...my toy guy is going to have a heart attack if we push that one through... |
[Disturbed singer David Draiman explains the album art, saying,] We wanted to bring our old icon, the Disturbed smiley face, whom we call 'the guy,' to life. I came up with a concept that embodied what the record was about, the 'guy' leading an army of people from all walks of life and all colors of skin, with their fists raised in unison, as a symbol of unity, strength and defiance with an azure sky in the background. Being a fan of the Spawn comic book series and the artwork that Todd and his company have done in the past, we could think of no better team to bring this idea to life. We are incredibly pleased with the piece, and think it is the most striking and certainly our favorite of the three covers. ... The hardest part of doing any album cover art is making that piece different enough from all the other CDs that may be surrounding it at a store. I believe that Greg Capullo and I have delivered an image that will be evocative and inspiring. Much like the music that Disturbed has unleashed upon us. |
[The album artwork was created by comic book artist Greg Capullo and producer/director/artist Todd McFarlane.] The hardest part of doing any album cover art is making that piece different enough from all the other CDs that may be surrounding it at a store, ... I believe that Greg Capullo and I have delivered an image that will be evocative and inspiring. Much like the music that Disturbed has unleashed upon us. |
Batman is easily my most favorite character beside Spawn. |
Besides Spawn, Batman is easily the most interesting comic book character that I've ever been involved with in the past. I've drawn Batman, but I'm looking forward to the challenge of writing the Spawn/Batman crossover story. |
I believe the nature of the Hanna-Barbera brand will allow us to bring to life a wonderful new world of action figures, which will be embraced by collectors and fans alike. We will be utilizing the full range of McFarlane talent for this collection and applying our characteristic style and finesse to the timeless Hanna-Barbera characters. |
I have to believe that a soldier doesn't do everything by the book when bullets are whizzing by their heads in battle, ... That's when survival and preservation instincts kick in and it's at that moment where you will find the best, authentic pose. |
Once the character was established, I felt that I had to build a strong foundation for the Spawn brand name, ... To build a strong foundation you need four pillars. In the comic book industry, those pillars are television, video games, movies and toys or ancillary products. If you have a good foundation and pillars, you'd be surprised what you can build. You could even build skyscrapers |
The Spawn comic book character doesn't fit in the same action figure formula as Barney or Disney, ... I didn't get a sense that the other toy companies really understood what 'Spawn' was, so I decided to just make my own. |
There hasn't been a big show in New York for a few years. It's sort of like the NFL not having a team in Los Angeles. It will be a good old-fashioned geek fest. |
This is an odd one. You have one country in the world where a word has a deeper meaning, it can really mess with design plans. ...But we have a difficult situation here so I guess we'll be looking at putting different sound chips in the dolls heading there [Britain]. |
This is the new generation's cult classic film; fans will be repeating the lines over and over just like my generation did with three or four movies when I was 13. |
We aren't selling these products to just retailers, we're selling them to our fans as well, ... And I think they should have a chance to see this cool stuff too. |
We knew we wanted to make the soldiers look realistic, |
Why can't plastic figures appeal to 22-year-olds? ... The answer is they can. It's just subject matter. |