Todd McFarlane frequently uses his Facebook page to inspire fans with lessons he's learned in his own life, and his latest post is little different -- except that it features the first piece of Spawn promo art, drawn on the day he left Marvel in 1991.

"When I left Marvel ... I JUMPED OFF THE CLIFF into the unknown to start Image Comics and then McFarlane Toys," he writes. "But I knew in that by following my heart, I would be a better husband and father. No amount of money could be buy me that!!!

"I drew this Spawn promo piece the very same day I quit Marvel. This was the FIRST full-fledged Spawn promo piece and the very FIRST piece that was ever printed for the PUBLIC with Spawn on it. Moral of the story ... follow your passions, good people."