We are Back online after 3 days of Mourning and reflection after the loss of Stan Lee.
We have and will continue to mourn the loss of the Greatest comic book creator to have lived. But now what do we do. Who can fill the shoes of StanThe MAN Lee?
The truth is no one can fill Stans shoes as Travis Gibb Pointed out when Rob AndersSiN, Chuck Pineau and Travis Gibb got together before the site went dark to talk about the impact of the loss of Stan Lee. What Stan did can never be recreated or duplicated. However, his legacy must live beyond him and it is now the job of all creators especially indie Creators to help keep the spirit if fearless creation alive.
We must all stand side by side and we must all hope that together we can change the world like Stan Did. That is the true legacy of Stan Lee that every creator is now tasked with.
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And a few Words from Site Creator Mr. AnderSiN
I have spent the last few days in reflection of a lot of things in my life and in the world around me. Death does that to us I suppose, we take stock of our lives when face with mortaillty. Truth be told I can’t help feel as those Stan Lee might have died with a Broken Heart. If we take an honest look of Comics books both indie and Mainstream and all the negativity around it we should all be ashmend.
Now this isn’t in any way a commentary about the topics you want to cover or what you create. This is in no ways a self appointed gate Keeper letter. As comic book creators we have to create from a place of inspiration and personal experience. We create the stories and charcthers we want to see before we even think about how the audience will feel about it.
This is a commentary about how poorly we treat each other and legacy we must now carry. Comics are a vehicle for challenging ideas and even society itself. However comics are not an excuse to bring more uglyness to life they are in fact more often and escape from the uglyness of life. Creators feel empowered by thier personal beliefs and Morals to be, well, Shity. There was a time when Stans beliefs about comics opposed DC’s beliefs, and even what method made good comics. And while on Occasion things where said and done to rib eachother under Stan, it was done in a way not to, at least be publicly, be ugly. I don’t think you will easily find a time Stan Lee Ripped into someone or some comapny, in fact his way of getting back was by entertain readers and selling books. A lesson we all need to relearn.
I could go on about how much I have seen and what I don’t like about the past few years but instead want to talk about how we move forward together. We must re-center and put trust in the simple fact that the readers are the judge of our content. We must allow all ideas to be expressed in the pages of comics and discontinue this habit of self policing comic books. We must applaud people creating new content and those who speak their mind all while respecting their right to do so even when we fundamentally disagree. We need to wage our war of ideals via comic book bubbles and panels and not have it spill over into public view via nasty social media comments. We must once again allow room for us to sit and talk with eachother, but more importantly listen to each other. Life and Comics are about growth, propspetive and experience. We are always learning a new way forward and that is done when we achive understand and new prespetives other than out own.
So I will honor Stan Lee by contineuing to create and do so fearlessly. I will continue to Advocate for all Creators like myself. For the past 3 days I was silent on all Social media. My choice to do so, along with our site was to express how I felt, that Comics had lost is biggest advocating Voice in Comics when Stan Lee left. But now it is time to carry on for him and continue to Advocate. Now that I have shown him the respect with my sileice and honored him in my own way, it is time to get back to doing what he did over a life time, advocating for Creations and NewWorlds. – Mr. AnderSiN
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