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2018 Dead Pool
| November 12th, 2018 at 11:19:15 AM permalink | |
| Dalex64 Member since: Mar 8, 2014 Threads: 3 Posts: 3687 | Stan Lee, 95 "Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts." Daniel Patrick Moynihan |
| November 12th, 2018 at 12:20:03 PM permalink | |
| Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 23, 2012 Threads: 239 Posts: 6095 |
Shoot. I'm sure my fellow nerds are mourning his loss. No disrespect to the departed, but comic books were never my cup of tea. Knowledge is Good -- Emil Faber |
| November 12th, 2018 at 12:43:50 PM permalink | |
| Dalex64 Member since: Mar 8, 2014 Threads: 3 Posts: 3687 |
That would have been neat. The NPR news item mentioned that he never tried to monetize the voice of HAL. "Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts." Daniel Patrick Moynihan |
| November 12th, 2018 at 12:44:57 PM permalink | |
| Dalex64 Member since: Mar 8, 2014 Threads: 3 Posts: 3687 |
Same here. A bunch of the Marvel movies I can take or leave, too - I like them or not for their action and movie-ness, not their marvel-ness. My facebook feed is full of Stan Lee posts from my friends, though - I already knew he was big with them. "Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts." Daniel Patrick Moynihan |
| November 12th, 2018 at 1:17:31 PM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 |
It's all I read until I discovered The Hardy Boys at age 11. I loved comic books, they gave me the love of reading. That and my dad and grandfather and great grandfather all read constantly. Sit in their rockers with big magnifying glasses and read for hours every evening.  If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
| November 13th, 2018 at 12:11:14 AM permalink | |
| Ayecarumba Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 89 Posts: 1744 | His creations are classic. Jack Kirby deserves as much credit, but Stan’s was the “voice” you heard in your head when you read a Marvel comic. It’s too bad that his family squbbled over his care and management of his significant financial interests after his dementia got bad. It spoils his legacy as a maverick artist defending the everyday hero. |
| November 13th, 2018 at 6:00:13 AM permalink | |
| DRich Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 51 Posts: 4961 |
I was an outcast amongst my peer computer nerd friends because I never read a comic book, never watched any super hero movies, thought Star Trek and Star Wars were awful, and I watched sports passionately. At my age a Life In Prison sentence is not much of a detrrent. |
| November 13th, 2018 at 7:29:02 AM permalink | |
| terapined Member since: Aug 6, 2014 Threads: 73 Posts: 11791 | I grew up on Comic books but never got into Stan Lee stuff Real young, was into all the Archie comics Later got into superman, batman universe Then transitioned to war comics such as Sgt Rock After that grew up a bit and got into science fiction Sometimes we live no particular way but our own - Grateful Dead "Eyes of the World" |
| November 13th, 2018 at 8:02:41 AM permalink | |
| Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 23, 2012 Threads: 239 Posts: 6095 | The only comic I followed, and not very religiously, was Richie Rich.  Knowledge is Good -- Emil Faber |
| November 13th, 2018 at 10:23:37 AM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 |
I loved RR and Nancy and Dennis the Menace and Archie and Superman and Batman and Supergirl and so many others. My library had a free exchange, trade one comic for another. So I always had a fresh supply. Give me a stack of comics and a summer day and I was happy as a clam.. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |