On November 9, the two-time Grammy-nominated producer and DJ, Steve Aoki, announced a new partnership with the popular comic book artist and Spawn creator Todd McFarlane. The two plan to launch a non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace that leverages the Solana blockchain. The NFT marketplace will be called Odd Key and Aoki and McFarlane aim to launch the platform on November, 18.
Grammy-Nominated DJ and Spawn Creator to Launch NFT Marketplace Called Odd Key
Next week on November 18, the DJ Steve Aoki and comic book artist Todd McFarlane will be launching an NFT marketplace “designed to empower creators to showcase and sell authenticated digital art.” The launch announcement sent to Bitcoin.com News explains that the new NFT marketplace will be named Odd Key and one of the first drops on the platform will be McFarlane’s notorious “Spawn #1” from 1992.
That was the year McFarlane helped form the firm Image Comics and the Canadian comic book creator’s first issue of Spawn sold close to 500,000 copies worldwide. “Spawn #1” is one of the largest monthly title releases from Image Comics in 25 years.
“This will be the first time in 30 years that Todd McFarlane has authorized or authenticated any original art for sale, digital or otherwise, and the first time Spawn original art will be made available to the public,” statements sent to Bitcoin.com News disclose.
Furthermore, following the initial launch, different sections of the marketplace will go live and the market will have a featured artist section and a section for lesser-known artists called “Artist Alley.” The partnership announcement between McFarlane and Aoki explains that the Odd Key market was built off the “same mentality” McFarlane established with Image Comics.
“I wanted to create a world where creators create freely,” McFarlane
