The Art of Todd McFarlane Sells Out

Fans know when they've got something intriguing on their hands. Creators know too. In both cases, the awesome item sells out fairly quickly. Todd McFarlane has spent years doing awesome in comic books, so it only makes sense that The Art of Todd McFarlane has sold out at the distribution level. That's 5,000 copies gone.

The book spans more than 30 years of McFarlane's career, following from his start at DC and Marvel to the founding of Image Comics. The book features hundreds of personal anecdotes, art from every stage of his career and reproductions of his original black and white Spawn art, clocking in at a whopping 400 pages.

The book hits stores November 21 for $64.99. To satisfy high demand, a paperback edition of the book will be published in March 2013. Full press release below.

THE ART OF TODD MCFARLANE SELLS OUT Fans of Todd McFarlane who manage to pick up a copy of THE ART OF TODD MCFARLANE: THE DEVIL'S IN THE DETAILS will have something to be grateful for this Thanksgiving. The oversized, hardcover art book has sold out at the distribution level of all copies of its first print run, which was limited to 5,000 copies, 700 of which were signed-and-numbered editions. Spanning more than 30 years of McFarlane's momentous comic book career, THE ART OF TODD MCFARLANE follows the artist's career from his start in the industry at DC and Marvel to the founding of Image Comics and the runaway success of his creation, SPAWN. With hundreds of personal anecdotes, art from every stage of McFarlane's career, including his work and DC and Marvel and reproductions of his original black-and-white SPAWN art, THE ART OF TODD MCFARLANE is a 400-page art book like no other. In stores on November 21, THE ART OF TODD MCFARLANE: THE DEVIL'S IN THE DETAILS retails for $64.99 ($100.00 for the signed and numbered edition) and is available now. To satisfy high demand, a paperback edition of the book will be published in March 2013. ### ABOUT IMAGE COMICS Image Comics is a comic book and graphic novel publisher founded in 1992 by a collective of best-selling artists. Image has since gone on to become one of the largest comics publishers in the United States. Image currently has five partners: Robert Kirkman, Erik Larsen, Todd McFarlane, Marc Silvestri and Jim Valentino. It consists of five major houses: Todd McFarlane Productions, Top Cow Productions, Shadowline, Skybound and Image Central. Image publishes comics and graphic novels in nearly every genre, sub-genre, and style imaginable. It offers science fiction, romance, horror, crime fiction, historical fiction, humor and more by the finest artists and writers working in the medium today. For more information, visit www.imagecomics.com.