It was 1997, april the 30th. I'll never forget it. That was the day I decided I was going to become a comic book artist. That never happened, but the memories that I built that day still feel pure and make me feel so, so happy.

When I came into the MeCyF Mexico's greatest comic book convention ever,  I was overwhelmed, there were superheroes everywhere, and toys and comics and people like me, jajajaja.

As I was walking into Mexico's WTC they handed me a copy of Spawn, issue 1. I was a Batman purist at that time, and I worshiped DC comics, so Spawn meant nothing to me at that time. My greatest regret, Todd McFarlane was there, and I didn't knew who he was so...I never met him. Sorry for that @Todd_McFarlane. Anyway, I arrived home, read my Spawn comic, and at the very back of it there was Todd's Bio. I read it and fell in love with the man, his ideals, and obviously of Spawn. Batman was temporarily forgotten and Spawn took charge of my comic book shelf, and I also started drawing, and drawing, and drawing 24/7. I kept that Spawn comic book like if it was gold. And then I thought...could I still find it in english?

It took me almost ten years to find an edition of Spawn 1 here in Mexico that didn't  affect my economy.  And for $280.00mxp that's about $26.00usd I got it.

Once I looked at them side by side, I noticed the differences between them, I mean besides the mexican one saying "Commemorative edition to Todd McFarlanes visit to Mexico" the coloring of the title is different so is the back cover Mexican edition has a Pin-up by George Perez, the American has advertising. Mexican issue one has Todd's Biography which was published in the following ten issues. Issue 10 in Mexico is different from the american one. And I have both. But that's another story. For another time's blog. Don't miss @ThePrincessCast