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PHOTOS: The Faces Behind Your Favorite Comic Books

Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Stan Lee, Irwin Hasen, Art Spiegelman, Comic Book Writers, Joe Simon, Slidewide, Leaping Tall Buildings, Comic Book, Alex Ross, Frank Miller, Video, Books News

Superheros are often maligned as being only for children and geeks; "Leaping Tall Buildings: The Origins of American Comics" (powerHouse Books, $35), ...

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This Week In Indie Cinema: Spurlock Takes On Comic Cons

The Huffington Post | Christiana Lilly | Posted 05.21.2012

Comic book fans, rejoice! This week at O Cinema, the theater is hosting a comic con experience of its own with the screening of popular comic books tu...

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Stan Lee: 'I’ve Never Stopped Feeling Like A Kid'

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucy Blodgett | Posted 04.28.2012

Read More: Iron Man, Stan Lee, My La, POW! Entertainment, Stan Lee Comic Book, Stan Lee Interview, Marvel Comics, Video, The Avengers, Marvel, With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story, Marvel Movies, Stan Lee the Avengers, Stan Lee Creates, Los Angeles News

Stan Lee is not only the co-creater of Spider-Man, The Fantastic Four, The Incredible Hulk, X-Men and Iron Man (to name a few), but he is also a true ...

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Mighty Movie Podcast: Morgan Spurlock on Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope

Dan Persons | Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: Stan Lee, San Diego Comic Con, Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan?S Hope, Joss Whedon, Morgan Spurlock, Comic Con, Comic-Con, Harry Knowles, Entertainment News

For some, it is Valhalla; for others, it is a seething, roiling, chaotic pit of humanity. For many, I suspect, it's a phenomenon just slightly more indecipherable than Naked Lunch.

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The Complexity of a Fantastic Four

Dave Astor | Posted 03.20.2012

During a single year of the not-great Harding presidency, four great cartoonists came into the world. Two of those 1922-born men died recently -- "The Family Circus" creator Bil Keane in November and the Joker creator (some say co-creator) Jerry Robinson in December.

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How Art Dealers Make History

ARTINFO | Posted 12.19.2011

Read More: Stan Lee, Richard Polsky, Art, Picasso, Moma, Artinfo, Gallerists, Greatest Art Dealers, Art Gallerists, Best Gallerists, Best Art Dealers, Art Dealers, The Art Prophets: The Artists Dealers and Tastemakers Who Shook the Art World, Art Galleries, Arts News

Richard Polsky's new book, "The Art Prophets: The Artists, Dealers, and Tastemakers Who Shook the Art World," which has just come out from Other Press, focuses on people with visionary abilities who, as he puts it, "snatched something out of the wind and conjured up a hurricane that redirected the art scene." In this entertaining book of essays, Polsky has profiled ten of these "prophets" and the movements they helped launch during the last 60 years or so.

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Morgan Spurlock Unveils New Comic-Con Documentary

Andrew Reilly | Posted 11.12.2011

Documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock debuted his latest, 'Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan’s Hope', at the Toronto International Film festival this week...

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WATCH: Geekiest Marriage Proposals Of All-Time?

Posted 10.14.2011

Read More: Stan Lee, San Diego Comic Con, Video, Marriage Proposals, Captain America, Geeky Marriage Proposal, Star Trek, Captain Picard, Comedy News

Where do you pop the question? In the middle of a baseball game? During a long walk on the beach after a fancy dinner? No, San Diego Comic Con, of...

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The Problem Isn't That the New Ultimate Spider-Man is Black/Hispanic. The Problem Is That Peter Parker Had to Die to Make It Happen.

Scott Mendelson | Posted 10.03.2011

Read More: Essays. Politics, Stan Lee, Brian Michael Bendis, Race, Marvel, Ultimate Spider-Man, Miles Morales, Donald Glover, Entertainment News

In the real world, the one Ultimate Spider-Man was supposed to take place in, heroes don't always have to die. Sometimes they do just fade away, to a life of normalcy and happiness. It was the very least Parker deserved.

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Joe Simon: Creator Of Captain America and a Living Legend

Bryan Young | Posted 09.28.2011

Read More: Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Michael Chabon, Comics, Joe Simon, Romance Comics, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, World War II, Captain America, Newspaper Industry, Books News

With the release of the incredibly well-put together, amazing, thrilling Captain America movie, I think it's time to take a look at one of the unsung heroes of the character. Joe Simon created Captain America and he's a living legend.

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Comic Con Preview: Stan Lee on How SDCC Has Evolved

Shira Lazar | Posted 09.20.2011

Read More: Marvel Comics, Sdcc, Stan Lee, Shira Lazar, San Diego, What's Trending, Stan Lee and Marvel Comics, Stan Lee Comic Con, Stan Lee Spider-Man, Entertainment News

For those who have been to San Diego Comic Con, you know it's a grueling five day marathon of attending panels, waiting in line and splurging your cash on that latest convention collectable PVC figurine.

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How I Learned to Spell Spider-Man (and Watched a Groundbreaking Show in the Process)

E. Nina Rothe | Posted 08.16.2011

Read More: Bono, Stan Lee, Broadway, Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark, The Edge, Spider-Man Musical, Reeve Carney, Arts News

Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark is not your typical NY Broadway musical; it's a fantastic spectacle that makes one rethink the American show.

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Cinefantastique Spotlight Podcast: X-Men: First Class

Dan Persons | Posted 08.06.2011

Read More: Action-Adventure, Stan Lee, Bryan Singer, Justice, Repression, Emotion, Marvel Entertainment, Activism, War, X-Men, Drama, Michael Fassbender, Controversy, Success, Oliver Platt, Jennifer Lawrence, Kevin Bacon, Marvel Studios, Matthew Vaughn, Social Drama, James McAvoy, Marvel Comics, Science Fiction, Racism, Fantasy, X-Men First Class, Explosions, January Jones, Entertainment News

X-Men: First Class is the latest installment of the Marvel film franchise to use comic book action to address some potent social issues.

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Read Comics On Your iPhone

Yahoo! News | MATT MOORE, Associated Press | Posted 07.23.2011

Read More: Comic Books, Stan Lee, Stan Lee BOOM! Comics App, Fantastic Four, Stan Lee Comics App, App Library, iPhone Apps, Boom! Studios, X-Men, Books News

Stan Lee, whose career writing comic books has run from the golden age to contemporary times, is going digital....

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First Spider-Man Comic Sells For HUGE Money

AP | MATT MOORE | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jack Kirby, Stan Lee, Comic Books, Steve Ditko, Amazing Fantasy No. 15, Comics, Spider-Man, Spider-Man Comics, Spiderman, Entertainment News

PHILADELPHIA — A comic collector has been caught in Spider-Man's web, paying $1.1 million for a near-mint copy of "Amazing Fantasy" No. 15 that feat...

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New 'Spider-Man' Movie Title Announced

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Andrew Garfield, Stan Lee, Marvel Comics, The Amazing Spider-Man, Andrew Garfield Emma Watson, Spider-Man Movie, The Amazing Spider-Man Movie, Andrew Garfield Spider-Man, Spider-Man, Spiderman, Movies, Entertainment News

Spider-Man's future gives a nod to its past. Sony Pictures announced the title of the new Spider-Man movie today, revealing that the series reboot ...

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Fantastic Three? Famous Comic Character To Die

AP | MATT MOORE | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Comic Books, Stan Lee, Marvel Comics, Human Torch, End of the Fantastic Four, Fantastic Four, Fantastic Three, Entertainment News

NEW YORK — It's a Fantastic Four farewell with the revelation Tuesday of who among them has been selected to be written out of the super hero team. ...

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Above the Fold-In: Al Jaffee Shares His Secrets

Dan Lybarger | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Al Jaffee's Mad Life, Stan Lee, Tall Tales, Cartoons, Comics, Books, Al Jaffee, Humbug, Mary Lou Weisman, Antonio Prohias, Harvey Kurtzman, Al Feldstein, Illustrations, Will Elder, Mad Magazine, Kim Kardashian, Larry Siegel, Arts News

In 1978, Al Jaffee got me into trouble with my fifth grade teacher, and I've been grateful ever since. I thought his series on dealing with dog dro...

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Stan Lee Joins With MTV To Create New Comic Series

AP | SANDY COHEN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Stan Lee, Mtv, The Seekers Mtv, The Seekers, Stan Lee Mtv, Stan Lee the Seekers, POW Entertainment, Stan Lee New Comic Series, Media News

LOS ANGELES — MTV is helping to bring Stan Lee's newest superhero to life. The network is joining forces with Lee's POW Entertainment to create...

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Unlikely Saints: Stan Lee, Soupy Sales and the Golden Rule

Rev. Peter M. Wallace | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Spider-Man, Stan Lee, Spider Man, Jesus Golden Rule, Christianity, Stan Lee Spider-Man, Spiderman, Golden Rule, Religion News

Reading the well-known Golden Rule twice in two days from my two childhood heroes had a major impact on me. Both of them have been "good guys" in every sense of the word over the years, and now I understood why.

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Confessions of a Groundhog

Jon Chattman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Stan Lee, The Lion King, Groundhog Day, Gobbler's Knob, Farmer's Almanac, Punxsutawney, Meerkat, Meteorologist, Weather Forecast, Groundhogs, Snow, Winter, Weather, Bill Murray, Entertainment News

(As told to me by Punxsutawney Phil) It's been happening for over a century, and to be quite honest, it needs to stop right now. It needed to stop l...

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Spidey Suit: Marvel Sued For $750M In Movie Profits

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Stan Lee, Marvel, Spider Man, Iron Man, X-Men, Entertainment News

NEW YORK — Shareholders of an ill-fated Stan Lee venture are seeking more than $750 million in profits from films and other works based on Marve...

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Another Practically Priceless Blog Entry in the Mighty Marvel Manner!

Erik Lundegaard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Comic Books, Stan Lee, Marvel Comics, Superheroes, Captain America, The Fantastic Four, Spider-Man, Comics, Entertainment News

Stan Lee turned out to be about the nicest famous person I've ever met. First, he let us sit in on the interview. Then when the interview was over, he didn't turn off. I don't know if he has an "off."

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Showtime Developing Gay Superhero Show

Variety | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gay Superhero, Perry Moore, Stan Lee, Television, Hero, Showtime, Entertainment News

Showtime is developing an hourlong project from comicbook icon Stan Lee that tracks the life of a gay superhero. Project is being exec produced by Le...

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Comic-Con! Stan Lee To Guest In "Wolverine" Movie

AP | SANDY COHEN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Comic-Con, Hugh Jackman, Wolverine, Stan Lee, Entertainment News

SAN DIEGO — The creator of "X-Men" bumped into Wolverine at Comic-Con. After happy introductions between Stan Lee and Hugh Jackman, the actor a...

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