Old Comics Journal Todd McFarlane Interview
The Comics Journal just made Gary Groth’s interview with Todd McFarlane, originally conducted for their print iteration in 1992, available in full online, and it’s a good one. Much of it reads more like a sparring match than an interview as Groth presses McFarlane on comics writing, the collector’s market, and the nature of art itself.
A few highlights:
“The only thing that I’ve never been able to figure out about the Journal or yourself personally is, it almost seems like you forgot what it was like to have been a kid. You forgot that you collected Hot Wheels, you forgot that you liked G.I. Joe, you forgot that you were into all these cool things.”
“I fear Utopia, because I’m going ‘Fuck, we’re all going to eat spaghetti and macaroni and like it?’”
“Is there anything that we know is good that we accept it’s OK? Like, is it OK to wear blue jeans? [Laughter.] Blue jeans are commercial. They’re comfortable, they’re practical. Does that make them wrong? I think I’ve seen you in blue jeans and I’m going, 'Gary, aren’t those fucking Levis you’re wearing?’”
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Dig into TCJ history. Boy is it juicy.
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