Todd McFarlane was balsy enough to step forward during his time at Marvel Comics by making the likes of Spider-Man and Mary Jane look contemporary. He didn’t understand why artists drew Spider-Man the same way for many years without updating his looks. He felt that since they were in the 1990’s that Spider-Man too should like like he was in the 1990’s. He never knew why he was getting some much praise for doing it as it wasn’t such a crazy idea. Anyone could’ve done it and at anytime.
He felt that all he was doing was the same thing that Steve Jobs did for Apple Inc. It was all about timing and making things sexier. Todd said he just did the same moves. He didn’t care that the editors would get mad at him. Several executives didn’t like that he was daring and did wild things to Spider-Man that no-one else did in the past.
He’d draw Spider-Man with bigger eyes, spinning spaghetti webs, with a darker costume, and popping out of panels. He was a rebel comic artist from Canada that was making waves. He would then exaggerate the look of Batman’s cape and escapes the grasp Marvel to start a new venture with Image Comics.
Todd McFarlane would then introduce Spawn and the whole world goes wild.
