrestlinglover420 02:12, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

Do you have any sources that say this is a trademark of his or that it is important to his career? Or is this just all original research and your personal opinion? Metros 02:14, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

I gave you your source man. It is his trademark ask any fan of his from before he went to Image. There was even a article in Wizard a few years back I think about 97 or 98.Wrestlinglover420 02:18, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

As I said, I do not believe that the Easter Egg Archive counts as a reliable source. See this section: Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Examples#Are_wikis_reliable_sources.3F. Essentially the Easter Egg Archive is a form of a wiki since you can log in and change the Easter Egg. Metros 02:29, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

Either way, this is trivia and we should avoid trivia sections altogether (I'm assuming everybody noticed the big trivia disclaimer on the section?). Adding to the section isn't going to address the problem. However, this is one example of trivia that (if properly sourced) would be easy to incorporate into the prose of the rest of the article. Drewcifer3000 04:08, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

Yes, we should keep trivia sections out. Wikipedia is supposed to be informative, not entertaining or interesting. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.162.204.6 (talk) 23:15, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Spawn8cover.jpg

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BetacommandBot (talk) 21:39, 5 December 2007 (UTC)