@@subaru4920 as I posted elsewhere that's a way to increase the value of an already valuable comic and people who only see comics as investments would try to do that without a care in the world.
Dude, there is nothing reasonable with that. He is taking the piss. Those comic books that he is showing off from his own collection "that he would not sign" are worth close to 20 MILLION dollars. NO ONE in their right mind would would have Todd sign one, that would drop book's value by several MILLIONS ! That is like saying "Do not bring original Van Gogh paintign for me to ruin with my signature"
@@michaelholopainen2822 Also...why not signing a blank piece of paper? What, is he afraid someone is going to use that to forge his signature and commit some sort of fraud with it? lol C'mon, be real. Celebrities sign almost EVERYTHING all the time and no one complains about it. The guy is just a big diva and wanted to show off some of his priceless comics collection, that's all. 🙄
The year he launched Spawn, I took one of my guitars, stripped it down and repainted it with the 2-page spread of Spawn on a rooftop inside the 1st issue. 4 months later, he was in Dallas and giving autographs. Well, I got to the hotel where the convention was later in the afternoon thinking the line would be nothing...well, I was wrong. The line for him wrapped all the way around the downstairs lobby, up the stairs, and almost all the way around the second floor! I was there for about 15 min and the line hadn't really moved all that much when Todd made an announcement that he was going to take a quick break and would be right back. About 5 minutes later I hear a guy behind me ask "Is this the guitar I have heard about?" I turn around, and there is McFarland standing right there. I was all "Um...yes? How did you hear about it though? I just got here." Apparently that was how fast word spread through the line about my guitar. Well...he signed it and said it was a great job done on the guitar, and also signed my Spawn #1. Great day that was....got a compliment from McFareland, two autographs, and didn't pay a single dollar to get in! :) True story.
That’s completely fair. He walked by me once and regret not taking a photo with him. I was scared to ask, I hope I see him again. Spawn was my very first comic my dad got me, use to bring it to class all the time and got robbed for it. Still great memories
spawn was the first serious comic i was introduced too i mean yeah i read alot of the more detective style comics but spawn was the first super edge comic that brought me into taking a deep dive with my love for comics and characters because of Todd McFarlane i actually wanted to make graphic novels and i have moved on from the paper to trying my hand at some animations to bring my characters to life like i can't wait for the remake of the spawn movie i really hope thats true and not a rumor. if you see him please ask him if its true that he is attempting to make a spawn movie with the evolution of practical and cgi in its current state we could actually get a movie that brings the character back into the main stream short of his videogame appearances.
@@MickAshMetalMan its understandable but if he ends up at a con where he is its perfectly reasonable to ask a question i would assume that artists would like a few questions but yeah understandable.
I’d probably do the same thing, I wouldn’t want to annoy him and see a part of my childhood upset with me. I once did that to Dan Marino and I felt terrible in retrospect.
We passed by each other at a fan expo once and I just said "Yo, that's the guy who did the art for Serial Joe. Sick!" -and moved on. He's so in demand at those things, I didn't want a reaction, just to connect with a quip for an instant. Serial Joe having a number 1 single, now that's a memory.
I discussed this exact thing with Todd a few years ago right before he did a signing in my store, and this is exactly what he told me. Todd could not have been more gracious, it was an absolutely free signing that he actually volunteered to do! To this day I still cannot believe we hosted the legend. Thank you so much Todd, it was incredible to meet you.
@@joe_schmoe_420 Sabbath, Ozzy, and Dio all made amends before Dio died. Tony Iommi even said Dio was the greatest Metal vocalist of all time. Their whole fued was over Ozzy fans giving Dio a hard time when he joined Sabbath and Dio apparently making some harsh remarks toward Ozzy in interviews about his substance use. Ozzy was obviously so high at that time in the 80s he didn't even care until Sharon started her shit with Dio and Sabbath over everything. When Randy died the original members all made up and Dio went on to his solo career after fighting with Iommi and Butler over writing lyrics. He was a great guy but had a massive ego that got him kicked from Elf, Rainbow, and Sabbath. Where as Ozzy was a humble guy with drug and alcohol addictions and a whacked out money hungry wife.
Watch it again. It's rude as f**k. He went through all that blah-blah-blah, and flexed all those books JUST TO SAY the OBVIOUS: I won't sign anything I had nothing to do with. Which should have taken about 10 seconds and is also something people with brains should already know.
Years ago on the Spawn forums, I won a contest and received a couple of figures. I asked if Todd could sign them...he signed both. I still have them to this day. As a kid, his iteration of Spiderman shaped my love of the character in many ways.
Todd... I 100% understand. I was lucky enough to meet you at an EB Games (now Gamestop) Managers meeting and you not only signed my Spawn comic ( I was first in line) you took the time to talk to me like a peer.. I will never forget that. Always a fan !!
@@raptornerd4213I still remember some moron on Antiques Roadshow who had all these silver age #1s and he had sprayed them with some kind of lacquer chemical to preserve the pages. They looked all nice and shiny but he had a deer in the headlights face being told what he did just ruined their value.
The whole point of having someone sign a book is that they contributed something to it. The fact that people are asking Todd to sign books that he didn’t write nor draw makes no sense 💀
Well to be fair Todd started out as somebody that hated the way Stan Lee operated Marvel and hated that Stan never paid royalties to writers and artists but Todd went on to do the exact same scummy garbage that Stan did. Todd has literally gone to court over not paying people what they were owed.
We are all a somebody whether you are successful or not. Success is a man-made ideology that doesn’t mean anything outside of being a human. Just being born and able to experience this short existence is success at its peak. Awards, trophies, moneys, a classic collection means nothing to the grand scheme of things. Humans, we have this sickness where we think this stuff matters when we all die at the end and can’t take it with you. It’ll just be passed down to our kids who don’t really love us that much and are not going to appreciate it like we did because they did not earn it. Having said that, yeah, cool video. Cool comic book collection.
It's crazy that he has all that money yet he has restored books. I personally have no problem with restored books but I know a lot of people in the community who won't touch them with a 10ft pole. Honestly I think it's a market waiting to boom. And when I say restored I'm talking about something that has a slight color touch at most that was done by a pro.
That's just class, it's great he's not signing books that he wasn't involved with. Shows he not trying to get credit for other people's work. That's Icy!
Nice! I had him sign my Amazing Spider Man #300 way back in high school, one of my most prized comics! He was such a nice guy too, he signed like 4 other books for me at the time too.
My prized position is a first edition Spawn #1 I got (paid $10 for the book itself) autographed in-person by Mr. McFarlane back at SDCC 2007 in gold sharpie. Amazingly it was not stolen from my storage unit when it was ransacked several years back. (Probably because I had it hidden. I'm sure if the thieves had found it it would have been stolen for sure.)
It's so funny how Todd talks a mile a minute about stuff. If you go back and watch old interviews and videos of him younger he was the same way. Just a chatty Kathy. Always cracks me up. Gotta' love the guy. He is a fountain of enthusiasm.
With the blank issues, I get that if they only want a signature. Or if it's a character that he's never done artwork for. But if they want him to do a sketch AND sign it, that makes sense.
I had McFarlane sign a bunch of comics in the 90's. My best friend stole all of them when he moved me out when I was visiting Canada. One of those comics was Amazing Spiderman #300 in mint condition. He did a GI Joe comic before Spiderman
Hey, at least he's committed to comics. I have no problem with it. More power to him. For anyone who thinks he's bragging and using this to do so. It isn't like he's rubbing it peoples' face.. He's simply informing people what he can't sign someone else's work. Which would be taking credit for it.. Which is worse than showing off. Apparently this must be a problem with fans and the the fans are making a stink about it, being entitled and NOT understanding that is isn't his work. Which is one o the most professional things I've seen from the comic artist/creator today. These younger ones are more than eager to take credit for other people's work....and they will ALWAYS get a pass. For those that will complain and think he's bragging. Don't be envious. It's demeaning to ones self. Shows a lack of confidence, entitlement and lack of self-respect. Envy is such a vile thing....leads those that are to commit horrible acts. Life isn't fair, Oh well.
@@user-yb4eu9jx6v it’s because of the purple label that the CGC included when they were graded and slabbed. They do a very thorough inspection during grading and can tell if restoration work has been done or if the entire book is original. Any time you see that color label, restoration has been done on the book
@@fremontstreetpresents1415 literally nothing. some people just have this idea in their head that if you own something worth good money, you MUST sell it to make money at a certain point. everythings about value and how much it will sell for in 10 to 20 years, but some people just cant grasp the idea that not everyone collects things to make profit on them in the future.
Comic Book Fan: "Mr. McFarlane, would you sign this?" *The Dark Knight Returns III* Todd McFarlane: No, but I will sign something that I ACTUALLY did 🤣
The real question is...will he sign your DVD of Spawn the Movie.... >:) JK. Love everything Todd has done over the years and would be damn proud to have him sign my #1 issue of Spawn!!
I brought my Black & White Spawn # 1 variant & he signed it. It was 1 of the happiest days of my life. I will never sell it, I'll pass it to my daughter which also is a huge comic book fan.
If it's not worthy of me. I will not sign it. Sometimes you just want something with your hero's name on it. Something that is important to you, but he did not make it. If he is to good for you. Then be better than him.
I totally get it, By putting your name or something you didn't do some people couldn't interpret it as a slight. " He had no part in the creation of that character why is he putting his name on it" It's kind of like how a tattoo artist doesn't like to do flash they only likes to do original artwork. To be honest there's nothing really wrong with that.
Serious question: how can an autographed book rate so high. Is there a special caveat in the system? You would think that it would have an asterisk. Do they have some level of liability in getting the signature confirmed?
What he will sign is perfectly fair and logical. I'm not even sure why you would want someone to sign a book they had nothing to do with. But I guess some people do.
Because it’s 2 things people like on one object: Todd and the their favorite comics. I can’t speak for everyone but I don’t ask for autographs so that the person can authenticate or “sign off” on their work. It’s just a reminder that I met them. But yeah he wasn’t being unreasonable.
Could have saved us time by saying he'll only sign things he worked on, but I'm pretty sure he wanted to take these 4 minutes to show off his collection.
Fair enough. BUT he did sign on the Spider-Man Skyline variant that has at least 98 other signatures on it. Look it up, the CGC graded book with 99 signatures. So did Todd or all the other 98 people worked on that book? Was it because the owner of that book was Connected? Where will these 'double standards' end?
I wonder to what extent it goes on stuff that isn’t comics? I have my copy of AC Unity and he made my favorite outfit in that game. It’s where I first learned about his work actually started reading Spawn right after.
I feel bad for the person who shows up with an one of the Angela or Spawn books he shares with Gaiman. Technically, they fall under his rules, and I wouldn't be surprised if he refused regardless
He'd absolutely sign it. Spawn is his creation so he'd never refuse that. Angela he helped create so he probably wouldn't mind. However I wouldn't mention the lawsuit just to be safe
Im the same way with games. Im okay with signing games like galactic or any Armageddon Boyz collector cartridge but its really dumb to get me to sign games like the original Super Mario Bros or original Metroid for NES since i was born when those games came out
Dude, Todd is taking the piss. He is just an excuse for him to show off his impressive collection of worlds most valuable comic books. That is like saying "Do not bring original Van Gogh paiting for me to sign." Those comics are close to 10 MILLION dollars EACH ! And would lose millions of their value being ruined with anyone's signature.
Goddamm seeing that is sexier than any celeb broad or chick CZcamsr half naked. It’s crazy to me how much money this dudes made. Like wow, and I found out he went to school here where I live. Beautiful comics. He literally just showed you more money than any mumble rapper could flex with teeth or chains.
I get the Spider-Man one because if someone only read and wasn’t thinking Tom didn’t create the art on the preceding Spider-Man comics it might make sense. The other comic is just a flex though.
Good funny video he makes good point I learned this at comic con I thought I had book artist did to be signed he told me he didn’t do this cover amateur mistake on my behalf., It is disappointing that comic grading companies can give certificate or something for signed trade paper backs that are to big for grading cases thanks todd I call them trade paper backs at book stores they graphic novels no matter what I will still continue call them trade paper bracks
This turned out to be WAY more reasonable and fair than I expected.
Yes, he just doesn't want to take credit for other people's work that's all.
But he's more than happy to sign anything of his own.
@@subaru4920 as I posted elsewhere that's a way to increase the value of an already valuable comic and people who only see comics as investments would try to do that without a care in the world.
Dude, there is nothing reasonable with that. He is taking the piss. Those comic books that he is showing off from his own collection "that he would not sign" are worth close to 20 MILLION dollars. NO ONE in their right mind would would have Todd sign one, that would drop book's value by several MILLIONS !
That is like saying "Do not bring original Van Gogh paintign for me to ruin with my signature"
@@michaelholopainen2822 Also...why not signing a blank piece of paper? What, is he afraid someone is going to use that to forge his signature and commit some sort of fraud with it? lol
C'mon, be real. Celebrities sign almost EVERYTHING all the time and no one complains about it. The guy is just a big diva and wanted to show off some of his priceless comics collection, that's all. 🙄
@@subaru4920 I think he's just using those as clear examples. 🤷
He just wanted to flex his books 😂
Was just about to say this exact thing!
Yep lol
and we all wish we were him and could do the same =D
todd dropped 3 mill. on a baseball, those books are pocket change to him.
I don't think he's flexing, he's just being humorous.
He has like 300 million dollars and owns a toy company.. he don’t need to flex his comic collection.
The year he launched Spawn, I took one of my guitars, stripped it down and repainted it with the 2-page spread of Spawn on a rooftop inside the 1st issue. 4 months later, he was in Dallas and giving autographs. Well, I got to the hotel where the convention was later in the afternoon thinking the line would be nothing...well, I was wrong. The line for him wrapped all the way around the downstairs lobby, up the stairs, and almost all the way around the second floor!
I was there for about 15 min and the line hadn't really moved all that much when Todd made an announcement that he was going to take a quick break and would be right back. About 5 minutes later I hear a guy behind me ask "Is this the guitar I have heard about?" I turn around, and there is McFarland standing right there. I was all "Um...yes? How did you hear about it though? I just got here." Apparently that was how fast word spread through the line about my guitar. Well...he signed it and said it was a great job done on the guitar, and also signed my Spawn #1.
Great day that was....got a compliment from McFareland, two autographs, and didn't pay a single dollar to get in! :) True story.
Believe it. Would love to see the guitar, sounds badass
Any pics of the Guitar? I'd love to see it!
I don't believe your "true story", not without pics of that awesome guitar!!
That’s completely fair. He walked by me once and regret not taking a photo with him. I was scared to ask, I hope I see him again. Spawn was my very first comic my dad got me, use to bring it to class all the time and got robbed for it. Still great memories
So you didn't bug the person, don't be ashamed :)
spawn was the first serious comic i was introduced too i mean yeah i read alot of the more detective style comics but spawn was the first super edge comic that brought me into taking a deep dive with my love for comics and characters because of Todd McFarlane i actually wanted to make graphic novels and i have moved on from the paper to trying my hand at some animations to bring my characters to life like i can't wait for the remake of the spawn movie i really hope thats true and not a rumor. if you see him please ask him if its true that he is attempting to make a spawn movie with the evolution of practical and cgi in its current state we could actually get a movie that brings the character back into the main stream short of his videogame appearances.
@@MickAshMetalMan its understandable but if he ends up at a con where he is its perfectly reasonable to ask a question i would assume that artists would like a few questions but yeah understandable.
I’d probably do the same thing, I wouldn’t want to annoy him and see a part of my childhood upset with me. I once did that to Dan Marino and I felt terrible in retrospect.
We passed by each other at a fan expo once and I just said "Yo, that's the guy who did the art for Serial Joe. Sick!" -and moved on. He's so in demand at those things, I didn't want a reaction, just to connect with a quip for an instant. Serial Joe having a number 1 single, now that's a memory.
it makes sense cuz he doesn't want his name on someone else's hard work, respect
DUH!?!
@@Igaveyoumyfakename He never said he wouldn’t sign a detective comics #1…
Exactly
@@Igaveyoumyfakename….
If you're bringing a mint Action Comics#1 to get Todd to sign it, you have waaaaaaaay more money then brains! lmao
Lol this is true, that #1 In mint condition is worth 3.2 million...
@@lawrenceinsley4114
Their is only 5 mint in the world,
@@sirpuss5887 I didn’t know that
This has obviously happened or he wouldn't bother making a video haha, oh well.
Maybe it has.. maybe it's a huge flex lol
I discussed this exact thing with Todd a few years ago right before he did a signing in my store, and this is exactly what he told me. Todd could not have been more gracious, it was an absolutely free signing that he actually volunteered to do! To this day I still cannot believe we hosted the legend. Thank you so much Todd, it was incredible to meet you.
He makes absolute sense, it's like bringing a Megadeth album for Ozzy to sign. Why would he?
he probably would
Bring Megadeth album for Metallica to sign.
More like a copy of Mob Rules for Ozzy to sign
At least it's not dio
@@joe_schmoe_420 Sabbath, Ozzy, and Dio all made amends before Dio died. Tony Iommi even said Dio was the greatest Metal vocalist of all time. Their whole fued was over Ozzy fans giving Dio a hard time when he joined Sabbath and Dio apparently making some harsh remarks toward Ozzy in interviews about his substance use. Ozzy was obviously so high at that time in the 80s he didn't even care until Sharon started her shit with Dio and Sabbath over everything. When Randy died the original members all made up and Dio went on to his solo career after fighting with Iommi and Butler over writing lyrics. He was a great guy but had a massive ego that got him kicked from Elf, Rainbow, and Sabbath. Where as Ozzy was a humble guy with drug and alcohol addictions and a whacked out money hungry wife.
I thought this would be rude from the title of the video, but his logic just sounds like common sense, lol.
whats with the restored books ?????
Same
@@berardoferrari for some people, restored is not such a big deal. Some people prefer it.
Yea same. I liked his attitude about it even though the stuff he wouldn’t sign were self explanatory
Watch it again. It's rude as f**k. He went through all that blah-blah-blah, and flexed all those books JUST TO SAY the OBVIOUS: I won't sign anything I had nothing to do with. Which should have taken about 10 seconds and is also something people with brains should already know.
Subtle flex 🤣
I would argue not so subtle.
Lmfaoo deadass ‼️😭
Lots of adjectives we can apply to Todd, subtle.....no🤣
dam it. i want him to sign my used playboy mags
LOL on "used"
Maybe if they have a Venom cosplay in them...
That's "damn" to you ya dunce!
This whole video was pretty much Todd just going “Here’s cool shit that I have and here’s cool shit that you don’t.”
Yep, he's flexing, but no need to to get jelly.
or they were loaner copies from cgc.
@@locutus99 yeah I'm sure CGC is very liberal with their copies of Action Comic #1
Years ago on the Spawn forums, I won a contest and received a couple of figures. I asked if Todd could sign them...he signed both. I still have them to this day. As a kid, his iteration of Spiderman shaped my love of the character in many ways.
This video is nothing but Todd showing off his absolutely legendary comic collection. Holy smokes.
Todd... I 100% understand. I was lucky enough to meet you at an EB Games (now Gamestop) Managers meeting and you not only signed my Spawn comic ( I was first in line) you took the time to talk to me like a peer.. I will never forget that. Always a fan !!
Todd is the people's champ for sure.
Why in God's name would somebody ask you to sign an Action Comics #1?!? Crazy.
Cause no one else would think about doing it so it would be one of the rarest things out there.
It sounds crazy but it happens, i saw someone ask Jim Lee to sign a Hulk #1 and he polite refused to do so
@@Mortallica03 wild...
@@Mortallica03 understandabe 😂it make zero sense for him to do
@@raptornerd4213I still remember some moron on Antiques Roadshow who had all these silver age #1s and he had sprayed them with some kind of lacquer chemical to preserve the pages. They looked all nice and shiny but he had a deer in the headlights face being told what he did just ruined their value.
The whole point of having someone sign a book is that they contributed something to it. The fact that people are asking Todd to sign books that he didn’t write nor draw makes no sense 💀
This guy earned everything he’s got-started as a complete nobody and now is an iconic artist and writer
Well to be fair Todd started out as somebody that hated the way Stan Lee operated Marvel and hated that Stan never paid royalties to writers and artists but Todd went on to do the exact same scummy garbage that Stan did. Todd has literally gone to court over not paying people what they were owed.
And thank you Roy Thomas for bringing him into DC with what was a simple guest artist for Infinity Inc.
We are all a somebody whether you are successful or not. Success is a man-made ideology that doesn’t mean anything outside of being a human. Just being born and able to experience this short existence is success at its peak. Awards, trophies, moneys, a classic collection means nothing to the grand scheme of things. Humans, we have this sickness where we think this stuff matters when we all die at the end and can’t take it with you. It’ll just be passed down to our kids who don’t really love us that much and are not going to appreciate it like we did because they did not earn it. Having said that, yeah, cool video. Cool comic book collection.
Dang, I had that Fantastic Four back in the 60's when I was a kid. Everytime I see it and a few others from then I just gotta shake my head and go on.
Holy shit you are a legend
I think this is completely fair. It also shows Todd respecting other artists.
I’m friggin in awe of these books!!! Good god I’m pretty sure he just tossed around a few million dollars there at least
That occurred to me as well.
Haha more than a few million. Dude has more money than 95 percent of celebs or rich people
@@michaelsherman8349 i wouldnt go that far, but hes definitely richer than a lot of them
"There's 12 dozen of them this days." I love you, Todd.
It's crazy that he has all that money yet he has restored books. I personally have no problem with restored books but I know a lot of people in the community who won't touch them with a 10ft pole. Honestly I think it's a market waiting to boom. And when I say restored I'm talking about something that has a slight color touch at most that was done by a pro.
As a kid, I envied his drawing skills. As an adult, I envy his collection. 😳
This was really nice. Thank you Todd for making this video!!🥰
I like the fact he refuses to sign books he hadn't worked on.
That's just class, it's great he's not signing books that he wasn't involved with. Shows he not trying to get credit for other people's work. That's Icy!
Todd and Rob Liefeld have blessed my collection with more than 30 signatures. Those copies will remain in my collection forever
I don't know.... I get the feeling Todd is just showing off his slabs! AC #1!!! Holy shit!
The fact that he showed 3 (Graded) of some of the most expensive comics was a power play. Those are probably his own collection.
I have no idea why this was recommended to me but what I have learned is Todd is a sassy man and I love it.
Nice! I had him sign my Amazing Spider Man #300 way back in high school, one of my most prized comics! He was such a nice guy too, he signed like 4 other books for me at the time too.
My prized position is a first edition Spawn #1 I got (paid $10 for the book itself) autographed in-person by Mr. McFarlane back at SDCC 2007 in gold sharpie.
Amazingly it was not stolen from my storage unit when it was ransacked several years back. (Probably because I had it hidden. I'm sure if the thieves had found it it would have been stolen for sure.)
man MacFarlane os still one of the comic goats we need more MacFarlane content, he is a living legend with a vision
casually shows of a million-dollar comic...
I forgot he created Venom.
lmao He's flexing from start to finish I love him
I remember when he started on ASM amd then his own Spiderman before start Image. The stories were so much more adult themed.
Todd's autograph would devalue a Action Comics issue one and a Spiderman issue one and that's no disrespect to the Man.
It's so funny how Todd talks a mile a minute about stuff. If you go back and watch old interviews and videos of him younger he was the same way. Just a chatty Kathy. Always cracks me up.
Gotta' love the guy. He is a fountain of enthusiasm.
It’s really cool that you showed off your collection! Congrats!
With the blank issues, I get that if they only want a signature. Or if it's a character that he's never done artwork for. But if they want him to do a sketch AND sign it, that makes sense.
That's very fair. He doesn't want to take credit away from other artists.
I respect his rule for what he'll sign. :D
Lmao this is great. Answered the question in the first 20 seconds. He definitely just wanted to flex his books and I loved seeing em
I had McFarlane sign a bunch of comics in the 90's. My best friend stole all of them when he moved me out when I was visiting Canada. One of those comics was Amazing Spiderman #300 in mint condition. He did a GI Joe comic before Spiderman
If you're paying for a signature and you send Todd a trade paperback, you're doing it wrong.
Was this an excuse for Todd to show off his collection? Because I am here for it!
Hey, at least he's committed to comics. I have no problem with it. More power to him.
For anyone who thinks he's bragging and using this to do so. It isn't like he's rubbing it peoples' face.. He's simply informing people what he can't sign someone else's work. Which would be taking credit for it.. Which is worse than showing off. Apparently this must be a problem with fans and the the fans are making a stink about it, being entitled and NOT understanding that is isn't his work. Which is one o the most professional things I've seen from the comic artist/creator today. These younger ones are more than eager to take credit for other people's work....and they will ALWAYS get a pass.
For those that will complain and think he's bragging. Don't be envious. It's demeaning to ones self. Shows a lack of confidence, entitlement and lack of self-respect. Envy is such a vile thing....leads those that are to commit horrible acts.
Life isn't fair, Oh well.
Todd's such a cool guy... his business decisions I question sometimes, but he seems like a genuinely cool guy.
Which decisions specifically? Curious, not trying to set up for an argument or fanboy response.
super cool books, just hurts to see they're restored
How did you know, they're restored??..
@@user-yb4eu9jx6v it’s because of the purple label that the CGC included when they were graded and slabbed. They do a very thorough inspection during grading and can tell if restoration work has been done or if the entire book is original. Any time you see that color label, restoration has been done on the book
whats wrong with restoration?
@@fremontstreetpresents1415 literally nothing. some people just have this idea in their head that if you own something worth good money, you MUST sell it to make money at a certain point. everythings about value and how much it will sell for in 10 to 20 years, but some people just cant grasp the idea that not everyone collects things to make profit on them in the future.
It's common sense. It's like asking Jackie Chan to sign a DVD film of Bruce Lee.
I love that he flexes those grails he owns at the start lol
The ultimate flex.
I respect that.
Comic Book Fan: "Mr. McFarlane, would you sign this?"
*The Dark Knight Returns III*
Todd McFarlane: No, but I will sign something that I ACTUALLY did 🤣
Hi guys, let me show you the collection I have of unobtainium before i let you know what I'll sign. :P
I'm sure he has said he will only sign something if he created it or worked on it, but some people just don't get it.
The real question is...will he sign your DVD of Spawn the Movie.... >:) JK. Love everything Todd has done over the years and would be damn proud to have him sign my #1 issue of Spawn!!
I remember when so many of these books came out :)
I brought my Black & White Spawn # 1 variant & he signed it. It was 1 of the happiest days of my life. I will never sell it, I'll pass it to my daughter which also is a huge comic book fan.
All I learned from this video is that the variant cover for Silk #2 (2015) is the rarest comic book of all time.
Can you imagine that man's collection....hahaha
If it's not worthy of me. I will not sign it. Sometimes you just want something with your hero's name on it. Something that is important to you, but he did not make it. If he is to good for you. Then be better than him.
The graded on these issues is insane . Action comics is so old too
So, the first couple are just Todd making us drool over his collection, right? x)
((Slowly turns around in basement suite as the lights flicker)) "Have you forgotten to pay your taxes?"
LOL him flexing those book at the beginning of the video many wish they had including myself.
I totally get it, By putting your name or something you didn't do some people couldn't interpret it as a slight. " He had no part in the creation of that character why is he putting his name on it" It's kind of like how a tattoo artist doesn't like to do flash they only likes to do original artwork. To be honest there's nothing really wrong with that.
"man flexes on us with his amazing comic collection" -fixed the title for you xD
Serious question: how can an autographed book rate so high. Is there a special caveat in the system? You would think that it would have an asterisk. Do they have some level of liability in getting the signature confirmed?
Sounds fair enough to me.
I don’t own any of his comics, nor am I ever like me to meet him. But he sounds like a pretty straightforward guy.
I love Todd's stuff. Spawn is a favorite, but if I had him sign my favorite cover he did, batman 423. Easy choice.
This feels like a flex more than instructional lol
What a humble man
Yes, he is "humbly" showing off his very humble comic book collection (close to 10 MILLION dollars each).
Hmmm, how much did he contribute to "Haunt"? Had a pretty strong start and I was all-in until he and Robert both left.
Lol that flex though! 😳🙄🤦♂️🤷♂️🤣😂🤣😂🤣☠️💯
It’s like a tattoo artist not wanting to draw over another tattoo artist work. Makes sense.
What he will sign is perfectly fair and logical. I'm not even sure why you would want someone to sign a book they had nothing to do with. But I guess some people do.
Because it’s 2 things people like on one object: Todd and the their favorite comics. I can’t speak for everyone but I don’t ask for autographs so that the person can authenticate or “sign off” on their work. It’s just a reminder that I met them.
But yeah he wasn’t being unreasonable.
Could have saved us time by saying he'll only sign things he worked on, but I'm pretty sure he wanted to take these 4 minutes to show off his collection.
Fair enough.
BUT he did sign on the Spider-Man Skyline variant that has at least 98 other signatures on it.
Look it up, the CGC graded book with 99 signatures.
So did Todd or all the other 98 people worked on that book?
Was it because the owner of that book was Connected?
Where will these 'double standards' end?
Todd can you sign my baby?
"I didnt help create it so no"
Yeah.. About that.
I wonder to what extent it goes on stuff that isn’t comics? I have my copy of AC Unity and he made my favorite outfit in that game. It’s where I first learned about his work actually started reading Spawn right after.
This legend legit just flexed and said I have what you have not signing.....
I feel bad for the person who shows up with an one of the Angela or Spawn books he shares with Gaiman. Technically, they fall under his rules, and I wouldn't be surprised if he refused regardless
He'd absolutely sign it. Spawn is his creation so he'd never refuse that. Angela he helped create so he probably wouldn't mind. However I wouldn't mention the lawsuit just to be safe
Im the same way with games. Im okay with signing games like galactic or any Armageddon Boyz collector cartridge but its really dumb to get me to sign games like the original Super Mario Bros or original Metroid for NES since i was born when those games came out
He signed my first edition copy of "How To Be The Most Irritating Man On The Planet" no questions asked.
What if someone bumps into you and all they have on them is a Katana? Will you sign it?
I 1000% agree with him it’s totally understandable 👍.
Dude, Todd is taking the piss. He is just an excuse for him to show off his impressive collection of worlds most valuable comic books. That is like saying "Do not bring original Van Gogh paiting for me to sign." Those comics are close to 10 MILLION dollars EACH ! And would lose millions of their value being ruined with anyone's signature.
Good for him, can't blame his for actually having self respect for his own work
Goddamm seeing that is sexier than any celeb broad or chick CZcamsr half naked. It’s crazy to me how much money this dudes made. Like wow, and I found out he went to school here where I live. Beautiful comics. He literally just showed you more money than any mumble rapper could flex with teeth or chains.
Those books are incredible!
So I’m assuming he’s never going to finish Spawn the animated series … 😢
2:10 No offense to whoever worked on Silk, but the way Todd delivered that line was unusually funny to me. Idk why lmao.
Todd McFarlane signed my guitar because it had Spawn on it. Ibanez rg320dx.
LMFAO! He's just showing off his comic collection. It is impressive though I mean. Damn they will be worth a fortune.
Thanks for having integrity
Why would anyone want a Todd McFarlane autograph on their Superman Action Comics #1 anyway?!?!
Or even Amazing Fantasy #15?
I get the Spider-Man one because if someone only read and wasn’t thinking Tom didn’t create the art on the preceding Spider-Man comics it might make sense. The other comic is just a flex though.
How about if I bring my late grandmoms family bible I inherited?
Good funny video he makes good point I learned this at comic con I thought I had book artist did to be signed he told me he didn’t do this cover amateur mistake on my behalf.,
It is disappointing that comic grading companies can give certificate or something for signed trade paper backs that are to big for grading cases thanks todd I call them trade paper backs at book stores they graphic novels no matter what I will still continue call them trade paper bracks
Get him to sign Rob's Captain America comic😂