"I think people would actually be surprised by what we put out. Unfortunately the shadow that the original founders cast was that they were just artists that can't write books so people swept the whole of Image with that paintbrush"

This quote by Todd McFarlane is referring to the comic book business Image Comics, which he co-founded in 1992. He is recommending that individuals have a presumption of the business and its creators, believing that they are only efficient in producing artwork and not writing books. McFarlane is suggesting that this is not the case, and that individuals would be shocked by the quality of the books that Image Comics produces. He thinks that the initial founders of the company have been unjustly evaluated and that this has triggered individuals to view the entire company in the same light. He is suggesting that Image Comics can producing quality books and that individuals must not be so quick to judge them.