Originally published August 4, 2000, in Comics Buyer’s Guide #1394
“Must… control… fist of death…”
–“Dilbert”
Several years back I got an angry phone call from John Byrne, and for a refreshing change of pace, he wasn’t angry at me.
“Did you read Spawn #30?” he asked.
In Spawn #30, there were two members of the Ku Klux Klan, and their names were Peter and Johnny. Byrne was convinced that Todd McFarlane, Spawn creator, writer and erstwhile penciler, had dubbed the characters thusly for the purpose of taking a direct swipe at us. After all, Byrne and I had not marched in the preferred lockstep of approval for all things Image that the founders seemed to desire of the comic pro community. Byrne felt that it was nothing less than character assassination, was contemplating taking direct legal action, and wanted to know if I would be interested in joining him in such an endeavor.
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