Spawn Origins, Volume 3 by Todd McFarlane

The Morrison issues were also alright, they had pretty interesting developments and I thought the representation of earths watchers from heaven residing in a space satellite was very cool and modern. Neither of which were really necessary but I thought the execution of the biased narrative text with the factual panels was cool. It felt like it only existed to show two things, why Spawn was worried about revealing himself to his ex, and that The Violator has history fighting spawns. Todd's only issue in this one is weird and boring but has some of his best Spawn art so far. This is better than the previous collections but I still don't feel right giving it a 3 so it's the highest 2 of the bunch because, well, stuff happens! He's also a high-profile collector of history-making baseballs. McFarlane used to be co-owner of National Hockey League's Edmonton Oilers but sold his shares to Daryl Katz.

In September, 2006, it was announced that McFarlane will be the Art Director of the newly formed 38 Studios, formerly Green Monster Games, founded by Curt Schilling. In recent years, McFarlane has illustrated comic books less often, focusing on entrepreneurial efforts, such as McFarlane Toys and Todd McFarlane Entertainment, a film and animation studio. Spawn was one of America's most popular heroes in the 1990's and encouraged a trend in creator-owned comic book properties. In 1992, he helped form Image Comics, pulling the occult anti-hero character Spawn from his high school portfolio and updating him for the 1990s. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, McFarlane became a comic book superstar due to his work on Marvel Comics' Spider-Man franchise. Todd McFarlane is a Canadian comic book artist, writer, toy manufacturer/designer, and media entrepreneur who is best known as the creator of the epic occult fantasy series Spawn.

Spawn Origins, Volume 3 by Todd McFarlane