- Remember the offer that Joe Quesada placed on the table for a 2-book Spawn/Spidey crossover drawn by himself and Todd McFarlane, with a story arc by Kevin Smith himself? Last we’d left the offer, Todd had turned it down, simply stating that he wasn’t going to jump back into pencilling just because he was dared into it. Well, seems that Joe really wants to see this one happen (as do we and TONS of other fans, we imagine), so he gave it one last try. By the way, if Todd or any of his people might be reading this…Check out those GREEN ARROW numbers this week, then imagine what THIS book might do for ya. Nuff said. Here’s Joe, with a reprint of that same letter (and a nice reminder to those of you that missed it before):
You draw a book, and I draw a book. And let’s make it worth everyone’s while. I’m talkin’… Spider-Man/Spawn!
That’s right, you draw a Spidey/Spawny crossover on the Image side and I draw one on the Marvel end. And I’m not done yet.
I put a call in to a friend of mine to see if he was interested in writing my end of it, and he immediately accepted. Not only was he blown away by the whole “Get Todd penciling again†idea, but the next day he e-mailed me a synopsis of the story ’cause he couldn’t stop thinking about it. It wasn’t bad for a beginner like… Kevin Smith!
Oh, one more thing: I have recently agreed to be on the Board of Directors of ACTOR, “A Commitment To Our Roots,: a non-profit corporation dedicated to helping out old time comic creators in financial need. Since many Golden Age or Silver Age creators toiled to build today’s groundwork by working only for page rate with no pension, this fund has been set up to help some of our elder statesmen. I’ll donate $10,000 of my proceeds from Spider-Man/Spawn as well as half the artwork. Kevin has agreed to donate cash from the project as well.
What more could you ask for, Toddy Boy? I’m giving you the wall crawler to have some fun with and we’re helping an amazingly good cause, and you get Kevin Smith! Oh, and you still get a $1,100 check from me!
Fans, send Todd a letter! We want Todd to come back to what gave him his start. I would hate to think that he didn’t feel it was worth his time because there was nothing to be gained from it.
See ya in the funnybooks.
Joe Quesada
Marvel Comics
Fans can write to Todd McFarlane at: Todd McFarlane Production, P.O. Box 27228, Tempe, AZ 85285-7228. Maybe a polite letter letting Mr. McFarlane know how much you’d like to see him do the crossover? Ya never know!
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