After returning from the sunny Midwest for a little R&R with the rest of Team Pepose, I’ve had some interesting stories popping up in my Inbox — especially with some news honoring one of the architects of the House of Ideas.
And lo, there came… STAN LEE DAY! The Hero Initiative has posted a copy of the actual citation given to Stan from the city of Los Angeles, where the creator of Spider-Man, the X-Men, and Fing Fang Foom was honored with his very own holiday!
I don’t know about you guys, but the idea of the Los Angeles Board of Supervisors even thinking about “the development of flawed, complex and naturalistic superhero personalities into what had previously been largely a childish and simplistic universal of one-dimensional characters” in an official capacity kind of makes me laugh a little. Congratulations, Stan!
October 14th, 2009 at 10:32 am
This is damn awesome.
I think there was a George Perez day earlier this year in Orlando, too.
The look on his face when he got the certificate was just priceless.
October 14th, 2009 at 12:06 pm
The flourish and ornament would be excessive for all but a few select larger-than-life people, but it’s completely appropriate for Stan the Man.
October 14th, 2009 at 12:20 pm
Um… CO-creator.