The Escapist Issue #78 Now Available
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Q: How did Todd McFarlane and R.A. Salvatore get involved? Where did you meet them?
A: Todd was a friend of mine from my days in Arizona, playing with the Diamondbacks. I met him out there. We've collaborated on some stuff with the ALS Foundation, through philanthropic work, and I basically pitched them both. I pitched them together on a road trip in Kansas City during the season.
The ironic thing is five or six years ago, I penciled out my dream team from a creative standpoint, who I'd
want and what I would want them to do. R.A. was the guy behind the creative vision, and I talked to some people that handle some PR stuff for me, and I said, "I'd love to talk to this guy." Ten minutes later, I'm on the phone talking to him. He lives a half hour from me in Boston, and he's the biggest Boston Red Sox fan on the planet. We've become very close friends very fast. He's an incredible man, obviously incredibly creative; I'm a huge fan. But beyond all that, he's a fantastic person. And that was a huge, huge plus for me, to add him to the creative process.
