Although the consensus at Rotten Tomatoes was equivocal of the sequences' effectiveness, [75] Armond White of New York Press singled them out for praise. In September 2006, it was announced that McFarlane would be the Art Director of the newly formed 38 Studios, formerly Green Monster Games, founded by major league baseball pitcher Curt Schilling.

The book survived the comics speculator bubble's crash, but its sales have fluctuated, never matching the sales figures of the 1990s. Stan Lee himself proved adept at this early on, moving Peter Parker from secondary school to college. Half resulted in no response, while the other half resulted in rejection letters, though he received some constructive criticism from a few editors. If McFarlane constructed something so that it would be a surprise when you turned the right page over, now that’s on the left page of every other issue and the big surprise is on the facing page.With those failings in mind, as well as the heaviness of the material (it would not be my recommendation for a young child looking to try out Spider-Man comics for the first time) there’s a lot to dig in Todd McFarlane’s Adjective-less Spider-Man. In particular, the first issue of Torment closes with a rather clumsy attempt to juxtapose Spider-Man and the Lizard, a nice literary device that feels just a little bit too over-the-top for a comic about violence and giant lizard men. We’re absurdly thrilled to be teaming up with Acme and Marvel to release an officially licensed screen print of the first cover in Todd’s epic Spider-Man run beginning in 1990.

He increasingly concentrated his own personal attention to those other ventures, which resulted in more sporadic work as an illustrator.In 1987, McFarlane illustrated the last three issues of Detective Comics' four-issue " Batman: Year Two" storyline.

Rob Liefeld, also mystifyingly popular in the early 1990s, draws one chapter of the X-Force crossover and despite astonishingly poor anatomy and perspective he’s actually better at laying out a story.February 1998), McFarlane has illustrated comic books less often, focusing on entrepreneurial efforts, such as McFarlane Toys and Todd McFarlane Entertainment, a film and animation studio. Open the book up to the dead center of the page count and you’ll still be able to see everything across those pages. He has been credited as the character's co-creator, though this has been a topic of dispute within the comic book industry ( see Eddie Brock: Creation and conception). By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. Taking on both writing and art duties, McFarlane ushered Peter Parker into a gritty new era - and it began with “Torment”!