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Post by D. Golightly on Nov 13, 2018 8:44:54 GMT -5
Stan's passing bums me out for a variety of reasons, the most important of which is that he connected my childhood. As with most kids in the late 80s who were obsessed with comics, I wasn't really one of the cool kids. Then there was a death in my family, my parents got divorced, and I moved. A new school was hard enough to deal with, let alone with all of the other baggage I was carrying as a kid.
Comics were escapism for me in its purest form. When I started at the new school in 2nd grade it was an anticipated adjustment, but I soon discovered a small group of kids who also loved comics as much as me. It helped break the ice. I began to feel accepted by someone.
But it was more than just a shared interest in comics. Everyone knew who Spider-Man and Wolverine was back then, but not everything knew Walt Simonson, Steve Ditko, or Stan Lee. We talked just as much about the Marvel creators as we did the comics themselves.
I've always admired Stan Lee not just for the creativity he shared and inspired in others, but also for just being a talking point for me and my friends. Through the years, whenever I would see an interview with Stan Lee I would often recall various conversations I had as a kid with new friends during a tough time in my life.
I'll miss Stan.
But I'll always have those memories that seem so personal, even though I never actually met him.
"Face front, true believers!"
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Post by claypot on Nov 13, 2018 10:36:30 GMT -5
One of my favorite funny Stan Lee moments was in his first guest appearance on the Simpsons where Stan tries to stuff a Thing action figure into the Batmobile from Batman 66'.
BART: Stan Lee's still here.
COMIC BOOK GUY: Stan Lee never left.
Another favorite scene from the same episode is where Homer gets green paint on him while chasing Bart while growling until he looks like the Hulk, as Stan Lee comes out of the comic book store.
STAN LEE: No, I'm the Hulk.
Yes, even his cameo in Teen Titans Go To The Movies was funny.
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Post by travis on Nov 13, 2018 11:33:10 GMT -5
One of the earliest memories I have of reading is a Fantastic Four comic.
Comics were a big part of why I'm an avid reader, why I'm a writer. Comics were my gateway drug, the spark that jumpstarted my young imagination.
I too was one of the geeky kids ( I know, you're shocked) and ended up marrying a geeky kid, and we have raised the next generation of geeky kids and launched them into the world.
Never got the chance to meet Stan, but he was always a part of my life.
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