Todd McFarlane
Todd McFarlane ( born March 16, 1961 in Calgary, Alberta) is a Canadian-American cartoonist.
History
McFarlane grew up in California and wanted to be a professional baseball. When he could no longer play because of injury, he began to draw comics. He worked for his college degree in Graphics / Design at Eastern Washington University initially mainly for comic publishers Marvel and DC. In 1985 he married and moved back to Canada. Initially he was employed mainly for the series The Incredible Hulk, Daredevil and GI Joe in Marvel. In the late 1980s, he created several issues of DC Comics Batman and the Marvel series Wolverine. Due to the huge success that McFarlane as co- signatories of the comic book series The Amazing Spider -Man, he had got her own Spider-Man book series. The first issue appeared in September 1990 and became the best-selling comic book of all time. McFarlane drew the parts of this series to issue sixteen. It was he who first introduced the Venom readers, the enemy of Spider-Man, Spider -Man 3 is visible in the film. At the height of his success at Marvel, he announced. In 1991, after the birth of his daughter, McFarlane heard initially draw on comics and moved to Portland, Oregon. 1992 McFarlane was one of the founders of comic book publishing Image Comics. Under the Image label he published the particular series Spawn. This since the first issue is one of the best-selling comic books of the United States. Todd McFarlane currently lives with his family in Phoenix, Arizona.
McFarlane Toys
Originally to market the character Spawn, he founded the marketing and merchandising company Todd Toys, which was later renamed McFarlane Toys. This product division wrote next to the comics own success story and enjoys cult status among collectors now. In addition to detailed miniature sculptures known as action figures of cartoon characters and famous U.S. athletes in the fields of hockey, baseball, football and basketball especially figures of pop culture will be launched. In particular, the stars of the rock music business are set small monuments. Among the most popular McFarlane Music Figures include authentic plastic representations of Jimi Hendrix, Elvis Presley, Jimmy Page, Ozzy Osbourne, Slash, Jim Morrison, Alice Cooper and the band Mötley Crüe, KISS and Metallica. In hosts weekly chat with company founder Todd McFarlane fans express their wishes according to new figures. On the wish list are about rock stars like Axl Rose, Robert Plant, Steven Tyler and Joe Perry. For August 2007 figures of musician Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora were announced.
Other projects
McFarlane drew the animated sequences for the film The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys by and starring Jodie Foster.
In addition, he directed the following music videos:
- Korn - Freak on a Leash
- Disturbed - Land Of Confusion
- Pearl Jam - Do The Evolution
He is a partner in the North American ice hockey team Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League and created the design of their alternative jersey.
He recorded the album cover to Korn - Follow the Leader and Disturbed - Ten Thousand Fists
He also created the world of the video game Kingdoms of Amalur with Ken Rolston, RA Salvatore and Grant Kirkhope: Reckoning. A small appearance in Mass Effect 3 he had to, because he designed the Reckoner Knight armor.