Comments on: If McFarlane and Portacio Take Over Spawn and No One Notices, Do They Make a Sound?

By: JB

JB — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:10:47 +0000

Did Spawn ever get out of that alley and stop whining?

By: tk.

tk. — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:34:16 +0000

If McFarlane were the artist, I might be interested, but shouldn’t Spawn have long ago run out of demon power or whatever?

By: Richard J. Marcej

Richard J. Marcej — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:39:25 +0000

Never bought, read or looked at an issue of Spawn.
Won’t bother to now.

By: Rene

Rene — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:06:21 +0000

Yeah, I hate Spawn and all the early Image stuff, but I’m forced to admit that Image Comics has had a positive impact on comics, in the long-term.

By: Tom Fitzpatrick

Tom Fitzpatrick — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 03:16:38 +0000

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Used to like Sam and Twitch, by Bendis.

By: Ryan Day

Ryan Day — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 02:50:21 +0000

The early Image books may have been fairly spotty, but a world without Spawn probably wouldn’t be a better place. A world where creators walked away from guaranteed fame and fortune at Marvel to take a chance doing their own thing… and they all failed? That would suck.

If Spawn is the price we pay for Image currently being one of the most interesting publishers around, it’s well worth it.

By: FunkyGreenJerusalem

FunkyGreenJerusalem — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 02:26:55 +0000

I imagine a comic books world without Spawn. It would be a better comic books worldâ€¦

Why?

For what reason?

There’s a lot more shit out there than Spawn – and even when it sold gangbusters, it did so for a reason… hate to break it to you, but at the time, it really was a lot better than a LOT of the the shit on the stands.
It may not hold up now, granted, but back then, it did stand out besides the hype it had.
Not saying it was art, or great or anything, but it was a good product for the time.

And as for these days… why would comics be better without it?
Most people seem shocked to find out it’s still going.
What harm is it doing anyone in that case?

By: Tom

Tom — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 23:09:48 +0000

I cared about Spawn once…

His headquarters from the action figure line (Spawn Alley, I believe) was on sale, and I thought it looked cool and would be awesome to go with my Marvel action figures. So really…that’s about it.

Oh yeah and the rubber Violator could be put in strange places to frighten female family members…good times.

By: Aaron Poehler

Aaron Poehler — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 23:02:44 +0000

McFarlane would have to come back on art for Spawn to be news. We’ve all heard so many “no, really” relaunches of this title by now they’ve used up every ounce of their credibility.

Or does anyone think this team will consistently put out twelve monthly issues in a row on time with no fill-ins? Yeah, exactly.

By: thecolorsblend

thecolorsblend — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 21:59:39 +0000

The only Image comic I ever really liked was the Maxx… and even that petered out *real* quick.

By: Axe Y. Momma

Axe Y. Momma — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 21:59:02 +0000

Can’t personally say I’ll pick up the book just cause of McFarlane and Portacio being the team. I’m not picking up that book and many other books due to the price! Comics or gas money? Comics or eat? Comics or survive in a monetarliy capitalist world? I’m a college student living off financial aid for chrissake!! But I will say this about Spawn, regardless of all the negative stuff, McFarlane tried to keep it at 1.95 for the longest time. Gotta look give the guy credit for that. What Spawn really needs to get my attention is a critically acclaimed writer, someone who can bring some awe back to the book. Take your pick Toddy, there’s a boatload of them out there right now…. you just kinda gotta make sure they aren’t under exclusive contract with one of the big two.

By: Jbird

Jbird — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 21:53:01 +0000

Bomb Queen has She-Spawn.

So no, no one cares about Spawn anymore.

By: Halford

Halford — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:38:00 +0000

No one notices because Spawn hasn’t been a Top 100 book since when..?

Todd gave up on the character long ago, the fans did as well. This is just a desperate grasp for Image’s 90s heyday.

By: Kamandi

Kamandi — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:06:11 +0000

Spawn, McFarlane, and Portacio?

Nope. No one cares.

By: corey henson

corey henson — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:20:01 +0000

Wasnâ€™t that a comic book that came out when young people had 5 minute attention spans, right around the time when every other issue of a comic book had 5 alternate covers in your choice of olympic medal type finishes? When, just as soon as a comic started to grow on you your loyalty was paid by the book being later and later each month until it eventually got cancelledâ€¦.a time when you didnâ€™t even bother buying a 12 month subscription because you knew the book wouldnâ€™t even last that long?

Things have certainly changed since then, haven’t they?

By: Brad Curran

Brad Curran — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:00:37 +0000

See, I had the same kind of snarky comment all primed and ready when I saw this, but now that I’ve read 29 of them in a row, it would feel like kicking a puppy.

Aw, hell, I’ll do it anyway. Last time I checked, Cronin, it’s not 1992 anymore! Zing! Take that, Image guys!

By: Rene

Rene — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 17:09:29 +0000

20,000, huh?

Well, I suppose Spawn was too big to ever disappear completely.

By: BillyMce

BillyMce — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:14:46 +0000

I just doubled check 22,000 and change #116 on the Estimated sales .It actually beats out 100 Bullets, Hellblazer, Abe Sapien, and BPRD, just to name a few. This makes me sad

By: BillyMce

BillyMce — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:03:26 +0000

If you look at the May estimated comic sales(on the home page) Spawn still sells 20,000 issues a month. Although that is compared to the million it sold for the first issue. Somebody still cares just not me.

By: Mike Loughlin

Mike Loughlin — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:53:15 +0000

Portacio used to be my favorite Image artist; his style was filled with all the things a young teenage boy would like in his comics. His style sure hasn’t aged well, but my inner-13 year-old cares about this news just a little, tiny bit.

Just not enough to actually buy it. Or read it in the store. Or seek it out online.