I am a little beside myself at the moment. I have been a fan and reader of Todd’s work since I was in highschool. What he did with Spiderman is still comic book legend. His founding of Image, publishing of Spawn, and building of an empire in the comic book and collectible world is unlike any other story of its kind.
It was our pleasure tonight, myself and Randy Jordan, to interview him, all of which will be heard on ELR, and even some on the instance. I expected a few things from it. I knew I would be nervous. Check. I knew that it would be awesome. Check.
What I did not expect was to come away with a wealth of advice and life lessons as a cartoonist. Any of you that are interested in art, drawing, cartooning, whatever…you HAVE to listen to this interview. Hopefully you will pull out some of the same nuggets that I did…gaining a new perspective from someone who has done it and done it in spades is really really powerful for me. Did I mention that he was just about as nice a guest as you could ever hope for?
Like I said, this interview will be played on ELR where it deals with film and comic book and such topics, and the rest will air on The Instance where we talk about his new life as a lead art director on a major MMO video game project. I suggest you catch both, even if you don’t normally do so. It is really fascinating stuff. (Did you ever want to know how he got away with Batman & Spawn book shoelace continuity? That story alone is worth the price of admission…which is nothing. 
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More on that when they air, for now, I am going to try and soak in some of this stuff and apply it to what I am doing here with EL. Thanks Todd!
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You know Scott has something important to say when it takes five paragraphs to say it. I’m looking forward to hearing it!
That’s awesome! Can’t wait to listen to it!
I’m distracted by that HUGE screen. I hope that’s a trick of the camera angle.
Sweet !
Next instance & extralife podcast will be awesome ! as always ofc =)
Oh, wow. Grats on landing such a phenomenal interview, Scott! I’ll be listening to this as soon as you post it and I can’t wait to see what you guys talked about. Please don’t count this as one of the episodes leading up to calling it quits at ep. 200.
I must admit though, I am a bit beside myself with envy right now that you got to talk to Todd Macfarlane, but I’ll get over it.
I may be displaying some pretty bad n00b-ness here (or just confirming how ittle I care about Halo), but doesn’t the fact his screen is full of Spartans pretty much confirm the Halo MMO rumours?
And doesn’t the photo kinda negate the purpose of writing “major MMO video game project” instead of “Halo MMO”?
One of the greatest artists of our time. Looking VERY forward to it. I’m glad you got a lot out of the interview too, Scott. Can’t wait!
Holy crap! That thing says “WACOM” on it!
It’s… it’s… /faints
wow Scott, that’s bloody awesome!
You’re going to have everyone else on the internet jealous methinks.
Very cool, Scott. I’ll definitely give it a listen. I still have the old Spider-man issues he did and the first issues of Spawn.
@Quey Joh
I assume the Halo art is for the controllers that came out when Halo 3 came out. Also, he may have done some concept work for the action figures.
Congrats on landing a really cool interview.
Stephen Schleicher missed out? He’s gonna be crying for days.
Can’t wait to hear it, Scott. Grats on the big score!
P.S. That Wacom is bigger than my TV!
/clap
Congratz scott!
I cant wait to hear em
Wow! This is big time! I can’t wait!
How did you land this!? You’re major league!
Neato, gang.
Scott, at some point, please post the entire interview; Not just divided pieces on the different podcasts. I am working on my own comic now, and I would love to hear this over and over.
That’s awesome Scott! I’ve also enjoyed Todd’s work from his early days. I also like his style since he basically left his cushy job at Marvel and struck out with a few others to form his own company. That takes some —-s! Todd seems like a great guy. Can’t wait to hear the interview.
That’s amazing. Not many of us in this world get to have an experience like you did last night, let alone come away with life lessons and advice from a personal mentor/hero/idol. As a famous person once said, “Good on ya!”
Nice.
So, uh, how much for that giant Wacom tablet? – No wait, it’s more of an upright tabletop. I’d be willing to sell my firstborn for one of those things.
Cannot wait for the new ELR and Instance to come out!
btw, I think that wacom is only 21inches, its just a camera angle that makes it look hugo.
I simply cannot overstate how pleasant Todd McFarlane is, as an interview subject. We did not submit our questions to him in advance, yet he responded every moment (for an hour and a half!) as though we were just friends talking in the living room. There were three times during the interview that it went to places I never guessed, based on the preparation that Scott and I did, and those moments were sublime.
LOL, you got more comments about the damn screen than comments on the interview. Man o’ man, Major League WoW Elite Players and now this!! We are going to need a bigger boat!!
No, The Todd has a custom built 72 inch Wacom cuz he’s that cool.
Hopefully once both are up you’ll let us know that they include McFarlane’s interview or make a single post with both of those shows.
Grats on getting the interview.
At one time I use to be a McFarlane fan, but after he was asked a few times to come back and draw a few comics and pretty much felt that was below him and I lost some respect for him.
His work is good, his company puts out great figures, but as for an artist not that hot anymore.
But I have been out of the comic loop here for a while so maybe things have changed.
“Hugo”? Is that a Mexicanism for “huge”?
i hope he let you in on when that new MMO from green monster games is coming out. i understand he is the art director or something on it?
*hugs for Scottypants* Can’t wait to listen to it luv =) keep up the good work!
I have seen Todd speak at several panels over the years. And every time it has been funny, informative, and well pretty freaking awesome. This interview is going to be amazing!
“Did I mention that he was just about as nice a guest as you could ever hope for?”
He is Canadian…
Awesome “Get” for the ELR network. Can’t wait to hear the interview. Keep it up Scott!
Oh, and please tell me you asked him if they are going to remake the Spawn Movie. That one really needs to be done again with todays standards of Comic book movies. (Iron Man, Dark Knight, Spiderman 1 & 2 Not 3, etc.)
Congrats Scott!
I love ELR (since Ep.32!) – but I never ever expected something of this quality to be on ELR. I wonder how something of that grandeur will fit into this kind of format.
Maybe you need yet another podcast: “The Scott & Randy Hour”
Can i say anything other then SWEEEET!
OMG.. ty scott for a guy that just listens ( i know there is alot of us out there) i am shocked and amazed. What you can’t do with this little podcast thing, buddie,and where you can go, well good luck, I’m here for the ride. Just want to add a Todd story there.. years ago, far far away *coff* at midohio.con Tod was there, The big draw that year was Byrne, (another story for another time) i was there with the wife, standing in line to look at old school books) and Todd walked by, I saw him and asked him to sign my amazing 300( most peeps at that time didnt know what he looked like) as he signed my books a line started behind me. I said I was sorry i didn’t want that to happen to him just on the con foor and all. He was really cool with it. H e ask me to use my number to bid on disney vhs”s for his newborn. This is still one of my favorite storys to tell. and he kept me entertain for many years. ty Tod and Ty scott..
PS hell even neuroman had a comment, nice guys .. maybe the world isn’t that bad…
Did you talk him about Miracle Man?
McFarlaine’s advice to Scott: “You need more flames, demons, and barbed chains in your artwork.”
Very cool, with all the money I send that guy, it’s nice to see him popping up on ELR.
Anyone else notice that Master Chief(if its not MC then it is something very similar) is on the board that Todd is working on.
Thorspower – yes some of us saw that – some thought it may be for a Halo MMO but I think MacFarlane toys does the Halo figures
Yeah, they are one of the companies that make Halo action figures, I believe those are just images from that.