Given a mandate to top the sales of each previous quarter, Marvel ramped up production of its foil stamp covers, embossed covers, and glow-in-the-dark-ink covers on other titles. In August, a rebooted X-Men #1, available in five variant-cover versions, sold nearly 8 million copies-doubling the record that had been set by X-Force #1, only four months earlier. The company went public in July the stock went from $16 1/2 to $18 on the first day, trading at a volume of 2.3 million shares. Here’s Part 1 & Part 2 of the guide to collecting original art and my CAF gallery.In 1991, Marvel Comics was enjoying unprecedented success. Finally, enjoy viewing some of the Toddster’s terrific work in CAF members’ galleries. There are also four Spidey pieces available on Romitaman.
There’s a ’Tec and three ASM pages closing on HA in a few hours, so check ’em out quick! CLink has some Spider-Man, Spawn and Infinity, Inc. For discussion of Spawn OA prices, please refer to my December 2016 and March 2017 Market Reports. Even though he let almost all of his Marvel work go, Todd held on to every piece of Spawn artwork that he penciled and inked himself. He also penciled issues 21 to 34 (minus #25), and continues to ink or pencil various covers and interiors to this day. Todd launched his creator-owned Spawn in 1992, penciling and inking the covers and interior pages of issues 1 to 15 by himself. Spider-Man #7, page 10 by Todd McFarlane – Sold for $8,850 in June 2015 on ComicLink Spawn Furthermore, McFarlane is now recognized as an all-time master of the craft, so even collectors who don’t have any nostalgic connection to his art want Todd’s ’90s OA for aesthetic and historical reasons. I believe that prices will escalate going forward, as the ’90s Effect kicks in and more collectors who grew up during that era clamour for a piece of McSpidey OA. Recognizing that McSpidey OA has never been cheap, I feel that now is a good time to pick up pages, as values have remained at the same level for the past two years. Moreover, said collectors don’t tend to let pieces go very often (especially prime artwork, like pages featuring Venom).
This doesn’t mean that supply is plentiful however, as he only penciled 28 ASM issues in total, starting with #298 in 1988. Todd sold and traded away most of his ASM and Spider-Man OA decades ago, so all of it’s pretty well spread out amongst collectors by now. It’s a good entry point for McFarlane fans on a budget, but do note that prices appear to be creeping upwards.Īmazing Spider-Man #328, cover by Todd McFarlane – Sold for $657,250 in July 2012 on Heritage Auctions Prices for OA from this run remain relatively affordable, as the art doesn’t quite exhibit all of Todd’s hallmarks. He adopted a generic DC Comics house-style on this title, although there were glimpses of his detailed rendering style and expressive facial features. Todd’s first monthly superhero work was on Infinity Inc. Todd McFarlane Entertainment has many notches under its belt in the movie, TV, music and videogame realms… and who can forget Todd’s record-breaking multimillion dollar baseballs! Early Career McFarlane Toys’ acquisition of multimedia and sports licenses also opened the action figure market to a wider audience, bringing in teens and adults of all proclivities to the toy world. Its raising of the bar forced other major toy makers to up their game, and the effects can seen to this day. McFarlane Toys revolutionized the action figure industry by introducing extraordinary levels of sculpt detail and colouring to the toy world. Todd’s ability to compel readers to buy books for his art alone, as well as form rock star mobs at his public appearances (this applies to Jim and Rob too), had never been seen before or since!Īside from his impact on the comic book scene (Todd McFarlane Productions still publishes Spawn monthly and he remains President of Image Comics), Todd also has major successes in other endeavours.
His popularity amongst fans and impact on the comics landscape in the early-’90s cannot be overstated it should also be noted that this was comic book readership’s last heyday, and many OA collectors in the coming decades will hail from this demographic. In my eyes, Todd’s right up there with Jack Kirby, Neal Adams and Frank Miller in terms of artistic trailblazers, responsible for shaping generations of artists’ techniques along with fans’ tastes!Īs previously discussed in my Artist Spotlights on Jim Lee and Rob Liefeld, the big three Image Comics co-founders all had seismic effects on the comics industry, but it was Todd who was their ringleader. Hi all, today let’s celebrate the art and achievements of the magnificent Todd McFarlane! Todd is one of the greatest comic book artists of all time, and arguably the most popular and influential creator of the past 30 years.
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