I do have to apologize for my tone, because (if you couldn’t gather hahaha) it’s an open wound still. Not just for me either. As big as these guys are in our heads, they were and remain human. I do have a some obvious contempt you’re right, though I wouldn’t call it a view as Lee being a coward per se. A LOT changed…

Again, this is not about getting a pat on the back, it’s about ownership of ideas. Marvel did do a lot of innovative things, a number of which you cited, and hindsight is 20/20. I can tell you from personal experience, a credit does little to assuage the hurt and embarrassment of realizing you gave away the farm for a…

True. At the point of inception Stan was not in a position of power. For the record I am not blaming Stan Lee for the inequities of creator rights in comics. I’m saying he simply didn’t champion them in this case, which is a point we seem to agree on.

Well that is very kind of you. Thank you, truly. It was my first significant work, and I was really fortunate to have my mentor who was also the guy who’s comics inspired me in the first place, to contribute to it. Right now I’m working on a book called Murder Ballads which should be cool. Dan Auerbach from The Black…

Yes, you got me.

Now the big one is protecting your intellectual property with respect to media when working with a publisher. The dance is “sure, we’ll publish you but we get all you IP.” So AGAIN, we’re back at a crossroads where is it about survival today, or long term investment by betting on yourself. Nothing has really changed…

Oh I’ll totally meet you half way on all that, for sure Jack was no saint. It’s just the ownership issue with me, not least of all because it is STILL somehow a thing we have to look out for in this day and age.

You have to remember that at the time we are referring to, there was no “work for hire.” It’s only as a result of Kirby and Siegel and Shuster that a precedence was established. It’s only been in the past 15-20 years that comics have been taken seriously at large in American society and not just distractions (or…

I hear where you’re coming from. For clarofication, where I am coming from is the perspective of someone who literally creates comics for a living. I am at my desk, typing this over a page right now.

There are a lot of people who have been pushed to the side, not least of all Bill Finger on Batman. As the Wal-Mart greeter to the world on behalf of comics for the last 30 years, sure-I’ll give it to you that Stan Lee has done his job there. But as far as accolades go-Lee has no track record for producing top tier…

If it doesn’t start at the right time, Lee comes on around minute 17:00

You talking about this one, where he phoned in while Kirby was doing an interview for his 70th birthday?

To be honest i was walking to the bathroom at Barnes and Nobles and just happened to see it, and I pulled it out just enough to take that pic. I never bothered to look inside. I may not have an Eisner yet but I’m certain there’s nothing to be gleaned from that book.

“Step One: Hire Jack Kirby.”

But he sounds like a Jim Henson, Muppet.

As a professional, sdcc is a necessary evil to us in many respects, and at best an excuse to see all our friends in one place for a small window once a year. To say that there is an emphasis placed upon the comic component of the con at this point would be a lie. Since Iron Man’s success in ‘08, each year has…

A license plate owned by a man named, “Troller” upset people...hmmm, go figure.

Partner no one has ever heard of you say?

As someone who grew up in Idaho before it became an investment property for Californians, I can tell you that even though cowboy hats and rural dress stand out like a sore thumb anywhere else, you may as well be invisible to city people.

Am I the only person here picking up on the Nick Steranko/Nick Fury vibe that Harry is putting off?