Thanks so much for making this. Macfarlane was and is a massive influence on me as an artist as Spawn was the first comic book i ever truly fell in love with. Love him or hate him Macfarlane is a real creative force; he cannot be ignored
Legitimately hilarious commentary! These are so great! Thank you so much for just peak quality nerd-tainment 🤌🏻 I can't believe I'm only just now getting to this one. I've seen virtually all of your videos and you haven't put what out yet this month so I just went back and grabbed the three that I haven't seen and this is just thoroughly enjoyable 😁🥇🙏🏻
On a very surface level, I'm not exactly keen on Neil Gaiman's pursuit of royalties. It seems somewhat egotistical. Just going by the video presentation, McFarlane doesn't seem like a money manager, just someone focused on doing great creative work. His offer was $100,000 upfront, and he sent multiple checks to appease Gaiman when he asked for royalties, which wasn't enough for him as he saw the success that McFarlane was benefitting from. You can certainly say McFarlane made a mistake not having a contract made up, but Gaiman only wrote a few issues and got paid for what he was asked to do. I haven't read Spawn, so maybe Gaiman's contributions were truly pivotol in the lore and longevity of the universe, but it also looks like on the surface he went in to double-dip after realizing he should have negotiated a formal agreement from contracted work he didn't expect to go anywhere.
I remember reading this as a kid and thought ya know I don't know why I like it buuuut there's something here. elf quest more like elf boooooot hey heeeey
They only hate him cause he racked up more than artists with more “technical skill” but marketing is literally 50 percent of being a successful artist seems like he had both realms figured so anyone struggling on the marketing end just hated him for this lol 😂
This is so inspirational, I've been watching these overviews of the life of these comic book artists. For so long, growing up with comics, I always wondered why certain styles and stories suddenly emerged, and then just as quickly, disappeared. I remember seeing Spawn come to the shelves, and then a new line of toys and the TV show, and then years later nothing. I remember noticing certain new art styles and getting obsessed with trying to emulate them. You never really realize the human element behind it, the individual lives and their uniqueness they bring, not just to their art but to entire industries and even cultural trends. It's so interesting how so much of the trajectory of the artists describes the human condition and the universal narratives of rise and fall, and growth and maturity, and then triumph in older ages. But it's a triumph that only comes if you learned from your lessons and matured, the aged hero who achieved his treasure. But the treasure is not the fame and wealth they thought it was in their youth, but the things that really mattered, like their relationships with their friends and family, and a certain contentment that comes along with living a life of struggle and exertion. Thank you for making these videos.
Love the way you presented the material. I was collecting comics since 1960. Comics were at $0.10 when I was 6 years old. The colection e=was reduced in variety as prices went up. In my college years I can only afford 4 diferent comics per month (down from a peak of 48 per month).I was having space issues for those collections. I started giving the free for cousins. An at the Univerity Iwas selling them to get money. Now I see the fortune I missed with so many #1 comics. May #1 were the only comic that i bought of a character. I was a sucker for #1 comics, and special editions of any comic. Now I am 70 and the only comics I canget are in discout stores. Prices are just too high even for a teenager that does not have a partime job.
