Spawnography

What do Harry Houdini and Spawn have in common? Well, not much as it turns out. This fill-in story from letterer extraordinaire Tom Orzechowski and apparent Harry Houdini enthusiast Andrew Grossberg, the two characters are thrust together in a plot that involves some antiquated Cold War sensibilities, a magical realm that we'll never return to (in the pages of Spawn anyway) and an explanation for...

Borne of Heaven's elemental fire, the Anti-Spawn makes his debut!  Grant Morrison and Greg Capullo get to make their mark on the Spawn mythos while Todd is off prepping Batman/Spawn with Frank Miller. The result is an arc that delves into Morrison's own predilections for the metaphysical while grounding itself in the knockdown, drag-out Silver Age superhero stuff that the writer has always shown a...

Hey there Hellspawn! Clown is back to share his story of fighting Medieval Spawn in the past with a few random kids in an alleyway! You know, as one does. He ends up also explaining how he became the inspiration for fire breathing dragons in folklore? George and Pierce were pretty split on this arc but that doesn't mean they didn't find a ton to talk about. Plus they'll get into some personal lore...

We know who killed Al! At least, for now.  George and Pierce get right to the heart of the mystery that's been brewing since issue one. Is the Chapel reveal a good one? Was it a good one at the time? How come Todd had to change it? They'll touch on the strange history of Chapel as a character and whether intended or not, they'll dare to ask the question: is Chapel trans? And more importantly, who...

Nerds and creeps! How Spawn wishes they'd go away!  Frank Miller stops by the Spawniverse to close out the CoCoSwiss. Spawn's alley is smack dab in the middle of a turf war between two gangs and our hero Al takes it upon himself to protect his fellow night people. We break down how successful this first Miller/McFarlane collaboration is and dig into some fun letters in The Spawning ground. 

It's a bird! It's a plane! No, wait...what is this? Some sort of crossover episode? The CoCoSwiss continues and Dave Sim brings his creation, Cerebus, over to the Spawniverse for a lesson in creator's rights. George and Pierce explore the dream world presented in Spawn #10 and try to parse exactly what Todd McFarlane and Dave Sim are saying about creator's rights, the industry as a whole and where...

Angela! A woman who isn't Wanda or being menaced by a man! Things are moving in the Spawn Universe as the CoCoSwiss continues in issue #9. In this episode, George and Pierce break down Neil Gaiman's contribution to the Toddfather's empire, how Angela and Medieval Spawn represent the most worldbuilding that the book has seen to this point and the fallout of McFarlane's bad business decisions surrou...

You know him! You love him! He's the most sinister cyborg this side of Sicily! That's right, I'm talking about OVERTKILL! George and Pierce cover the introduction of Overtkill and his ensuing battle with Spawn in Spawn #6 and #7. They dig into Todd's legal troubles surrounding mob boss character Vito Gravano and feared NHL Enforcer Tony Twist, the inherent toyeticism of Spawn and the slow expansio...

In Heaven, everything is fine. Unfortunately for Billy Kincaid, that's not where he's headed. George and Pierce cover the haunting introduction of Billy Kincaid in Spawn #5 and the followup by Spawn's first non-Todd McFarlane writer, Alan Moore, in Spawn #8! The cosmology of Spawn starts to come more into focus as we learn about the nature of Spawn's powers and Hell itself. Plus we are introduced...

For their inaugural episode, George  and Pierce discuss their personal relationships to Spawn and why they decided to do this podcast in the first place! They'll also dig into the circumstances surrounding the beginnings of the character including creator Todd McFarlane's road to a comics career and the eventual Image Exodus of the early 90s.  Then they'll get into the first four issues of Spawn -...