Video Review

Todd McFarlane: The Devil You Know (2002)

EW's GRADE
C

Details Release Date: Mar 26, 2002; With: Todd McFarlane

Forget the dark fury of Spawn—the scariest part of this portrait of comic-book entrepreneur McFarlane is when a fan admits to cutting his food budget so he could buy hundreds of the creator's action figures. Almost as frightening is director Kenton Vaughan's decision to gloss over the most dramatic moments of McFarlane's career — including his decision to quit his gig as an acclaimed Spider-Man artist and release Spawn on his own dime — in favor of way too many scenes from his life as a fanatical baseball fan. C

Originally posted May 03, 2002 Published in issue #652 May 03, 2002 Order article reprints

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