Editing Todd McFarlane (section)

====''The Amazing Spider-Man''====
In 1988, McFarlane joined writer [[David Michelinie]] on Marvel's ''[[The Amazing Spider-Man]]'', beginning with issue 298, drawing the preliminary sketch for that cover's image on the back of one of his ''Incredible Hulk'' pages.<ref>McFarlane, Todd (April 25, 2017). [https://www.facebook.com/liketoddmcfarlane/videos/vb.160535290657228/1503963736314370/?type=2&theater&notif_id=1493072305617290 "LIVE Todd shows cover sketch for my first Marvel Spider-Man issue EVER!"]. [[Facebook]]. Retrieved January 17, 2018.</ref> McFarlane garnered notice for the more dynamic poses in which he depicted Spider-Man's aerial web-swinging, his enlarging of the eyes on the character's mask, and the greater detail in which he rendered his artwork—in particular, the elaborate detail he gave to Spider-Man's webbing. Whereas it had previously been rendered as essentially a series of X's between two lines, McFarlane embellished it by detailing far more individual strands, which came to be dubbed "spaghetti webbing".<ref name=ComicsBulletin/><ref name=C&G>{{cite news|last=Chapman|first=Adam|title=Amazing Spider-Man by David Michelinie & Todd McFarlane Omnibus|url=http://www.cgmagonline.com/reviews/amazing-spider-man-by-david-michelinie-and-todd-mcfarlane-omnibus|newspaper=Comics and Gaming Magazine|date=September 11, 2011}}</ref><ref name=TCJ>[[Groth, Gary]] (August 1992). [http://www.tcj.com/thats-the-spice-of-life-bud-the-todd-mcfarlane-interview "'That's the Spice of Life, Bud': The Todd McFarlane Interview"]. ''[[The Comics Journal]]'' (#152). Retrieved January 17, 2018.</ref> (McFarlane was possibly influenced by artist [[Arthur Adams (comics)|Arthur Adams]], whose visual conception of Spider-Man with a large-eyed mask, webbing with more detailed strands, and more contorted poses while web-swinging, can be seen in ''[[Web of Spider-Man]]'' Annual #2, published in June 1986 – approximately 1½ years before McFarlane's first published Spider-Man work.) McFarlane drew the first full appearance of [[Eddie Brock]], the original incarnation of the villain [[Venom (Marvel Comics character)|Venom]]. He has been credited as the character's co-creator, though this has been a topic of dispute within the comic book industry (''see [[Eddie Brock#Creation and conception|Eddie Brock: Creation and conception]]'').<ref>''[[Wizard (magazine)|Wizard]]'' #21 (May 1993)</ref><ref>''Wizard'' magazine #23, July 1993</ref><ref>''Comics Creators on Spider-Man'', pg 148, Tom DeFalco. (Titan Books, 2004)</ref>

McFarlane's work on ''Amazing Spider-Man'' made him an industry superstar.<ref name=TCJ/> His cover art for ''Amazing Spider-Man'' No. 313, for which he was originally paid $700 in 1989, for example, later sold for $71,200 in 2010.<ref name=SpideyCents>{{Cite episode|title=Spidey Cents|series=[[Pawn Stars]]|network=[[History (U.S. TV channel)|History]]|airdate=May 2, 2011|season=4|number=26}}</ref> One critic of McFarlane's detail-heavy style was ''[[Comics Journal]]'' editor [[Gary Groth]], who said of McFarlane in a 2017 interview, "He doesn't have any authentic virtues as a visual stylist. His work is so overembellished that it disguises the fact that the composition is chaotic and cluttered to the point of being almost unreadable. He never really learned the craft of comics — he just faked it really well."<ref name=Vulture>{{cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/2017/03/todd-mcfarlane-still-answers-to-no-one.html|title=Comic Book Icon Todd McFarlane (Still) Answers to No One|first=Abraham|last=Riesman|publisher=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]]|date=February 2017}}</ref>

During his run on ''The Amazing Spider-Man'', McFarlane became increasingly dissatisfied with the lack of control over his work, as he wanted more say in the direction of storylines. He began to miss deadlines, requiring guest artists to fill in for him on some issues.<ref name=ComicsBulletin/> In 1990, after a 28-issue run of ''Amazing Spider-Man'', McFarlane told editor [[Jim Salicrup]] that he wanted to write his own stories, and would be leaving the book with issue No. 328, which was part of that year's company-wide "[[Acts of Vengeance]]" crossover storyline. In July 2012 the original artwork to that issue's cover, which features Spider-Man dispatching the Hulk, sold for a record-breaking $657,250 [[USD]], the highest auction price ever for any piece of American comic book art.<ref>[https://www.ha.com/heritage-auctions-press-releases-and-news/todd-mcfarlane-1990-spider-man-328-cover-art-brings-world-record-657-250-at-heritage-auctions.s?releaseId=2236&ic=leftcol-mcfarlane-althome4-071012 "Todd McFarlane 1990 Spider-Man #328 Cover Art Brings World Record $657,250+ at Heritage Auctions"]. [[Heritage Auctions]], July 26, 2012.</ref><ref>Buttery, Jarrod (December 2016). "Captain Universe: The Hero Who Could Be You!", ''[[Back Issue!]]'', p. 48.</ref> McFarlane was succeeded on ''Amazing Spider-Man'' by McFarlane's future fellow [[Image Comics]] co-founder [[Erik Larsen]].<ref name="CBR11.23.14">Burgas, Greg (November 23, 2014). [http://www.cbr.com/year-of-the-artist-day-327-erik-larsen-part-4-amazing-spider-man-335/ "Year of the Artist, Day 327: Erik Larsen, Part 4 – Amazing Spider-Man #335"]. [[Comic Book Resources]]. Retrieved January 17, 2018.</ref>