This just in: Todd no longer a god
I'm not one to revel in the misfortunes of others, but it's tough to drum up sympathy for comics maven and noted baseball memorabilia collector Todd McFarlane.
Oh, I'm sorry...I meant Todd "The Man Who Single-Handedly Destroyed Spider-Man" McFarlane.
Todd's comic book enterprise, Todd McFarlane Productions Inc. filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy last week in the wake of a bizarre lawsuit filed, and ultimately won, by an ex-NHL hockey player named Tony Twist who sued McFarlane for naming a mob boss in his Spawn comics after the player. I guess Todd didn't learn anything from former Creedence Clearwater Revival frontman John Fogerty's legendary public rumble against record producer Saul Zaentz, after Fogerty wrote a song called "Zanz Can't Danz" in which a character obviously based on Zaentz is portrayed lyrically as a thief, a con artist, and a pig (you know...the other white meat). After legal pressure from Zaentz, Fogerty changed the song lyric to "Vanz Can't Danz."
Personally, I think the U.S. Circuit Court made a stupid decision in the Twist vs. McFarlane affair, but McFarlane has been such an insufferable, egomaniacal gasbag for so long that his comeuppance seems almost like poetic justice.
Although...if anyone should sue Todd and win, it ought to be Peter Parker.
Oh, I'm sorry...I meant Todd "The Man Who Single-Handedly Destroyed Spider-Man" McFarlane.
Todd's comic book enterprise, Todd McFarlane Productions Inc. filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy last week in the wake of a bizarre lawsuit filed, and ultimately won, by an ex-NHL hockey player named Tony Twist who sued McFarlane for naming a mob boss in his Spawn comics after the player. I guess Todd didn't learn anything from former Creedence Clearwater Revival frontman John Fogerty's legendary public rumble against record producer Saul Zaentz, after Fogerty wrote a song called "Zanz Can't Danz" in which a character obviously based on Zaentz is portrayed lyrically as a thief, a con artist, and a pig (you know...the other white meat). After legal pressure from Zaentz, Fogerty changed the song lyric to "Vanz Can't Danz."
Personally, I think the U.S. Circuit Court made a stupid decision in the Twist vs. McFarlane affair, but McFarlane has been such an insufferable, egomaniacal gasbag for so long that his comeuppance seems almost like poetic justice.
Although...if anyone should sue Todd and win, it ought to be Peter Parker.
SwanShadow was randomly pounding the keyboard at 10:42 PM
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Bizzare.
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