By: Heidi MacDonald,
on 2/8/2013
Stan Lee at home in the early 1950s. “Always wrote standing up—good for the figure—and always faced the sun—good for the suntan!”
By: Heidi MacDonald,
on 4/24/2012
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By: Heidi MacDonald,
on 10/27/2011
What is a day in the life of Stan Lee like? Judging by the PR wire, as soon as he gets out of bed he asks himself “Whom shall I pact with today, True Believer?” and his people call some other people, and POW! a pact is born!
This week’s pact is with Former Disney chairman Michael Eisner’s Vuguru, one of those shadowy multi-media companies that sits around and thinks about stuff. And sure enough, Stan will now help them createmore stuff.
Michael Eisner’s independent digital studio Vuguru and comic legend Stan Lee’s POW! Entertainment Inc. have partnered to produce original content across multiple platforms. Details of the deal, announced today, did not specify if any existing Lee properties will be involved.
Though they cannot think of better partners, they can surely think of OTHER partners. In recent month’s Stan pacted with 1821 Comics for ROMEO AND JULIET: THE WAR and a whole line of kid’s entertainment.
“We’re not on a crusade of any sort. Our main purpose is we feel that there aren’t enough comic books or books for kids that really hit the target, that is that gives them excitement and humor together and are filled with surprises,” Lee said. “And have a whole new group of new characters that the kids can call their own, just as the teenagers called Spider-Man their own so many years ago.”
The first books under the imprint will include “Monsters Vs. Kittens,” from writer and artist Dani Jones, and “Once Upon a Time” in 2012, followed by “The Fuzz Posse,” ”Reggie the Veggie Crocodile” and “The Animal Band.”
After the pacting comes the thinking, and thus such things as “Reggie the Veggie Crocodile.”
Recently, Stan pacted with MTV for a contest where people could get the chance to make their own pact with Stan by working on this concept.
Before that, Stan and POW! pacted with Ricco Capital Holdings and Fidelis Entertainment to create Magic Storm Entertainment, a film entity that will think up film stuff for the world — and China. Hope this stuff doesn’t compete with the Vuguru stuff!
And Stan also teamed with Todd McFarlane and androg
I wonder what other habits are employed by writers? Some claim they write better when facing a certain direction, or they have to wear certain clothing, certain times of day, etc.
Somehow it makes a lot of sense.
Writing while completely naked seems to have worked fine for Warren Ellis so far
Lee’s stated age and the “early ’50s” date are obviously wrong on that picture. The beard sideburns and sunglasses are a dead giveaway the photo dates to the ’60s. Probably the late ’60s by which time John Romita, Roy Thomas, and others have said Lee only came into the Marvel offices roughly three days a week.
From the Comics Beat page.
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Stan has said he typed standing up because he feared getting a “fat belly” if he sat while he typed all day.
And I agree the photo is probably from the late ’60s.
Looks 50′s era beatnik look to me!
Stan didn’t look like a beatnik in the 1950s. That photo’s got to be from the late 60s.
“Writing while completely naked seems to have worked fine for Warren Ellis so far.”
Maybe for him, but the other customers at the pub are beginning to complain.
“Stan didn’t look like a beatnik in the 1950s.”
No, Stan looked like Jack Lemmon in “The Apartment” in the ’50s.