Heavy metal band Iced Earth, released their 1996 album The Dark Saga which is based upon the comic book character Spawn, created by Todd McFarlane.

* 1961 – Todd McFarlane, Canadian comic book artist, writer and media entrepreneur

* Violator, a demon from hell who takes the appearance of a balding, middle-aged clown, and an enemy of Spawn in the comic franchise by Todd McFarlane.

Todd McFarlane ( born March 16, 1961 ) is a Canadian cartoonist, writer, toy designer and entrepreneur, best known for his work in comic books, such as the fantasy series Spawn.

Since leaving inking duties on Spawn with issue # 70 ( February 1998 ), McFarlane has illustrated comic books less often, focusing on entrepreneurial efforts, such as McFarlane Toys and Todd McFarlane Entertainment, a film and animation studio.

McFarlane's studio, Todd McFarlane Productions, published his creation, the occult-themed Spawn.

Todd McFarlane Productions has also published multiple Spawn spin-off mini-series.

In 1996, McFarlane founded Todd McFarlane Entertainment, a film and animation studio.

It also produced the animated series Todd McFarlane ’ s Spawn, ( featuring voice work by actor Keith David ) which aired on HBO from 1997 until 1999.

In December 2002, Todd McFarlane directed the music video " Breathe " for Canadian hip-hop group Swollen Members that featured Nelly Furtado.

Todd McFarlane is also the cartoonist responsible for the cover art of the albums Ten Thousand Fists, released in September 2005 and Indestructible, released June 2008 by metal band Disturbed, and the art in their single " Land of Confusion ", as well as that of metal band Iced Earth's 1996 Spawn-based concept album The Dark Saga and Korn's third studio album Follow the Leader, which was released in 1998.

In 2000, McFarlane was the subject of a National Film Board of Canada documentary Devil You Know: Inside the Mind of Todd McFarlane, directed by Kenton Vaughan.

The second was a December 2004 suit in which hockey player Tony Twist sued Todd McFarlane because he named a mobster character in Spawn after Twist.

* Watch Devil You Know: Inside the Mind of Todd McFarlane, National Film Board of Canada

* Todd McFarlane talks to Maxim. com ( July 2008 )

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Furtado was also featured in " Breathe " from Swollen Members " Monsters in the Closet " release ; the video for " Breathe ," directed by Spawn creator Todd MacFarlane, won the 2003 Western Canadian Music Awards Outstanding Video and MuchVIBE Best Rap Video.

Ultima Online's fourth expansion brought players into a world under siege, replete with more than 30 new and exotic characters created by none other than Spawn creator Todd McFarlane.

Comic book creator Todd MacFarlane and fantasy author R. A. Salvatore were working with Schilling on the project.

Young sets Debs ’ s character against a constellation of historical figures using the language and imagery of the period to present a most brilliant and unparalleled gallery: the widowed Mary Todd Lincoln, the poet James Whitcomb Riley ( the creator of Little Orphan Annie ), Eugene Field, Bill Nye, Joe Hill, Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt, Sojourner Truth, Susan B. Anthony, and Clarence Darrow, among numerous others.

He is the creator ( with Todd Lubart ) of the investment theory of creativity, which states that creative people buy low and sell high in the world of ideas, and a propulsion theory of creative contributions, which states that creativity is a form of leadership.

Terence D. Fitzgerald is both a fictional character in the comic book Spawn and a long-term employee and friend of Spawn creator Todd McFarlane.

The character is named after a long term employee and friend of Spawn creator Todd McFarlane.

The game featured creatures designed by Todd McFarlane ( creator of Spawn in comics ).

Rhythm guitarist Jon Schaffer, who was a big fan of Spawn, originally contacted the director of promotions for the book's creator, Todd McFarlane, about possibly writing music for the upcoming Spawn film adaptation and animated series.

On June 9, 2008, it was announced that Portacio would be the new artist on Spawn starting in October 2008 with issue # 185, providing pencils with Spawn creator Todd McFarlane returning as co-writer with Brian Holguin as the new creative team.

All three characters were co-created and designed by series creator Todd McFarlane.

In 1993, the principles of Stabur were involved in starting up a new toy company with Spawn creator Todd McFarlane.

* Audio Interview with creator Charlie Todd on The Sound of Young America: MP3 Link

The slogan has also been criticized by Bernard Goldberg in his book, 100 People Who Are Screwing Up America, where Todd Goldman, the shirts ' creator, was listed as number 97.

Michael invited lajsiiwan, creator of Roger, Todd and the Island, and Steinmann, creator of Geremy Tibbles.

Spawn # 1 ( 1992 ), art by Todd McFarlane

* Medieval Spawn / Witchblade # 1-3 ( Image Comics / Todd McFarlane Productions / Top Cow Productions, 1996 )

* Violator ( comics ), a comic book character who appeared in Todd McFarlane's Spawn

* Tiffany ( comics ), a fictional character in Todd McFarlane's Spawn comic book series

* Wanda, a key character from the Todd McFarlene's Spawn series

The Namco-developed Soul series, particularly Soulcalibur II, Soulcalibur IV, and Soulcalibur Legends feature characters from outside of Namco's titles ( Link from Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda series, Necrid, Heihachi Mishima from Tekken, and Todd McFarlane's Spawn ), the Star Wars ( Darth Vader, Yoda, and Starkiller ), and Lloyd Irving ( from Tales of Symphonia ), universe respectively.

He has also worked on Todd McFarlane's Spawn titles.

The home versions of the game feature Heihachi Mishima from Tekken, Link from The Legend of Zelda and Spawn from the comic book series by Todd McFarlane, as well as Necrid, a new character created by McFarlane.

* Todd MacFarlane ( born 1961 ), a Canadian cartoonist, best known for his comic Spawn

Characters that he has voiced include Goliath on the Disney series Gargoyles, Spawn / Al Simmons on Todd McFarlane's " Spawn: The Animated Series " which aired on HBO, the Arbiter in Halo 2 and Halo 3, David Anderson in the Mass Effect series, the Decepticon Barricade in Transformers: The Game, Julius Little in Saints Row and Saints Row 2, Sgt.

* Todd McFarlane's Spawn ( 1997 )-Spawn / Al Simmons