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Stan Lee Celebrates 90th Birthday
An anonymous reader writes "Congratulatory tweets and missives pour in to honor @theRealStanLee (nee Stanley Lieber), the Romanian immigrant who created or co-created most of Marvel Comics' memorable heroes. Lee celebrated his 90th birthday on Friday. Earlier this year, someone posted a collection of Lee's cameo appearances in Marvel Comics movies, often playing an older gentleman in the crowd ('Superheroes in New York? Give me a break!'), but watch for the time he plays himself, trying to get past a club bouncer ('I'm Stan Lee. I should be on that list!')."
I don't read comic books, but hey its a pretty big milestone so here's to you bud!
Thanks for all the entertainment and inspiration.
With great age comes great responsibility.
Happy 90th birthday, Mr. Lee!
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@theRealStanLee (nee Stanley Lieber), the Romanian immigrant who created or co-created most of Marvel Comics' memorable heroes.
While Stan Lee has Jewish-Romanian ancestry, he is definitely not an immigrant. He was born in 1922 on American soil, in New York City.
Catalin Braescu
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I met and interviewed Stan Lee at a comic convention in Phoenix back in the eighties. He was gracious to a fault, gave freely and willingly of his time, and paid me several compliments about my comics insight and experience. I only wish I still had that VHS footage, including some interesting time with an up-and comer at the time named Chris Claremont. I had bumped into Stan in a chance elevator ride and managed to babble a request for an interview, which he accepted without hesitation. Just tonight I read his Origins of Marvel Comics, front-to-back, and am reminded of his highly colorful literary style, his extremely imaginative and creative mind, and how much (at least in 1975) credit he was willing to share with Jack Kirby, co-creator of many of those same superheroes. It was a bit of a shock to read that after working with Jack to come up with the character of Galactus, the planet eating superfoe, and deciding what needed to be drawn on the pages, that Jack had, of his own volition and invention, introduced the "required" herald for the big guy, a character we've come to know as Silver Surfer. Stan, you are a force of nature, and the people's lives you've so willingly touched are changed forever. I know I was, and I know that I love this fellow we call Stan Lee. I wish him all the best now, and in the next phase of his existence (where there are likely no typewriters or word processors). Stan showed me that being creative and passionate is the duty of the intelligent mind, and in his honor I will always say "Excelsior!" MARK STRELECKI Atlanta, GA. USA
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Stan is the best there is at what he does, and what he does is stand on the sholders of giants.
Ever read anything Stan Lee has said? The guy's an A-number-one asshole of the lowest order. I wish people would just stop with the hero worship.
Come on, who doesn't love this guy's filmography?
"You boys may have gotten autographed comics from Stan Lee, but I saw the inside of his house and got an autographed application for a restraining order."
" Plus, I get to hang out with him again at the hearing."
- Sheldon, ("The Excelsior Acquisition" episode).
This is pretty messed up... where is the creative control now? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/9767988/Peter-Parker-the-alter-ego-of-Spider-Man-killed-off.html
You know who else has died? Pretty much everyone. Superman, Batman, Captain America, etc.
Stan is the best there is at what he does
Fuck Jack Kirby's wife? No but seriously, he does get more credit than what he deserves, specially with Spider-Man's creation.
Who cares if he had a big penis ?
Tucci?
He is bald, but surely not 90.
- Penny.
It isn't correct to say that Stan "created or co-created" those characters. It is "co-created" in every instance. The artist who designs the appearance of a comics character is as essential to the process of creating it as the writer. Since Stan is not an artist, and has never claimed to have designed the visuals of the characters, he hasn't simply "created" any of them.
He's an enormously imaginative and influential creative force, without whom the American comics industry would be very different, and his vitality and charm at 90 is a testament to him as a person. There's no need to pad his résumé by denying the roles of Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, and every other artist he has worked with over the decades, as co-creators of the characters they jointly brought into being.
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Funky Flashman LIVES!
(he lives off of the corpse of Jack THE KING Kirby, to this DAY he feeds on that Flesh!)
Jack Kirby was the William Blake of the 20th Century. Stan Lee is nothing but a pimp.
As well as 1/2 a century or so of stories that inspired me as a boy, as well as increasing my vocabulary & spelling as a child (enough to have been a national spelling bee contestant that went pretty far into the game there).
* The most amazing part is the fact that those same stories have become films that "top the charts" year after year (lol, I was "living for" seeing "The Avengers" & loved it).
My mother hated them, just as she did Sci-Fi (which my Dad also inspired me to get into to boost my reading & what-not noted above)...
In the end?
Oh man, boy - Was SHE 'wrong': Look @ how they "tookoff" from earlier 21st century onward in film!
I also got a LOT of exercise from comics, believe it or not - How?
Well - I did, since I used to bike out to a store MANY miles from my home, & time it with a stopwatch... that's right!
I.E.-> I wanted to see if I could better my best time, & to see what my average was over time as well!
(This went on for years, & so much so, I was able to "lap" my sports teammates + outsprint them, even winning my elementary school olympics over my long-time rival, a black fellow whom I was friends with too though, in the 100 yd. dash (who later ended up being the fastest from that highschool district in that sprint iirc, & one hell of a football player too)).
In the end?
Comics were a BIG help I am sure, for my being able to get to a great college with a LOT of scholarship aid on both the academic & athletic fronts (Lacrosse, for which my alma mater #1's a national or divisional champ year in & year out in -> http://www.lemoynedolphins.com/sports/mlax/history/mlaxletterwinners 1985, letter "K" )
APK
P.S.=> Never forget my Dad picking me up a copy of "The Incredible Hulk" comic series when I was a small kid @ the age of 5, to get me into reading BEFORE school really started (past kindergarten)... lol, though he *might* have regretted all of my 'nagging' him with questions like "What's this word mean Dad?" or "What are they saying in THIS 'balloon' here Dad?" (ah, memories... ones that changed MY life, & I am certain that of many others, for the better)...
... apk
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Oddly enough - per my subject-line above, & not just academically, but also athletically as well!
* Jack "the King" Kirby was a great artist too, nobody could draw "IRON MAN" like him I felt... especially when I read "The Mighty Avengers Issue #15" -> http://littlestuffedbull.com/images/comics/zemo/avengers15.jpg (& I am fairly sure he did the cover art, but Don Heck did my fav. battle scene of those days, Iron Man vs. the Melter).
APK
P.S.=> However - it was REALLY THE INKERS that made The late Mr. Kirby "shine", especially Joe Sinnott (these are the TRUE artists really, that make good artists GREAT ones - who OUGHT to get more credit really, but are in the shadow of Mr. Kirby instead)... apk
Stan is not a girl: "né".
Happy birthday, Stan!
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* He was always "sounding off" in notes in his comics (& of course there was the std. "Stan Lee presents" too...)
(He presented tales that are now CHART-TOPPING FILMS year in & year out currently + for quite a while now as well (quite the accomplishment, along with the rest of the 'bullpen' as they were called... have you done better?))
APK
P.S.=> Comic books helped to change my life FOR THE BETTER, & @ a fundamental level, both ACADEMICALLY & also, believe-it-or-not, ATHLETICALLY later as well (due to my riding MILES to get them, & candy, as a boy)...
... apk
As well as results academically + athletically too (from the fundamentals comics gave me) -> http://entertainment.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3347977&cid=42425967
ABSOLUTELY AGREED #1 of 2 - changed for the BETTER, forever:
"Stan, you are a force of nature, and the people's lives you've so willingly touched are changed forever. I know I was, and I know that I love this fellow we call Stan Lee. I wish him all the best now, and in the next phase of his existence" - by markstrelecki (1378435) on Sunday December 30, @02:49AM (#42424945) Homepage
Yes, absolutely - they inspired me @ a fundamental level both academically & believe-it-or-not, athletically also, with "proofs thereof" in the links below as well!
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ABSOLUTELY AGREED #2 of 2 - changed for the BETTER, forever:
"Stan showed me that being creative and passionate is the duty of the intelligent mind, and in his honor I will always say "Excelsior!" MARK STRELECKI Atlanta, GA. USA" - by markstrelecki (1378435) on Sunday December 30, @02:49AM (#42424945) Homepage
Agreed #2 - Since when the malware 'explosion' started 'hitting' bad, 2008 onwards? I re-released this security guide for Windows users, MUCH upgraded (& said it was folks' "IRON MAN ARMOR" online per the great film starring Robert Downey Jr. -> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&tbo=d&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&q=%22HOW+TO+SECURE+Windows+2000/XP%22&btnG=Submit&gbv=1&sei=lF_gULeDA-nO0QHFmoDYAw
(MAINLY to "do the right thing" - which is WHAT comics instill in you 'morally' I felt @ least)...
Then also?
Last year, this as well -> http://start64.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5851:apk-hosts-file-engine-64bit-version&catid=26:64bit-security-software&Itemid=74
(As folks' "Captain America Shield" online, more-or-less, for lack of a better analogy here, after seeing the excellent film "Captain America: The First Avenger" - just to supplement the security guide above & make the end result output EASY to acquire & build for them - ALL for better speed, reliability, SECURITY MOST OF ALL, & lots more also... )
The films "Captain America", "Iron Man", & "The Avengers" helped 'reinspire me' to re-enter the freeware software circuit again (after a 7++ yr. absence thereof)...
Mainly since things are getting SO bad online with exploits galore, & because of comics? Yes, because of them early on, I have the ability to hopefully help change them to a degree, & hopefully, for the better (and comics provided the means @ a fundamental level, to get to where I had to be, to acquire the ability to do so).
They also helped me morally as well. They are about "doing the right thing" largely, in their tales!
APK
P.S.=> Yes, Comics inspired me as a both & helped me academically, HUGELY, & even athletically... even morally (since to get them, I had to bicycle MANY miles to do so, along with candy too of course, lol)...
... apk
Not sure why Marvel comics are my favorite, even though I do like others. Spider-man, Ice-man, The Hulk, The Thing, Juggernaught, and Sabertooth, my favorite comics book characters. All Marvel.
Happy Birthday, and hopefully you will have many more.
thanks!
Be seeing you...
Nothing more & no "major player" (I wouldn't want to be in THIS arena, not really)...
However, & again: Comics were VERY GOOD to me, especially in the "long haul" via providing me "building block fundamentals" in better spelling, reading, & interest in the sciences (to an extent here, specifically computer sciences which are changing the world).
* Per my subject-line above - Albeit, a "regular guy" truly *TRYING* to do 'the right thing' (which as I stated in my posts here today - comics help instill as well, especially in youngsters, early on, when it matters most when your 'foundations' are being built on many a level).
That's all!
APK
P.S.=> Lots of trolls on this page here today, & the others (man, they DO get up early in the a.m. I've noted, lol, or are from diff. timezones)... I hope you're not 1 of them!
... apk
'Nuff said.
Stan is the best there is at what he does, and what he does is stand on the sholders of giants.
For every Marvel Comics there are hundreds of would-be authors and artists who never got into distribution.
Marvel and DC were major successes while most of the rest petered out or were acquired. The business is equally as important as the story and artwork if the goal is to get the comics into readers' hands.
My God, it's Full of Source!
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Your reply was late too - ok: Here goes! Well, if you're doing better than Stan Lee?
(I know he has 'foundations', which means he has BIG money, since I worked with a company that helps establish those, for tax breaks of course & PERHAPS a bit of good will too)
?
Then, YOU ARE RICH!
(Must be!)
* What, I must ask, is it you find SO 'repugnant' about him?
APK
P.S.=> Specifics & 'enlighten me': He may have had to be a pisspot @ times, because you CANNOT BE A 'nice guy' & be successful in business or rather... @ least I've never seen it!
(E.G.-> Google & "Don't be Evil"? Come on, they pull their share of shit too, & probably have to, since the competition does, it forces their hand), but I have YET to see him make me say "Holy Heck I was ALL WRONG about the man!"... now, above all else?
I also don't expect a man to have "zero skeletons" in his closet, or things he may have done he'll regret forever... we ALL have those, & IF YOU DON'T? Give it time... you will. It's life...
Anyhow/anyways - Get back to me...
... apk