Sports Illustrated chats with Todd McFarlane

Sports Illustrated has a Q&A up with Todd McFarlane on baseball and comics:

SI.com: If you had to pick an athlete to nickname "Spawn," who would it be and why?

McFarlane: The guy who comes to mind right off the top of my head is Bonds. Spawn is a guy who's caught up in a fantastic, incredible world and he just doesn't care about it. He doesn't give a crap if he's supposed to be working for heaven or hell. He just wants to live his life. And he has a bit of a chip on his shoulder. I'm not saying that's a bad thing -- Spawn is actually patterned after me -- but they're both guys who just sort of march to their own drummer.