Tuesday, November 13, 2018

Stan Lee Is Gone

     He wasn't young -- 95?  Few people ever get there -- and I wasn't a huge fan of comicbooks* and yet--  It's surprisingly saddening.  The guy who wrote those funny/snarky things in the back of the better comics and signed off with "Excelsior," gone?  The fellow who put in a cameo in movies featuring characters from magazines he edited, always there in the background, no more?

     It's painful.  I'm going to miss him. A little of my childhood goes with him.  A little of a lot of people's childhoods goes with him.

     Godspeed.
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* His preferred version of the word, according to some sources. 

2 comments:

Paul said...

yes, he will be missed. Although some of the movies he made of late, not sure. Now the fight over the estate.

Ken said...

He had a good long run, and did durn good work.

Ave atque vale...and excelsior.