Update: I just found this too, apparently the art for #258 will now be done by Erik Larsen.

Link: http://spawncollection.blogspot.com/2015/01/06-jan-2015-spawn-251-story-by-brian.html

Todd needs to let go. He'll kill the franchise if he doesn't stop.

Agreed. I love Todd, he created my all-time favorite anti-hero. But...this is starting to get scary at this point, if he keeps sticking his fingers into everything, the series will go under. I just don't get it, he had a good thing going with Paul and Jonboy, and now they're both gone and it's just him again basically, maybe he really can't let go. Hopefully the series won't take a severe dip in quality due to all these sudden changes, I'd like to remain optimistic at least.

I can't remember where I saw it, but I recall someone reviewing Spawn Resurrection. In that video he said it seemed like a "ghost writing" scenario where Todd was really calling the shots. Sounds like that was true.

Now looking at the new Spawn from Jonboy, I mean it was heavily-Venom influenced. Remember when Todd McFarlane really relaunched Venom and Spiderman? Seems like he may have been too involved in that too.

In any case, I remember in this review it also talked about how the writing in Spawn is unique in that it constantly changes the past, and not the future. And how that's got to be incredible frustrating from a canon perspective. I can imagine new readers experiencing the same concern with learning about the past and no one knows who Wanda is, why we care about this freaking unborn child, and who these new demons are.

It was interesting reads, but they were just poorly written and designed. No hate against Todd, but he has to let a writer re-write for him instead of trying to re-write the writer's work...

Even with that, I love Spawn too and probably why I continue to read it. I'm just concerned, look at those sales numbers? It's not working, you have to breath new life into this Todd!

I kind of disagree. I believe the direction is okay, they did breath new life into it. But Todd's doing what he always does when it comes to Spawn, taking writers and artists off because they're probably not in agreement with him, and then he's back to square one again. I mean, he's writing the story and doing the art for christ's sake. If he want the book to be his way, and his way only. He should stop getting other writers and artists on board, and just finish the series by himself.I believe if he had been more hands off, and just let Paul and Jonboy do their thing, they would still be on board, but he just couldn't keep his hands off it. Spawn is his baby, and I guess he wants to take care of it his way.