Actually I take that back, I do have something that I must ask and alot to say.
So what most of you are basically trying to say is that y'all hate on Todd because he left drawing comics to helm his own toy company and other business ventures that hmmmm........you know generates him more money than he can ever dream of getting drawing comic books???????
Todd is one of my all-time favorite artist and I hated to see him leave the Spidey books then eventually even his own creation, Spawn, but if the man has a bigger plan in "his" life so be it. As talented as he was as an artist, drawing wasn't even his "true" passion. Some people are more talented at things than others but it doesn't neccessarily make them embrace their talent and automatically make them love what they were blessed with.
It's downright selfish thinking to hate a person because they are doing what they wanna do and not what YOU want them to do.
Just to throw out a lil' situation I wanna talk about the retired NFL running back Barry Sanders, easily one of the best (and exicting) all-time running backs ever. The man was in his prime and only one season away from breaking the ALL-TIME record for rushing yards, then guess what, he calls it quits and retires. As talented as he was and just as exicting to watch, many were sad, even dumbfounded that he would walk away from football even at the eve of breaking a major record. Was he ridiculed, NO, was his passion for the game in question, yeah. The bottom line is this, as talented as he was (and MANY people could only dream of having even half his talent) and whether or not he had a "true" passion for the game, if the man doesn't want to play football no more, so be it. Just respect the man's decision, he's doing what HE wants to do.
Todd is doing what Todd wants to do, just respect that. As much as I loved his art and would love to see him pencil again the man is doing bigger and better things for himself, how could I hate on that. AND HE IS MY FAVORITE SPIDEY ARTIST!!!!!!
Jim Lee, another of my all-time favorite artist, has built himself a nice lil' empire in the comic book industry but continues to draw even though he is in the position where he really doesn't have to. But the man said it himself, he loves to draw. He can make the same amount of money, if not more, if he didn't draw comics but continues because thats what he likes doing.
Todd thought outside the box and had bigger things in store. He didn't like how Marvel had him confined in a "system" and wanted to have more control of what he was doing. Alot of people confuse confidence for arrogance, you guys have to dig deeper to look at the true meaning of what was/is going on.
Some of you hate on "his" Spider-man series, saying that it was badly written. That MAY be but many of you that say that are failing to realize is that it was his FIRST venture into writing. Give the man a break, not only is he a rookie at writing but he is pulling DOUBLE duty drawing the book also. Everyone's a critic, they automatically think that since he's been in the industry and is one of the most talented artist that it's gonna translate into him being a good writer, sheesh give the man SOME credit, many couldn't do half of what he was doing.
Not only that, people were complaining that the stories were to dark, it's "Spider-man" not "Batman". There were 3, count'em THREEE, other Spidey books being published at the time, if Todd's Spidey wasn't your cup of tea then buy the "other" (hehe) Spidey books.
People hate on Todd and don't even really know why or have the lamest excuse to hate on him, everyone's a critic. The man is doin' something right, he's the most famous and most successful comic book artist ever. The man used to draw comics for crying out loud, and look what he's doing now.
I loved todd mcfalane's run on spider-man and amazing spider-man,also erik larsen run,but the best is bothh john romita jr and mark bagley(doing almost 100 issues on ultimate spider-man)
See thats what i'm talking about.
