While the President was recovering in the hospital, McFarlane met with him and told him that representatives from Israel had contacted the National Security Agency to pass on confidential information from what Reagan later described as the " moderate " Iranian faction opposed to the Ayatollah's hardline anti-American policies.

McFarlane, who argued that this was not only the common policy of the age, but also the best.

In September, 2006, it was announced that McFarlane will be the Art Director of the newly formed 38 Studios, formerly Green Monster Games, founded by major league baseball pitcher Curt Schilling.

McFarlane was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

McFarlane was also the first artist to draw the first, full appearance of Eddie Brock, the first original incarnation of the popular villain Venom.

Spawn was launched in 1992 with McFarlane as artist / writer for the first 7 issues.

Haunt, an ongoing series co-created by McFarlane and Robert Kirkman, was first announced in 2007, and launched October 7, 2009.

( 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.

For the release of Halo 3, McFarlane was enlisted to design a series of action figures.

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.

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 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.

However, this deal was broken by McFarlane, which motivated Neil Gaiman to start the lawsuit.

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.

* McFarlane was inducted into the Canadian Comic Book Creator Hall of Fame, on June 18, 2011 at the Joe Shuster Awards in Calgary.

Todd McFarlane was hired to design original monsters and regions for the game, as well as help shape the story.

John McFarlane, CEO of Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited ( ANZ ) originates from the town, as does Bill Nelson ( DFP ) who was also with the ANZ ( formerly AMP, Westpac and now with AXA ).

McFarlane was given a hero's funeral on July 18.

Bol was given tributes by United States Senator Sam Brownback from Kansas, Former National Security Advisor Robert McFarlane, Sudan's Ambassador to the United States, Dr. Akec Khoc Acieu, Bol's Uncle, Mr. Bol Bol Choi, and Vice President of the National Basketball Association Rory Sparrow.

Unlike many other Syndicate ghostwriters, McFarlane was regarded highly enough by the Syndicate that he was frequently given advances of $ 25 or $ 50, and during the Depression, when fees were lowered, he was paid $ 85 for each Hardy Boys book when other Syndicate ghostwriters were receiving only $ 75 for their productions.

The number of casualties at Bower Hill is unclear ; McFarlane and one or two other militiamen were killed ; one U. S. soldier may have died from wounds received in the fight.

McFarlane Toys released two toy lines, one in 1998 and the other in 2002.

Rodger McFarlane began a crisis counseling hotline that originated on his own home telephone, which ultimately became one of the organization's most effective tools for sharing information about AIDS.

According to Australian rock music historian Ian McFarlane, Rose Tattoo are " one of the most revered bands of all time.

Rock music historian Ian McFarlane wrote that they are " one of the most revered bands of all time.

In 1992, Silvestri became one of the original seven artists — along with Jim Lee, Whilce Portacio, Rob Liefeld, Erik Larsen, Todd McFarlane and Jim Valentino — to form the breakaway comics company Image Comics.

They had one son in 1885, Percy McFarlane Bulyea, who died at the age of fifteen on February 5, 1901, of a paralytic affliction.

According to Brian McFarlane, it was said that King Clancy started a thousand fights and never won one.

Rock music historian, Ian McFarlane described them as " one of the most original and invigorating pop bands to emerge from the Australian New Wave movement of the late 1970s ".

In 1999, Rock music historian, Ian McFarlane described them as " one of the most original and invigorating pop bands to emerge from the Australian new wave movement of the late 1970s " in his Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop.

Kenneth Bruce McFarlane ( 18 October 1903 – 16 July 1966 ) was one of the 20th century's most influential historians of late medieval England.

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are visited by " the unhappy John Hector McFarlane ", a young lawyer from Blackheath who has been accused of murdering one of his clients, a builder called Jonas Oldacre.

In addition to these highly detailed dragons, McFarlane released a part of the dragon's history with each dragon set ; some had a piece of the story with each dragon, and some had whole chunks of the story in one boxed set.

In 1993 McFarlane contracted Neil Gaiman ( along with three other recognized authors, Alan Moore, Dave Sim, and Frank Miller ) to write one issue of Spawn.

Robert McFarlane, the national-security adviser who approved the Iran-Contra arms trades, once described Ghorbanifar as “ one of the most despicable characters I have ever met .”< ref >

In 1993 McFarlane contracted Neil Gaiman ( as well as other recognized authors like Frank Miller and Dave Sim ) to write one issue of his Spawn series.

McFarlane went on to work with The Proclaimers and achieved another number one in the UK charts.

Music historian Ian McFarlane declared, " The Triffids remain one of Australia's best-loved, post-punk groups [...] McComb was an authoritative singer and accomplished songwriter [...] he infused his melancholy songs with stark yet beautiful and uniquely Australian imagery.

According to Ian McFarlane, Australian rock music historian, " was full of some of the most lonely, spacious songs ever written, and it remains one of the best Australian albums of the 1980s.

Only one other prisoner on the prison wing O ' Rawe and McFarlane were on, Anthony McIntyre, has backed up O ' Rawe's version of events in relation to the 1981 Hunger Strike.

According to rock music historian, Ian McFarlane, " Despite being one of the most popular bands on the pub-rock circuit, The Johnnys never crossed over into the premier league ".

According to rock music historian, Ian McFarlane, " Despite being one of the most popular bands on the pub-rock circuit, The Johnnys never crossed over into the premier league ".