NYCC: McFARLANE/DC TEAM FOR BATMAN/SPAWN

[MattBrady]

Kinda/sorta buried in the “Todd McFarlane & Friends” panel held Saturday at New York Comic-Con: a new Batman/Spawn crossover special – and more. Though offered the option to make the announcement of the comic from the stage, DC Executive Editor Dan Didio opted to wait until the question and answer portion of the panel, standing in line, and waiting his turn to ask the creator if he’d like to do a crossover with Batman.

Newsarama caught up with Didio after the panel for a little more information on the project.

“It’s being done by Todd and Greg Capullo, and they will be handling all the creative on the issue,” Didio said. “It’s going to be one special, but also what we’re gong to do along with it is a Batman/Spawn statue, co-produced by DC Direct and McFarlane Toys. The statute will actually tie into the story.”

Didio said that for him, both personally and professionally, the opportunity to work with McFarlane was something too good to pass up. “Todd’s one of those guys that everyone wants to take a shot at their characters, and the fact that he’s working with Batman and Spawn again, is really good for me, because I just love both of those characters. I can’t imagine them being in better hands, and create a more exciting project.”

The comic/statue combination has been in the works for a while, Didio said. “Everybody was wondering what Todd was going to be doing next, and we’re just really lucky that his next project will be co-produced by DC Comics. Right now, it’s not scheduled yet, but we’re looking at having the comic and the statue come out at the same time. Once we have our production scheduled fixed on both the comic and statue, we’ll be able to set a release date.”

Didio gave a slightly…interesting answer when asked about whether or not the crossover will be in a “set apart” area of continuity, saying, “That’s something that we’re going to be sitting down and talking about, and is one of the things that’s really exciting because it’s truly going to be collaborative. Todd’s an incredible talent, and full of ideas, and I just want to hear what he has to say. I’ll be acting as an editor on the book too, so I get a chance to work with him first hand.”

And yes, this will be the first inter-company crossover that DC has produced in many years. “I’m not a big fan of company crossovers, unless they’re rally important or really special, and this one covers both my food groups.”

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[Punchy]

How can a statue tie into a comic?

Curiouser and Curiouser.

And yes, this will be the first inter-company crossover that DC has produced in many years

So JLA/Avengers doesn't count?

Or Darkness/Superman?

[sixsh0t]

Does this mean that Todd is drawing this book?

[Kevin T. Brown]

I can see it now....

Spawn: May cape is longer.

Batman: No, MY cape is longer.

Spawn: I don't think so, Bat-idiot!

Batman: Grrr.... That did it!


FIGHT!!!!!!

[von Doom, M.D.]

I wonder how many times Batman is going to call Spawn a punk?

[blankpoint]

Brings back fond recollections of the classic Miller/McFarlane crossover from the mid-90s. The one that states on the inside front cover that it is a companion piece to Dark Knight Returns.

[innocentboy]

looking forward to this

dope ish that McFarlane is sitting nicely in a spotlight right now

[EmeraldGuy32]

Originally posted by Punchy
How can a statue tie into a comic?

Curiouser and Curiouser.



So JLA/Avengers doesn't count?

Or Darkness/Superman?

and the new Sonja/Claw crossover....

And I'm pretty curious to see this statue now.

[poeng]

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[Bsubeyond]

Isn't Spawn a character that was moderately relevant in the 1990s, and should now be allowed to wither?

I'd rather see Batman teamup with Daredevil, but looks like Bendis is out of luck.

[SaturnKnight]

Originally posted by Kevin T. Brown
I can see it now....

Spawn: May cape is longer.

Batman: No, MY cape is longer.

Spawn: I don't think so, Bat-idiot!

Batman: Grrr.... That did it!


FIGHT!!!!!!

What, are you dense? Are you retarded or something?

I'm the goddamn Hellspawn!!

(It had to be said...)

[xomanowarfan]

Originally posted by Bsubeyond
Isn't Spawn a character that was moderately relevant in the 1990s, and should now be allowed to wither?

I'd rather see Batman teamup with Daredevil, but looks like Bendis is out of luck.

Nope Spawn was never relevant.

[Hoffmeister]

"I'm the goddamned Batman..."
"And I'm the goddamned Hell Spawn..."
"Well, of course you're goddamned - you're a Hell Spawn. Listen to the name; HELL Spawn. You've got goddamned written all over it."
"Well, at least I don't dress like a flying rodent."
"No, you dress like a COPY of a guy dressing up like a flying rodent... with extremely poor taste in colours I might add."
"What do you know about colour coordination? You live in a cave."
"More than you - you live with ho-bos. They wear whatever they find."


Edit; Damn you SaturnKnight for beating me to it (sort of).

[SaturnKnight]

Originally posted by Hoffmeister
"I'm the goddamned Batman..."
"And I'm the goddamned Hell Spawn..."
"Well, of course you're goddamned - you're a Hell Spawn. Listen to the name; HELL Spawn. You've got goddamned written all over it."
"Well, at least I don't dress like a flying rodent."
"No, you dress like a COPY of a guy dressing up like a flying rodent... with extremely poor taste in colours I might add."
"What do you know about colour coordination? You live in a cave."
"More than you - you live with ho-bos. They wear whatever they find."


Edit; Damn you SaturnKnight for beating me to it (sort of).

[avengingtitan]

Originally posted by Punchy
How can a statue tie into a comic?

Curiouser and Curiouser.



So JLA/Avengers doesn't count?

Or Darkness/Superman?

3 very good points. Dont forget the classic from the 90's Marvel vs DC.

[Travel Exiter]

Didn't McFarlane say something about not wanting to do a Spawn Spiderman crossover? About how it was not worth doing?

Voila?

[Pksoze]

Can this live up to the classic Batman/Spawn teamups of the 90's.

Where Bats called Spawn a punk every other minute then threw a Batarang in his face.

One can only hope...

[Gear]

Ya' know, I try never to post a worthless, negative post, but call me unimpressed. What a waste. Better to have had a Batman/ Daredevil teamup.

-Jeff

[Gerson]

Originally posted by Punchy

So JLA/Avengers doesn't count?

Or Darkness/Superman?

There was also JLA/CYBERFORCE. It was released last year.

[Gerson]

Originally posted by sixsh0t
Does this mean that Todd is drawing this book?

With Capullo involved, it's very unlikely that McFarlane will provide the pencils.

[BankyE37]

This doesn't interest me much at all, besides the fact no one cares about Spawn anymore should be a factor. We alreadly saw this team up before, and it sucked. The only way I'd want to see this is if it was like a Superfriends Batman with Spawn, that would be totally fun.

[Kolimar]

Hm... Interesting. And it's another one for my Almost Absolutely Complete List of Inter-Company Crossovers

[Uchiha_Prodigy]

Werent there two Batman/Spawn crossovers already? Didnt Frank Miller do one of them?

[RedRonin]

Originally posted by poeng
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

My thoughts exactly.

[JLAJRC]

Actually, I think a Spectre/Spawn crossover might be kind of interesting since one is from Heaven but condemns criminals and the other one is from Hell.

More interesting that Batman/Spawn 3.