Post by Icefanatic on Nov 12, 2018 17:43:18 GMT -5
Before I start with Stan, let me note that I haven't been posting for about a week because I have been down with a horrible case of the flu which I am just starting to get over. I honestly don't feel up to doing this justice right now, but I couldn't let Stan pass and not mark it as best I can.
www.nytimes.com/2018/11/12/obituaries/stan-lee-dead.html
Stan Lee...writer, editor, publisher, modern legend and icon...passed away earlier today at age 95. Stan created and detailed the adventures of many of the characters that define Marvel Comics to it's decades of fans...Spider-Man, the X-Men, the Fantastic Four, Iron Man, the Hulk, Thor and many, many other. Under Lee, the world experienced what became known as "The Marvel Revolution", as Stan created characters plagued with self-doubts and neuroses...in comics that held an awareness of modern issues and social causes and often still full of humor and fun...changing comic forever and Boosting Marvel to a mountain of popularity.
Lee was an effective pitchman, often called comic's answer to P. T. Barnum for things like “Face front, true believer!”. In a 2003 article from the The Los Angeles Times, Lee said: “I wanted the reader to feel we were all friends, that we were sharing some private fun that the outside world wasn’t aware of.” That was certainly how I experienced Marvel Comics for decades.
Indeed, my first awareness of Stan Lee was his work as the voice-over narrator for the Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends cartoon, which also introduced me to the Marvel Universe. Stan was, to me, like some kind uncle looking to take his favorite nephew and any other neighborhood kids who wanted to come along off on some grand adventure.
Stan wasn't perfect, he made mistakes. Probably his biggest criticism was that he didn't give enough credit to his artists, something Stan actually put a lot of effort into correcting later on...along with trying to end bitter feuds and make peace with some former colleagues like Jack Kirby.
At the end of his life, following the death of he wife Joan...with his advanced age and declining health, Stan fell afoul of predatory people looking to take advantage of him and suffered for it. Finally returned to the care of his daughter, Stan said at the end he felt "happy and safe".
I've known for years that Stan Lee meant a lot to me, but until I sat here, alternately crying and coughing as I wrote this, I truly didn't realize just how much. You gave me and so many others so very much, Stan. Thank you!
Excelsior!
Icefanatic
www.nytimes.com/2018/11/12/obituaries/stan-lee-dead.html
Stan Lee...writer, editor, publisher, modern legend and icon...passed away earlier today at age 95. Stan created and detailed the adventures of many of the characters that define Marvel Comics to it's decades of fans...Spider-Man, the X-Men, the Fantastic Four, Iron Man, the Hulk, Thor and many, many other. Under Lee, the world experienced what became known as "The Marvel Revolution", as Stan created characters plagued with self-doubts and neuroses...in comics that held an awareness of modern issues and social causes and often still full of humor and fun...changing comic forever and Boosting Marvel to a mountain of popularity.
Lee was an effective pitchman, often called comic's answer to P. T. Barnum for things like “Face front, true believer!”. In a 2003 article from the The Los Angeles Times, Lee said: “I wanted the reader to feel we were all friends, that we were sharing some private fun that the outside world wasn’t aware of.” That was certainly how I experienced Marvel Comics for decades.
Indeed, my first awareness of Stan Lee was his work as the voice-over narrator for the Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends cartoon, which also introduced me to the Marvel Universe. Stan was, to me, like some kind uncle looking to take his favorite nephew and any other neighborhood kids who wanted to come along off on some grand adventure.
Stan wasn't perfect, he made mistakes. Probably his biggest criticism was that he didn't give enough credit to his artists, something Stan actually put a lot of effort into correcting later on...along with trying to end bitter feuds and make peace with some former colleagues like Jack Kirby.
At the end of his life, following the death of he wife Joan...with his advanced age and declining health, Stan fell afoul of predatory people looking to take advantage of him and suffered for it. Finally returned to the care of his daughter, Stan said at the end he felt "happy and safe".
I've known for years that Stan Lee meant a lot to me, but until I sat here, alternately crying and coughing as I wrote this, I truly didn't realize just how much. You gave me and so many others so very much, Stan. Thank you!
Excelsior!
Icefanatic
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