Rămas-bun, Stan Lee!

12.11.2018 sau ziua sumbră a universului de benzi desenate.

Stan Lee (Stanley Martin Lieber), scriitor și editor american, a murit luni, 12 noiembrie, la vârsta de 95 de ani. Acesta este recunoscut pentru că a revoluţionat universul benzilor desenate creând pentru  Marvel Comics personaje simbolice precum Spider-Man,  Hulk,  X-Men sau Cei patru fantastici.

S-a născut pe 28 decembrie 1922 în  Manhattan, SUA. Foarte puțină lume știe că acesta avea origini românești. Părinții săi, Jack Lieber și Celia (născută Solomon), erau evrei și au părăsit România în urmă cu un secol.

Cu ajutorul unui unchi, acesta începe să lucreze la  revista Captain America Comics, iar prima bandă desenată semnată de el apare în anul 1941. 

Astăzi, după foarte mulți ani de la prima lui publicație, numele lui este sinonim cu universul Marvel. Împreună cu alți artiști  (Jack Kirby și Steve Ditko), a creat multe personaje, cum ar fi: Spider-Man, Fantastic Four, X-Men, Avengers, Iron Man, Hulk, Thor, Daredevil, Doctor Strange. 

"I have always included minority characters in my stories, often as heroes. We live in a diverse society — in fact, a diverse world, and we must learn to live in peace and with respect for each other." - Stan Lee

"The pleasure of reading a story and wondering what will come next for the hero is a pleasure that has lasted for centuries and, I think, will always be with us." 

"If I'm half as good as everybody said I am, I'm far too good to be wasting time with ordinary people. But I seem to be spending my life with ordinary people, who are the best people in the world."

"I've been the luckiest man in the world because I've had friends, and to have the right friends is everything: people you can depend on, people who tell you the truth if you ask something."

"For years, kids have been asking me what's the greatest superpower. I always say luck. If you're lucky, everything works. I've been lucky."

"All I thought about when I wrote my stories was, 'I hope that these comic books would sell so I can keep my job and continue to pay the rent.' Never in a million years could I have imagined that it would turn into what it has evolved into nowadays."

"Just because you have superpowers, that doesn't mean your love life would be perfect. I don't think superpowers automatically means there won't be any personality problems, family problems or even money problems. I just tried to write characters who are human beings who also have superpowers."

"I used to be embarrassed because I was just a comic book writer while other people were building bridges or going on to medical careers. And then I began to realize: Entertainment is one of the most important things in people's lives. Without it, they might go off the deep end."

“With great power comes great responsibilty.” 

Rămas-bun, Stan Lee! Rămas-bun, maestre! 

“Face front, true believers!” 

― Stan Lee

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