divad Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 Why did Todd McFarlane takeover at TEC #576 from Alan Davies after TEC #575 in the 4-issue story arc, Batman Year Two? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaykin Stevens Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 (edited) Alan Davis drew the first issue of Batman Year Two before he saw Batman Year One. When Davis saw the artwork for Batman #404, which had not yet gone to press, he noticed the mauser Mike W Barr had asked him to draw was not consistent with the gun David Mazzucchelli showed Joe Chill using in a few panels of Batman #404. Davis asked them to get Mazzucchelli to alter his artwork. Instead they asked Davis to redraw the gun thoughout Detective #575. When Davis refused to do this, Giordano touched up the artwork, leading to Davis quitting DC. Link Edited July 9, 2017 by Chaykin Stevens divad and Brandon Shepherd 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
divad Posted July 9, 2017 Author Share Posted July 9, 2017 (edited) Wow! Thanks! I would have quit too - the nerve. So how did McFarlane get drafted? (goes to read entire story at link). Edited July 9, 2017 by divad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Sinescu Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 Great info. Davis's choice of the Mauser seems an odd one for a common crook like Chill, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
divad Posted July 11, 2017 Author Share Posted July 11, 2017 (edited) On 7/9/2017 at 3:44 PM, divad said: So how did McFarlane get drafted? Anyone? It was his first Bats . . . Edited July 11, 2017 by divad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
divad Posted July 15, 2017 Author Share Posted July 15, 2017 Todd? Chime in please . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeksAreMyPeeps Posted July 16, 2017 Share Posted July 16, 2017 He had already worked for DC (on Infinity Inc). Since he did seem to be a fairly quick artist (I don't think he took breaks on ASM when they were bi-weekly in the summer), maybe someone in editorial pointed to him as someone who could fill in on the title in a pinch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
