{"product_id":"conversations-with-todd-mcfarlane-paperback","title":"Conversations with Todd McFarlane - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJake Zawlacki\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver thirty years after his initial ascent to super stardom, Todd McFarlane (b. 1961) remains one of the most popular and contentious comic artists ever. The interviews compiled in this volume offer a nuanced portrait of McFarlane's polarizing character. Beginning with his earliest days on \u003ci\u003eSpider-Man \u003c\/i\u003eto the months before the hotly anticipated release of \u003ci\u003eSpawn\u003c\/i\u003e and ending with his writing ventures decades later, the interviews offer compelling perspectives from the renowned creator. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs the most vocal representative of Image Comics, McFarlane, alongside Jim Lee, Rob Liefeld, Erik Larsen, Jim Valentino, Marc Silvestri, and Whilce Portacio, was a veritable rock star. Eager fans swarmed into lengthy lines around comic book stores and conventions, waiting for their chance at a thirty-second autograph. This book offers a glimpse into the comic book world of the early 1990s, a world rampant with variant covers, impossibly exaggerated bodies, and wild speculation about what would be the next comic to explode in value. The volume also includes the momentous public debate between McFarlane and Peter David, former collaborator on \u003ci\u003eThe Incredible Hulk\u003c\/i\u003e, moderated by the late George P?rez at a standing-room-only event at ComicsFest in 1993. While this world sounds almost inconceivable to the comic book fan of today, it was the milieu in which McFarlane rose to stardom and excelled like no other, leaving his mark on the medium forever.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJake Zawlacki \u003c\/b\u003eis a writer, translator, and scholar. His critical interests include popular American comics of the early 1990s, as well as Kazakh animation and film, with essays appearing in \u003ci\u003eImageTexT, Inks\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eComics Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eFolklorica\u003c\/i\u003e. His translations of Akhmet Baitursynuly's poetry have appeared in \u003ci\u003eGuernica \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eAsymptote\u003c\/i\u003e. He holds degrees from Louisiana State University, University of San Diego, and Stanford University, and his creative work has been published in the \u003ci\u003eSaturday Evening Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTwo Hawks Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eCitron Review.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 242\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 02, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43152760242239,"sku":"9781496853516","price":54.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/Xh8wITJDCt9781496853516.webp?v=1776940575","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/conversations-with-todd-mcfarlane-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}