That became a big time in comic books because it's when people were starting to break out into independent stuff, the market was getting choked with speculators and everybody was trying to do their own trick covers.

In collaboration with New Line Cinema it produced the 1997 Spawn film and a new Spawn movie planned in 2008. The series is a collaboration with musician Yoshiki and stars a fictionalized version of him. In February 2012 the company released its only title Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning a single-player action role-playing game that enjoyed moderate success but by late May 2012 the company had ceased operation due to financial difficulties for which it had filed for bankruptcy.

Spawn was a popular hero in the 1990s and encouraged a trend in creator-owned comic book properties. McFarlane used to be a co-owner of the National Hockey League's Edmonton Oilers but sold his shares to Daryl Katz. He is also a high-profile collector of history-making baseballs.