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Here it is, folks, the main event. We've got Todd McFarlane and Greg Capullo one on one, talking about the evolution of Spawn, and the changes to the look of the book and the character over the course of 100 issues. Let's have at it.
Todd McFarlane From a writing perspective it's easy to track the changes of a character. It's not necessarily that easy to get into it from an artistic point of view. Have you noticed since the inception of the book a different look or the way you treat Spawn personally?
Greg Capullo Absolutely. When I first got on he was very much superhero-ish. He always had the ornate mask and was presented as more of a superhero. You could see his whole figure most of the time, so you saw the big M on his costume.
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Over time he has become darker and I've tried to make him more vampire-esque by adding little points here and there to his cape - something that could melt in and out of shadows.
TM I agree. It was my intent to morph him over the years. He came out looking like a superhero. He had the cape and marks. You could see his costume and as time has gone by, not only has the cape hidden most of his costume, it's also hidden his anatomy, which is important. When you hide anatomy you don't get to look at the guy and he becomes more of a shape instead of a man. As soon as you can turn Spawn into a shape, that's when he gets the spooky quality about him. We've gone round and round on whether he should be wearing a mask or not. We've also gone into when he has the mask on do we need to show that white mark on it?
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I think that if people take a look, Greg has done more drawings without the white mark and just the green eye slits. The cape, as it was first designed, was essentially this Superman cape but a little bit bigger and all over the place. Now the cape has become almost leathery like bat wings or talons -- something that may injure you if you ran into it.
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