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This year, McFarlane has announced an ensemble of award-winning talent for his upcoming Spawn movie: Casting Academy Award and Golden Globe winner Jamie Foxx (Ray, Django Unchained) to play Spawn and Academy Award nominee Jeremy Renner (Hurt Locker, The Town, Wind River) to play police detective \"Twitch\" Williams. This new Spawn film will be a gritty, R-rated re-imagining of the character and marks McFarlane's feature film directorial debut. Academy Award nominee Jason Blum and his BlumhouseProductions, the force behind recent hits Get Out, Split and Halloween, are attached to produce. McFarlane also co-founded in 1992--and serves as current President of--Image Comics. Image has been the third largest comic publisher in North America the past 26 years (behind Marvel and DC Comics). In 1994, McFarlane founded the international award-winning McFarlane Toys--now one of North America's top action figure manufacturers, boasting over 150 licenses (including the recently announced Fortnite license) during that time. Artistically, McFarlane's impact visually on the look of Spider-Man (while working at Marvel in the 1990s) can still be seen today. And a single page of McFarlane's original art from an issue of Amazing Spider-Man sold for a record-smashing $657,250. Then his first issue for Image Comics, called Spawn, sold an unprecedented 1.7 million copies for an independent comic. Since its debut, Spawn has continued to be a fan favorite title around the world. Spawn is published in 12 languages and sold in 37 countries. The comic became an Emmy Award-Winning animated series on HBO and a New Line Cinema feature film. McFarlane founded the international award-winning McFarlane Toys--now one of North America's top action figure manufacturers. 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Kirby's partnership with Simon continued throughout the 1940s and early '50s; together, they produced com­ics in every popular genre, from Western to romance. In 1958, Kirby began his equally fruitful collaboration with writer- editor Stan Lee, and in 1961 the two men co-created the foundational text of the modern Marvel Universe: \u003ci\u003eThe Fantastic Four\u003c\/i\u003e. Over the next de­cade, Kirby and Lee would introduce a mind- boggling array of new characters-- including the Avengers, the Hulk, Thor, Iron Man, the Silver Surfer, and the X-Men. Kirby's groundbreaking work with Lee formed the foundation of the Marvel Universe. In the early 1970s, Kirby moved to DC Comics, where he created his intercon­nected Fourth World series, as well as freestanding titles such as \u003ci\u003eThe Demon\u003c\/i\u003e. 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In fact, unlike those other artists, Werner Roth was an active participant in the earliest years of Marvel's Atlas Era: the beyond beautiful heroine, Venus; Matt Slade, Western gunfighter; the horror\/suspense stories of \u003ci\u003eStrange Tales, Menace \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eWorld of Fantasy\u003c\/i\u003e...Werner did it all! His two titles of longest creative standing were the Native American Western title \u003ci\u003eApache Kid\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLorna, the Jungle Queen\u003c\/i\u003e, for which he turned in consistently lovely artwork. After several years away from comics, he reemerged at Marvel drawing \u003ci\u003eX-Men\u003c\/i\u003e, the first permanent artist installed to fill the big shoes of Jack Kirby. Werner's \u003ci\u003eX-Men \u003c\/i\u003ework has charm to burn, with freewheeling renderings of such frozen-in-time characters like The Locust, Kukulcan\/El Tigre, and Factor Three. He also created the visual look of The Banshee, certainly one of his most memorable contributions to the \u003ci\u003eX-Men \u003c\/i\u003elegacy. After his run on the \u003ci\u003eX-Men \u003c\/i\u003eended, Werner dabbled in comics for a bit in the '70s before retiring. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eDon Heck\u003c\/b\u003e (1929-1995) worked for Harvey, Quality, Hillman and other publishers before arriving at Atlas Comics, later Marvel, where he penciled and inked stories for virtually every genre: crime, horror, jungle, romance, war, Western and more. With Stan Lee and others, he launched \u003ci\u003eIron Man\u003c\/i\u003e, his supporting cast and his early rogues' gallery -- including the Black Widow, Hawkeye and the Mandarin. He also succeeded Jack Kirby on \u003ci\u003eAvengers\u003c\/i\u003e. 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After years of political activism, Adams returned to comics to write and draw \u003ci\u003eBatman: Odyssey\u003c\/i\u003e for DC, and provide art for Marvel's \u003ci\u003eNew Avengers\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eArnold Drake\u003c\/b\u003e (1924-2007) helped shape the Silver Age both at Marvel with \u003ci\u003eCaptain Marvel \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eX-Men\u003c\/i\u003e; and at DC with \u003ci\u003eBatman\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDoom Patrol\u003c\/i\u003e and \"Stanley and His Monster.\" His media tie-in work ranged from \u003ci\u003eStar Trek\u003c\/i\u003e to Bob Hope and Jerry Lewis. He wrote, produced and directed the 1964 horror film \u003ci\u003eThe Flesh Eaters\u003c\/i\u003e, and wrote lyrics for several musicals. 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Kirby's partnership with Simon continued throughout the 1940s and early '50s; together, they produced com­ics in every popular genre, from Western to romance. In 1958, Kirby began his equally fruitful collaboration with writer- editor Stan Lee, and in 1961 the two men co-created the foundational text of the modern Marvel Universe: \u003ci\u003eThe Fantastic Four\u003c\/i\u003e. Over the next de­cade, Kirby and Lee would introduce a mind- boggling array of new characters-- including the Avengers, the Hulk, Thor, Iron Man, the Silver Surfer, and the X-Men. Kirby's groundbreaking work with Lee formed the foundation of the Marvel Universe. In the early 1970s, Kirby moved to DC Comics, where he created his intercon­nected Fourth World series, as well as freestanding titles such as \u003ci\u003eThe Demon\u003c\/i\u003e. 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In fact, unlike those other artists, Werner Roth was an active participant in the earliest years of Marvel's Atlas Era: the beyond beautiful heroine, Venus; Matt Slade, Western gunfighter; the horror\/suspense stories of \u003ci\u003eStrange Tales, Menace \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eWorld of Fantasy\u003c\/i\u003e...Werner did it all! His two titles of longest creative standing were the Native American Western title \u003ci\u003eApache Kid\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLorna, the Jungle Queen\u003c\/i\u003e, for which he turned in consistently lovely artwork. After several years away from comics, he reemerged at Marvel drawing \u003ci\u003eX-Men\u003c\/i\u003e, the first permanent artist installed to fill the big shoes of Jack Kirby. Werner's \u003ci\u003eX-Men \u003c\/i\u003ework has charm to burn, with freewheeling renderings of such frozen-in-time characters like The Locust, Kukulcan\/El Tigre, and Factor Three. 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