Gunslinger's time in the present day has gone from bad to worse. Now, enemies from his past have allied themselves with some of his newfound acquaintances. Getting the upper hand on them won’t be easy and may force him to go on the run again. All the while Gunslinger’s memories start clearing up and revealing a new path of vengeance! Collects Gunslinger Spawn issues #13 – 18
Todd McFarlane is a Canadian comic book artist, writer, toy manufacturer/designer, and media entrepreneur who is best known as the creator of the epic occult fantasy series Spawn.
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, McFarlane became a comic book superstar due to his work on Marvel Comics' Spider-Man franchise. In 1992, he helped form Image Comics, pulling the occult anti-hero character Spawn from his high school portfolio and updating him for the 1990s. Spawn was one of America's most popular heroes in the 1990's and encouraged a trend in creator-owned comic book properties.
In recent years, McFarlane has illustrated comic books less often, focusing on entrepreneurial efforts, such as McFarlane Toys and Todd McFarlane Entertainment, a film and animation studio.
In September, 2006, it was announced that McFarlane will be the Art Director of the newly formed 38 Studios, formerly Green Monster Games, founded by Curt Schilling.
McFarlane used to be co-owner of National Hockey League's Edmonton Oilers but sold his shares to Daryl Katz. He's also a high-profile collector of history-making baseballs.
Rating these by volume is weird, but since vol. 2 was a 3/5, this volume gets a star bump for recapturing the energy and clarity of the first volume. Finally throws down backstory (and there’s a lot of it but somehow it’s not all of it, so hell yeah!) and the artwork is back to top notch. I’m really green at comics, but some of the choices in the last collection’s comics made for really uneven storytelling and awkward readability. There’s a bit of tongue out of cheek references to how chaotic and bumpy this ride has been, what with Gunslinger being tracked down and bloodied by so many nameless villains or else by villains so integral to the universe’s main story that he was starting to read like a B plot. In any case, I had a lot of fun with this (admittedly brief) volume, and am especially satisfied with how much scope is accomplished despite being an on-the-surface revenge story.