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In Reagan's account, McFarlane told Reagan that the Iranians, to demonstrate their seriousness, offered to persuade the Hezbollah terrorists to release the seven U. S. hostages.
For the release of Halo 3, McFarlane was enlisted to design a series of action figures.
In 2001, following the success of the first series, and with the release of Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, McFarlane Toys and Konami combined their efforts to produce a line of action figures depicting Sons of Libertys main characters.
An exclusive video for " Hit The Game " was shot by the BBC for their television programme The Music Show and aired following the year, but plans to release the EP were scrapped by McFarlane who was not happy with the material and there has yet to be an official release.
The McFarlane release features the entire Simpsons family plus their pets, which are stackable into a human pyramid via connectors on their heads and feet.
In a press release, McFarlane stated, " We choose to work with people who convey a particular attitude and this video is a tribute to that attitude ," while Pearl Jam stated, " As artists we are challenged to expand the meaning of our work and by utilizing this visual medium and working with a visionary like Todd, we were able to further explore some of the themes we depicted in the song " Do the Evolution ".

McFarlane and series
After that, the Syndicate focused on mystery series aimed again at its younger base: the Hardy Boys, which first appeared in 1927, ghostwritten by Leslie McFarlane and others, and Nancy Drew, which first appeared in 1930, ghostwritten by Mildred Wirt Benson, Walter Karig, and others.
In addition, the dog has been made into action figures by McFarlane Toys, action figures by Playmates Toys in the World of Springfield series, and plush toys.
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.
Haunt, an ongoing series co-created by McFarlane and Robert Kirkman, was first announced in 2007, and launched October 7, 2009.
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 January 2005, McFarlane announced that he was set to produce a half-hour anthology television series for Fox called Twisted Tales, based on the Bruce Jones ' comic book to which McFarlane had purchased the rights.
Stan Lee interviewed McFarlane in Episode 1 of the 1991 documentary series The Comic Book Greats.
The first was a 2002 suit in which McFarlane contested with writer Neil Gaiman over the rights to some supporting Spawn characters created by Gaiman in issue # 9 of the Spawn series and over payment for later works featuring those characters.
Both series were written by noted JSA fan Roy Thomas and featured art by Rich Buckler, Jerry Ordway, Todd McFarlane and others.
McFarlane's Spawn and related titles, his McFarlane Toys line, Silvestri's Top Cow imprint, and Kirkman's various series remain a substantial segment of Image's total sales.
Stratemeyer accordingly hired Canadian Leslie McFarlane to ghostwrite the first volumes in the series.
McFarlane would author 19 of the first 25 volumes in the series.
Beginning with volume 17, The Secret Warning ( 1938 ), John Button took over the series ; McFarlane resumed with volume 22, The Flickering Torch Mystery ( 1943 ).
The early volumes, largely written by Leslie McFarlane, have been praised for their atmosphere and writing style, qualities often considered lacking in juvenile series books.
" The volumes not written by McFarlane or his wife were penned by John Button, who wrote the series from 1938 to 1942 ; this period is sometimes referred to as the " Weird Period " as the writing is full of inconsistencies and the Hardy Boys ' adventures involve futuristic gadgetry and exotic locations.
In 1999, McFarlane Toys, with the collaboration of Konami, launched a series of action figures depicting key characters from Metal Gear Solid.
* Todd McFarlane, creator of the Spawn comic book series and current co-owner of the NHL's Edmonton Oilers.
Frank is widely considered the last of the " four great artists " ( following Todd McFarlane, Jeff Purves, and Dale Keown ) who have worked on the series during writer Peter David's award-winning, 12-year run on the book.
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.
The action figures for Halo 3 were produced by McFarlane Toys and although the first series did not feature the Flood, the third series featured a human Combat Form.

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( McGwire's 61st was the ball which tied Roger Maris ' then-record, while McGwire's 70th, bought by McFarlane at auction for US $ 3 million, set a new record at the time — broken in 2001 by Barry Bonds.
* 8 – 1 v Torquay United, New Division 3, 28 October 1995 Team: – Samways, Housham, Wilson, Ford ( 1 ), Knill ( 1 ), Hope ( Nicholson ), Thornber, Bullimore ( Walsh ), McFarlane ( 4 ) ( Young ), Eyre ( 2 ), Paterson.
* The ball that Mark McGwire hit for his 70th home run of the 1998 baseball season, then setting a new record, was sold by a fan to Todd McFarlane for $ 3. 2 million at auction.
The character is also featured in the first series of Halo 3 action figures, distributed by McFarlane Toys.
For Halo 3, the responsibility of designing the action figures was given to McFarlane Toys ; a total of eight series have been announced, with ninth series devoted to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the franchise by re-issuing a few of the earlier figurines along with pieces to construct a buildable plaque of the Legendary icon used in the game for the hardest skill level.
* ( Reports: 7 ) N. Kanawati, with contributions by Ann McFarlane, Elizabeth Thompson, N. Charoubim, and Naguib Victor, The Tombs of El-Hagarsa, Volume 3, ( Sydney, 1995 ).

McFarlane and January
# 1 ( January 1989 ), by Keith Giffen, Bill Mantlo, and Todd McFarlane.
In January 2007, McFarlane Toys announced plans for a line of 24 action figures.

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

McFarlane and which
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.
Salicrup offered McFarlane a new Spider-Man book, prompting the launch of a new monthly title simply called Spider-Man, which McFarlane both wrote and illustrated.
McFarlane wrote and illustrated Spider-Mans first 14 issues, as well as # 16 ; many issues of which were crossovers with characters such as Wolverine, X-Force, and Ghost Rider.
McFarlane then left Marvel with six other popular artists to form Image Comics, an umbrella company under which each owned a publishing house.
In 2006 McFarlane announced plans for Spawn / Batman with artist Greg Capullo, which McFarlane wrote and inked, which paid tribute to Jack Kirby.
McFarlane increasingly concentrated his own personal attention to those other ventures, which resulted in irregular work as an illustrator.
McFarlane was one of several artists to illustrate a variant cover for Kirkman's The Walking Dead # 100, which was released July 11, 2012 at the San Diego Comic-Con.
McFarlane, who is a former minority owner of the Edmonton Oilers, designed the logo used on the team's alternate third jersey, which debuted in 2001.
In 1997 the two signed a deal in which Gaiman would give his share of characters Angela, Medieval Spawn and Cogliostro to McFarlane in exchange of McFarlane's share of British superhero Marvelman ( in reality, what McFarlane actually owned were two trademarks for Miracleman logos, not the character, which would become clear only after the lawsuit concluded ).
However, this deal was broken by McFarlane, which motivated Neil Gaiman to start the lawsuit.

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