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by **LOLtron** » Mon May 07, 2012 6:13 pm

This is the best Spawn has looked in twenty years.

SPAWN GETS CUTE
A new look from Chris Giarrusso for McFarlane's antihero

Last month, Image Comics announced that Chris Giarrusso (G-MAN) would be creating special "cute" versions of the covers of classic Image titles, the first of which was YOUNGBLOOD, issued as a special limited-run variants cover of YOUNGBLOOD #71. Now, Image is unveiling the next cover in this series, a re-creation of SPAWN #1 by Todd McFarlane.

The colorful and friendly (two adjectives not normally associated with SPAWN) Giarrusso cover is one of seven variants produced for SPAWN #220 that commemorate the series' twentieth anniversary. The variants include two homages to classic Image series, drawn by McFarlane —"Savage Spawn," referencing the first issue of SAVAGE DRAGON by Erik Larsen (Cover B - APR120410) and "Youngblood Spawn," after the first issue of Rob Liefeld's YOUNGBLOOD (Cover C - APR120411).

McFarlane returns to writing his iconic comics series with SPAWN #220, with art by Szymon Kudranski, in which twenty years of SPAWN twists and turns will begin to coalesce as Jim Downing embraces the full might of his horrific hell-born powers to piece together a mystery that has ties to the very core of the Spawn universe.

SPAWN #220 will be in stores on June 6 and can be pre-ordered from the April issue of PREVIEWS. Giarrusso's limited variant cover can be ordered with the code MAR128274.

ABOUT IMAGE COMICS
Image Comics is a comic book and graphic novel publisher founded in 1992 by a collective of best-selling artists. Image has since gone on to become one of the largest comics publishers in the United States. Image currently has five partners: Robert Kirkman, Erik Larsen, Todd McFarlane, Marc Silvestri and Jim Valentino. It consists of five major houses: Todd McFarlane Productions, Top Cow Productions, Shadowline, Skybound and Image Central. Image publishes comics and graphic novels in nearly every genre, sub-genre, and style imaginable. It offers science fiction, romance, horror, crime fiction, historical fiction, humor and more by the finest artists and writers working in the medium today. For more information, visit www.imagecomics.com.

Source: Press Release
Written or Contributed by: SuperginraiX

http://www.theouthousers.com/index.php/news/comics-news/19342-chris-giarrusso-gives-spawn-a-new-look.html/

by **rdrsfn82** » Mon May 07, 2012 6:15 pm

Awesome.

by **MistaT** » Mon May 07, 2012 7:04 pm

Do people still read this book? :smt017

by **Greg** » Mon May 07, 2012 8:29 pm

MistaT wrote:Do people still read this book?

Yes, and it's been getting good reviews from what I've seen.

by **Benderbrau** » Mon May 07, 2012 8:30 pm

Greg wrote:
Yes, and it's been getting good reviews from what I've seen.

I didn't know BET did comic book reviews.

by **Greg** » Mon May 07, 2012 8:46 pm

Benderbrau wrote:I didn't know BET did comic book reviews.

I'm not laughing.

by **Doc Jon** » Mon May 07, 2012 10:24 pm

Greg wrote:
Yes, and it's been getting good reviews from what I've seen.

I feel for you, but the relevancy of Spawn has really seemed to be non-existent at this point. I honestly don't know what could be done to restore it.

I thought a possible shared Image Universe might be an answer, but we all know what happened there, or what didn't happen.

by **Cat-Scratch** » Mon May 07, 2012 10:31 pm

Doc Jon wrote:
I feel for you, but the relevancy of Spawn has really seemed to be non-existent at this point. I honestly don't know what could be done to restore it.

I thought a possible shared Image Universe might be an answer, but we all know what happened there, or what didn't happen.

Alan Moore writing it.
Boobs.
Grant Morrison writing it.
Boobs.
Geoff Johns writing it.
Boobs.
Chris Claremont writing it.
Boobs.
Brian Bendis writing it.
Boobs.
Jim Lee drawing it.
Boobs.
Adam Hughes drawing it.
Boobs.
Frank Cho drawing it.
Boobs.

by **Greg** » Mon May 07, 2012 10:35 pm

Doc Jon wrote:
I feel for you, but the relevancy of Spawn has really seemed to be non-existent at this point. I honestly don't know what could be done to restore it.

People say that and they're the same ones not even checking out the book. I personally haven't read it in about 2-3 years now. But I still check to see what people are saying about it and I've noticed it's been getting some good feedback. I was more so invested in the plight of Al Simmons, once he was removed, I tried the few issues following the new guy and wasn't interested, so I dropped it. Once the new creative team came about, a bunch of people I know told me it got immensely better. I've even known people who didn't care to check the book out until the recent creative team and they've been impressed.

I don't get the need of people always coming to bash a book and asking about its relevance when they don't even check it themselves, especially if it's been years since they've last read it when it was a whole different creative team. Not saying you specifically, but I'm saying in general. It's something I've seen with people regarding this book, Witchblade, and even Darkness and it's become a bit of a pet peev of mine.