Η Ψύχραιμη Αλήθεια Πίσω Από Το Φαινόμενο Stan Lee
Διαβασμένος, με σαφή άποψη για τα πράγματα, κυρίως όμως με ψύχραιμη ματιά, ο αρθρογράφος του Comics Alliance, Chris Sims, επιχειρεί να “ακτινογραφήσει” το φαινόμενο Stan Lee και με επιχειρήματα να πάρει αποστάσεις από τις δύο ακραίες απόψεις που θέλουν τον Lee είτε να είναι ένα ανικανοποίητο, υπερ-φιλόδοξο ανθρωπάκι είτε ένας χαρισματικός καινοτόμος.
Το άρθρο αναδημοσίευσε το BUSINESS INSIDER και οι παράλληλες συζητήσεις που έχουν ξεκινήσει τόσο στο ένα site όσο και στο άλλο, έχουν το δικό τους ξεχωριστό ενδιαφέρον.
Ακολουθούν ενδεικτικά αποσπάσματα, από ένα ιστορικό άρθρο που πραγματικά αξίζει να διαβάσετε ολόκληρο!
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There’s a huge segment of die-hard fans and creators that fall all over themselves to minimize his contributions in favor of glorifying Kirby, and it’s easy to see why: It’s literally impossible to overstate Kirby’s contributions, and he’s the one who never got the attention that Lee’s been reveling in for the past fifty years. But to claim that Lee wasn’t a vital ingredient in those early years of Marvel, or that he didn’t have value as a figurehead for the company well after he finally handed Amazing Spider-Man off to Gerry Conway is a disservice to both men, and it’s something history doesn’t really support.
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Kirby would often write dialogue in the margins that Lee would incorporate into his script, and at the time of Amazing Spider-Man #33 — the single greatest Marvel Comic ever printed — Lee and Ditko were in the middle of the period where they didn’t speak to each other for years while collaborating on one of the most popular comics being published. In that case, I assume the art would arrive and Stan actually would just dialogue it and send it off to Artie Simek for lettering.
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It’s easy to look back on Lee-the-Writer and dismiss him, especially given the past 30 years of stunt projects with the Stan Lee name emblazoned on the cover.
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…if that’s all he did, it’s still a pretty impressive contribution to the medium. But the thing is, that’s not all he did. Not by a long shot. Stan Lee’s greatest talent, for good or ill, was never writing comics, or even editing them. It was promotion.
if that’s all he did, it’s still a pretty impressive contribution to the medium. But the thing is, that’s not all he did. Not by a long shot. Stan Lee’s greatest talent, for good or ill, was never writing comics, or even editing them. It was promotion.
