But, for me, it was just how long I had to wait to get that costume off. I came on with The Amazing Spider-Man #298 and they wanted to wait a couple of months before they took off and make it a big, dramatic story, which ended up being Amazing Spider-Man #300, which is now known in the comic book industry as the origin of Venom. I came up with the visual first as a way we could get the costume off Peter Parker and just put it on somebody else and we're off to the races, problem solved! It seemed like an easy solution. That was really the impetus of David and I creating. He's a big character and a good career move but the black costume was boring to me. When I saw him in there, I knew I wanted to draw Spidey. When I close my eyes, like I think most of us do, and I think about him, it's the red and blue costume.
To me, that wasn't Peter Parker or Spider-Man. I saw him in the black costume and it wasn't recognizable.
I'm never going to get to draw any of these Marvel characters I had in my brain. Maybe it was a little frustration from being on the Hulk him being gray the whole time, which in my mind wasn't classic - although the Gray Hulk was there the first couple issues from Jack Kirby - and then I jumped over to Spidey and he's in the black costume. I got to draw the Hulk, and by the time I got there, they turn him gray, and I thought he was green. As a geek, you collect comic books, eventually get into the business and become a pro. Now, I had no idea that Venom was going to be that big, absolutely not, nor did David Michelinie. Todd McFarlane: Sam, if either I was a fan of the costume or I was a reasonable employee who listened to their bosses, there would be no Venom. What made you want to put him back in the classic red and blue costume?
Todd, it's pretty documented that you weren't a fan of the black costume when jumping onto Amazing Spider-Man after a run on The Incredible Hulk. RELATED: Venom 2 Unleashes the Film's Deleted, But Oddly Heartwarming Closing Scene McFarlane also praised the films' success in adapting his creation and provided a quick update on the planned Spawn feature film adaptation currently in the works. In an exclusive interview with CBR on the eve of Venom: Let There Be Carnage's physical home video release, McFarlane recounts why and how he co-created Venom.
0 kommentar(er)
