![]() Gaiman, though, felt he deserved a share of the enormous success for contributions he made in the ninth issue of Spawn for three critical characters - Angela, Cogliostro, and Medieval Spawn. The superhero franchise also launched a movie, an HBO animated series, and a line of action figure toys. It was regularly featured on lists of the best comic book characters of all time. The comic book was drawn by McFarlane and he invited big-name guest authors, including Frank Miller, Alan Moore, Dave Sim, and of course, Gaiman, to each write a single issue.īy the end of the decade, Spawn had cemented its reputation. soldier who is resurrected as a creature from the depths of hell. ![]() According to a story in City Pages, “Image had proudly been founded on the principle of creators’ rights rather than the work-for-hire system at Marvel.”Īt Image, McFarlane created Spawn, about a deceased U.S. ![]() So McFarlane started his own studio, Image Comics, which would seek a different kind of collaborative atmosphere. At Marvel, McFarlane quickly built a reputation in the comics community for his amazingly detailed drawings, but reportedly came to realize what other artists had for decades - Marvel gobbled up intellectual property and offered its workers only modest rewards for their contributions. A review of the many-years-in-the-making settlement starts all the way back in the early 1990s, when McFarlane made a name for himself working with Marvel Comics on Spider-Man. ![]()
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