Hollywood Thinks Stan Lee's Marvelous, Gives Him Star on Walk of Fame

[Elizabeth Grunewald]

Hollywood Thinks Stan Lee's Marvelous, Gives Him Star on Walk of Fame

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The Spider-Man creator will hold the 2,428th star on Hollywood's fabled walk.

Stan Lee, creator and co-creator of such classic Marvel comic book characters as Spider-Man, the Hulk, Iron Man, the X-Men, and the Fantastic Four, will receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The Generalissimo, as he calls himself in his seemingly never-ending Tweets [http://twitter.com/#!/TheRealStanLee], recently turned 88 years old, and has been working in the comic book industry for 70 years.

Lee, talking to CNN in front of a giant portrait of himself, marveled, "I never thought it would happen... What took them so long with me?" In discussing his work, Lee takes on a bit of a parental air, saying, "I guess Spider-Man is my favorite, because he's the most popular, and he's known and loved worldwide, but I really love them all, and whichever one I was writing at the moment, that was my favorite." Lee expresses both mild incredulity at the longevity of his creations and a desire that the writers and artists of the future continue to take care in handling these characters.

CNN reports that Lee's star is the 2,428th to be added to the Walk of Fame. Excelsior!

Source: Blastr [http://www.cnn.com/2011/SHOWBIZ/celebrity.news.gossip/01/03/stan.lee.star/?hpt=C2]

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[The_root_of_all_evil]

Well deserved imho. Kirby and Dikto should get artists recognition, but Stan was to Marvel what Bill was to Microsoft.

 

[laryri]

I say that the movie continuity should be officially recognized as Earth-2428 of the Marvel Multiverse.

 

[Celtic_Kerr]

Congrats to him! This is pretty awesome news indeed

 

[Imp Poster]

He certainly deserves to be there. He may not have been famous until recently, but he created alot of famous characters.

 

[Tomtitan]

Random thought: wouldn't Stan Lee be the most awesome person to have as a grandfather?

 

[Cheesebob]

Random thought: wouldn't Stan Lee be the most awesome person to have as a grandfather?

He would tell the best stories at bed time

 

[Mr. Omega]

It's about damn time!! I also second the motion of Kirby and Dikto getting their own stars. Excelsior!

 

[Urgh76]

Wait.... he wasn't already on?

 

[Salem_Wolf]

I think he really deserves this, he's been a massive influence on the comic book and superhero genre, and with most of his characters with high ratings and acclaim, he can be one of the few producers with such an achievement.

I say that the movie continuity should be officially recognized as Earth-2428 of the Marvel Multiverse.

Amen to that!

 

[MrSnugglesworth]

My brother will be so happy.

 

[Kiba The Wolf]

Hooray! About time. Stan "The Man" Lee is a God

 

[Scarim Coral]

He deserve it since that will shut him up wanting the Oscar to create a cameo award for him to be nominated he mention ages ago (I joking). As I said it already he deserves it since although he looks great but he won't be alive forever (I will be sad on the day he passed away).

 

[Nouw]

He deserves such a place, good on him! Sad to see him being 88, c'mon Stan! Live forever!

 

[Onyx Oblivion]

That's a lot of stars.

Make Stan Lee's extra large!

 

[Therumancer]

Good to see a monument being erected to him that way. As odd as it sounds, I honestly think it's not enough.

I'd argue that Stan Lee goes beyond the characters he created, or the financial success. I think he very much helped to make comics, the whole "sequential art" style of them, into the major creative medium they are today. He wasn't unique in this respect, but one of the biggest forces.

I won't say he's beyond criticism, as he's not, I think he's as much if not more of a businessman than a true "artist", especially nowadays. Even so, I think his contributions should at least warrent a public statue, or a guaranteed place in various international museums as being highly influential to global art and culture.

I think my life would have been much poorer without him and his creations, comics and the escapism they provided have gotten me through some very rough times, especially early on.

 

[samsonguy920]

Well it is about clobberin' time!

 

[emeraldrafael]

Seems about time, considering what a giant he is in his medium, and the success his comics have brought Hollywood.

I think its nice to see people like Lee getting acknowledged like that.

 

[Mrsoupcup]

Well it is about clobberin' time!

HA, I knew the puns were gonna come XD