In case you have not heard, Stan Lee, the man who is responsible for every single cool thing in the Marvel Universe, passed away today at the age of 95.
You could learn a lot of life lessons from THE geek.
During a portion of those 95 years, Stan Lee made my life better.
I would imagine he has made many people's lives better.
When I was a child, I spent much of my time reading comic books, watching horribly animated Captain America, Spider-Man, Iron Man, Hulk and Thor cartoons and playing with Mego Action Figures of the heroes and villains Stan Lee had created. Those are by far the most evocative memories of my youth. Thank you Stan Lee.
When I was 8 my dad took me to a convenience store to meet Spider-Man. I still remember believing it really was the famous web-slinger and watching in awe as he signed my over sized comic book. Because my dad died a little over a year later, I don't have too many other vivid memories of things we did... but I have that. Thank you Stan Lee.
As I grew older I still read a few comic books and watched all the made for TV comic book movies (including Nick Fury starring David Hasslehoff... yes that exists). Although not as significant as my childhood memories, it was still fun during a time when I was quite depressed. Any fun was important. Thank you Stan Lee.
In college I passed many hours working at an empty shoe store in a completely dead mall by falling back in love with comic books. Thank you Stan Lee.
Now that I am a dad, my wife, kids and I have a tradition of seeing every Marvel movie on opening weekend. During the weeks leading up to their release, we watch trailers and talk about what we think might happen. Afterwards we dissect every detail. My family bonds over Marvel movies. Thank you Stan Lee.
Although I am getting a little choked up, all of this pales in comparison to what Stan Lee has done for so many others. In the 1960's, Stan Lee decided he had enough of the superficial nonsense that was being produced in comic books. He wanted to tell real stories... that happened to feature people with supernatural powers. So he brought us The Fantastic Four. This group had real problems and had real disagreements just like real people. They weren't perfect... they were real.
He also realized that real meant that heroes come in all shapes and sizes... just like people. Perhaps some heroes were women. Others were blind. Many were not white Europeans. At least one very powerful one used a wheel chair. A hero may be gay. He may be Autistic. Heroes might be rich or poor. They could be young or old. They could be you or me.
Stan Lee started something else in the 1960's that he continued throughout his career. He used his fame and his comic books as a platform to speak out for what is right. He did this by writing a column called "Stan's Soapbox" that he included in the back of Marvel comics.
Almost exactly 50 years ago, Stan Lee had the balls to print something that was not going to make him popular. But as any kindergarten teacher can tell you, what is popular is not always right.
In the December 1968 installment of "Stan's Soapbox", Stan Lee penned this message and signed it for all the world to see.
It seems that Stan Lee believed that "With great power comes great responsibility".
What a man who created such wonderful character for millions of people to love and enjoy over many, many decades.
RIP Mr. Lee
R.I.P Stan, what an amazing man :)
I have always loved Marvel Comics , and could not wait till the Movie Producers got jacked up enough to do it properly! The first DVD I owned was XMen. My Son, Wayne and myself never miss a New Marvel Movie., Thank you for this, I had never read his Soapbox before. Great Post.
Praying for Rest In Peace. I've saw him on History Channel, really unfortunate to hear about this news.
Stay Blessed @hanshotfirst.
Condolonces to Stan Lee's family, friends and fans. The next Marvel movie cameos will be like Grand Moff Tarkin apperance in Rogue One. 😢
I would not be surprised if he put a bunch in a can so he can carry on. The guy was pretty funny.
I was never a comic book reader, and I rarely watched superhero cartoons on TV, but Stan Lee is a sort of omnipresent influence on everyone who has had much encounter with pop culture and geek culture alike for decades, and I think this influence was a good one.
I think so too. And so much fun!
I read a beautiful thank-you publication, how good to find this on this platform. I feel that you are hurt by the loss of Stan Lee and I understand that yes by the memory you keep of your father and by all the moments lived with his comics. Well, the death of an artist is simple physical disappearance because he and all his work will transcend in time, friend @hanshotfirst, will be unforgettable, be sure.
Great point that his work and influence will live on.
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Now sorry to interrupt this post Han - yes Stan Lee will be missed.
I am a big Spiderman fan... thank you Stan Lee, we will always have the memories. RIP
Stan lee was man that made tons of lives happier. Many people grew up with his heroes either by comics,cartoons,movies and had great times. I will agree with the values he passed as you mentioned too and i wanna add that he is the epitome of success for me.
He is a man that did what he loves, made tons of money because of this, stick to his values, made many people happy and lived till 95 and not like some other famous people that die at 25 because of drugs and alcohol
I am sure that there would emerge soon in the future another Stan Lee and will give us the best of animated entertainment that we all want @hanshotfirst
RIP Mr. Lee
Great post. This guy deserves all the honors.
I learned something new in your post:
Honestly, I am glad i did not watch that one.
I think that what Lee and his generation of creativos did is worthy of all our praise and admiration. They created a whole culture and saw the potential (both finantially and culturally) for the not so far future.
Of course, Lee was lucky enough to live long enough to see all that materialized. The lives of many people have been more fun thanks to him; the comic book as an art form is more respected thanks to him and many issues derived from comic books plots (historical, political, scientific, social) are now mainstream thanks to him and his generation.
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Very nice... I love drawing.. I draw manga... Still study 🙇
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Interesting. So when you the Partiko app it isn't posting through it on comments?
It appears that if the recipient is not logged into Partiko, they get a message on their most recent post. Nice way to advertise I must say.
Very good post ,i like it much ,you tell us about yours life experinece that it would be great , i appreciate.
Wow what a man .....
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