Not even a month ago, a friend joked about how a plot we were working on resonated so strongly with the X-Men. We laughed about it for awhile, but after that, I started mulling over how heavily his comics have influenced me as a writer. Losing Stan Lee hit harder than I could have imagined. Even at the age of ninety-five, he's such an iconic, fantastic figure that it's hard to accept he's gone. In a way, he isn't. His legacy is so tremendous, I'm confident he'll be immortalized in future culture among the greats that inspired him, like Ernest Hemingway and Charles Dickens. Please feel free to share your favorite memory of Lee, whether it was a character that's meant a lot to you, an interview that inspired, or even a cameo that made you laugh.
Stan Lee wrote:
You can only do your best if you're doing what you like to do. If you try to write to please other people- you don't know other people. You think you do, but you don't. You know yourself, and if you write something that pleases yourself, then it can be genuine. If you can please yourself with what you do, there have to be other people with the same tastes. It's hard to write for someone else. It's easy to write for yourself.
When the first filmmaker to use jump cuts was warned it might confuse audiences, his response was "If it works for Charles Dickens it'll work for me." Just the same, I'm sure Stan Lee's influence will live on in ways we can't even dream of. My favorite thing about him was his pen name was born out of shame:
Wonder how long that lasted? We owe so much to a regular hard-working dude who thought comics were a dead-end fad, and he could even have been right until he and the Marvel Method changed everything. As inspirations go, Stan Lee's best story might be himself!
Stanley Martin Lieber wrote:
"I realized that people had no respect for comic books at all. Most parents didn't want their children to read comics. And I was a little embarrassed to be doing the work I did, and I figured someday I'll write the Great American Novel and I don't want to ruin my possibilities by having my name disliked this way. And I became Stan Lee."
I think what I like about Stan Lee so much, is the characters he and his company created, they were, well, human, you know? Yeah they would often be heroes, and villains too, like in DC comics, but unlike the icons DC heroes tended to be, Marvel heroes were far more capable of making mistakes of judgement, and villains often had a sympathetic motivation even if their methods weren't so admirable.
Just look at Magneto as a prime example--growing up firsthand in an environment that first persecuted him for being Jewish, and then a Mutant, yeah, who wouldn't be a bit bitter after all that? In the end his goal is to protect the oppressed people like himself, but he often takes it way too far.
In short, a complex, human, believable kind of character for the setting he's in.
Just look at Magneto as a prime example--growing up firsthand in an environment that first persecuted him for being Jewish, and then a Mutant, yeah, who wouldn't be a bit bitter after all that? In the end his goal is to protect the oppressed people like himself, but he often takes it way too far.
In short, a complex, human, believable kind of character for the setting he's in.
Wow, I just read through this and got chills down my spine.
What I loved about Stan was that he gave us multiple endings, changing our fates and his very relatable charecters. I love how you used magneto as an example! My favorite cameo is in deadpool 2 when he was the stripclub dj
. It makes me smile and chuckle every time I think about it. I admire that he never showed the public his fears, that even though he was dying he was still happy and brimming with ideas. I wish I could have met him, then again we probably do hehe
Stan Lee himself was a HERO! Excelsior!!!!!!
What I loved about Stan was that he gave us multiple endings, changing our fates and his very relatable charecters. I love how you used magneto as an example! My favorite cameo is in deadpool 2 when he was the stripclub dj
. It makes me smile and chuckle every time I think about it. I admire that he never showed the public his fears, that even though he was dying he was still happy and brimming with ideas. I wish I could have met him, then again we probably do heheStan Lee himself was a HERO! Excelsior!!!!!!
Subtleknifewielder wrote:
I think what I like about Stan Lee so much, is the characters he and his company created, they were, well, human, you know? Yeah they would often be heroes, and villains too, like in DC comics, but unlike the icons DC heroes tended to be, Marvel heroes were far more capable of making mistakes of judgement, and villains often had a sympathetic motivation even if their methods weren't so admirable.
Just look at Magneto as a prime example--growing up firsthand in an environment that first persecuted him for being Jewish, and then a Mutant, yeah, who wouldn't be a bit bitter after all that? In the end his goal is to protect the oppressed people like himself, but he often takes it way too far.
In short, a complex, human, believable kind of character for the setting he's in.
Just look at Magneto as a prime example--growing up firsthand in an environment that first persecuted him for being Jewish, and then a Mutant, yeah, who wouldn't be a bit bitter after all that? In the end his goal is to protect the oppressed people like himself, but he often takes it way too far.
In short, a complex, human, believable kind of character for the setting he's in.
Damien-Black42069 wrote:
Subtleknifewielder wrote:
I think what I like about Stan Lee so much, is the characters he and his company created, they were, well, human, you know? Yeah they would often be heroes, and villains too, like in DC comics, but unlike the icons DC heroes tended to be, Marvel heroes were far more capable of making mistakes of judgement, and villains often had a sympathetic motivation even if their methods weren't so admirable.
Just look at Magneto as a prime example--growing up firsthand in an environment that first persecuted him for being Jewish, and then a Mutant, yeah, who wouldn't be a bit bitter after all that? In the end his goal is to protect the oppressed people like himself, but he often takes it way too far.
In short, a complex, human, believable kind of character for the setting he's in.
Just look at Magneto as a prime example--growing up firsthand in an environment that first persecuted him for being Jewish, and then a Mutant, yeah, who wouldn't be a bit bitter after all that? In the end his goal is to protect the oppressed people like himself, but he often takes it way too far.
In short, a complex, human, believable kind of character for the setting he's in.
Also posting this pic cause I think it's relevant.
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