Add this to your Profile

Add to Wishlist

Add to Collection

Close
Your Profile

Added To Your Wish List!

Added To Your Collection!
⟩
⟩

Not Registered?

Brands

Product Type

Genre

Comics

Type

Information

Contact

Toddfather Talk
previous post next post

SPAWN…ON IT’S WAY TO 301!

January 26, 2016

I’ve ALWAYS wanted to have the LONGEST running independent comic book. My intent when I FIRST put out Spawn back in 1992, was to have it last for well over 200 issues (I think I’ve done that).
I FINALLY hit Spawn issue 260!! I remember thinking to myself when Spawn hit issue 250, THAT was a BIG milestone! But NOW, I’m LESS than 50 issues away from 301 (because that is when I will have the longest running independent comic)!!
The current record for the longest running independent comic is held by fellow CANADIAN and just all around cool dude, Dave Sims called ‘Cerebus the Aardvark’. For those of you who know your Spawn trivia… in Spawn issue #5, I snuck in a Cerebus doll on Cyan’s crib in a panel. 
A while back (ok…a LONG while back) I got him to be a guest writer on Spawn issue 10. He did this COOL one-shot story with Cerberus and Spawn. And at issue 10, I still had a LONG way to go to hit the 301!!
Pages from Spawn10_DE
Anyways…I was always a fan of books that made it up over 200 or 300 issues and I ALWAYS wanted to have one of those books…not jump from one book to another. Some guys like to create a bunch of characters, which isn’t bad, but that’s not MY mindset. 
I’d rather create a couple of ideas, stick with them, write them as long as I can, and THEN worry about going to the next idea.
Look it…if you can invent your Mickey Mouse, you don’t have to get GREEDY and create FIVE other characters past that. You can actually make a GOOD living from just one GOOD idea.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again…ONE good idea is ALL you need!!
Be good.

Share This

Other Blog Posts

Spawn Month is the Best Month

THIS IS THE BEST MONTH.... Why???? It's Spawn month!!! Twenty-three YEAR...

Fan Video:The Walker Barrier

I love when fans create COOL videos that feature McFarlane Toys!!!! This...

Bringing Bricks to the Big Apple

IT'S OFFICIALLY OFFICIAL! Now that New York Comic Con announced m...

#FlashbackFriday: Spawn Funny Car

As PROMISED here's a little ‪#‎FlashbackFriday‬ story about the Sp...

A Day in the Life of a CEO

A lot of people ask me what my day looks like, how often I draw and when...