Stan Lee tarnished his own reputation as much as the people who want to take everything away from him. And to not see that, I feel is a disservice to Lee, Kirby, Ditko and all the others who worked at Marvel in the 1960s. In 1972, Lee signed a contract with Cadence which said Lee would be recognized officially by Marvel as the sole author of Marvel Comics Group and all of its characters Lee worked on. No co-creation was mentioned for Kirby or Ditko. Many times over the decades, Lee has taken credit for things and contradicted himself on said claims. I've seen several interviews over the years where Lee has taken credit for the creation of Doctor Strange, claiming he wanted to do his own take on a magician. Well, that's a total fabrication. Lee wrote a postcard to Martin Goodman shortly before publication of Strange's public debut, which was later published in one of the trade paperbacks on Doctor Strange where Lee clearly stated that Strange was Ditko's idea. A mighty big contradiction if you ask me. Now, does that mean Lee had zilch to do with the characters that were created at Marvel? Absolutely not! But that doesn't mean Lee was the sole creator either. The artists Lee worked with did help make characters what we know them to be today. And some were the creation of the artists and Lee helped flesh them out in their dialogue. In other words, the artists Lee worked with came up with just as many ideas and looks for the characters as Lee did. And I'm not taking anything away from Lee and attributing it to others. Lee did a great job on his part. I just wish things were more solidly grounded in the co-creation department.
So you are really a museum with price tags on the items. I can see the book covers on the internet without traveling to Colorado. If i want mile high prices to pay i can go to a convention and save the cost of gas, food, hotels, not to mention all the perv flags and painted steps.
For starters, every day single item is highly over priced. You can find anything they online for nearly half the price they are trying to charge. Second, while yhe owner may be gay, the damn store isn't. Why do we need gay pride junk all over the store? And no, far from homophobic before someone tries to accuse me of being homophobic. But... society doesn't need o know you're gey buddy. We dont need that nonsense painted on everything. Why jam the fact you're gay in everyone's face? Kinda weird.
May we build you a pot!? We have pueblo blood in us, but we are only part, but we make some good pots and I like to make fantasy designs and you may have one in mind that I want to make,.. I will delete this message in a couple of weeks, but if you want to get in contact, there are several ways! Thank you for sharing this and we would love to have a piece of art in your gallery!
Thanks so much for sharing your deep passion in ancient ceramics, and this incredible collection. Love your attitude of protecting these pieces of art and conection to Mother earth. We are pebbles in the dessert and it is beautifull to keep these treasures for future generations.❤
I would love to re bag and board the entire store. It's like meditation to me. Take a comic out of it's bag get your bags & boards out and one by one you take them out, admire the art and the smell of the pages, and proceed to put it in a new bag & board. The world just slips away and all that's left is the experience.
Many of the Dealers were comicbook collectors best example was the first Comicon in New York in 1964. Fat Phil had a dark side keeping comics out of some dealers to control his power. This is why Long Island had problems opening shops.
Why is Roy saying he co created Logan lately... all he did was tell other people to do a canadian character, and Dave Cockrum told him he had an idea for a character called The Wolverine.
Awesome! I will be in Denver, at your Mega comic store, hopefully next summer...currently overseas for an extended period but...And I will be looking to buy - and hopefully promote my own comics;-) - buy some of your Bronze Age Marvel comics... AGL
To listen to two legends: one a comics creator and the other a comics retailer but both comics fans for life! It is great to hear both speaking of Jack and Stan at that party and finally putting the past to rest, amazing! I have nothing but respect for both of you and certainly eternally grateful to the ORIGINALS: Stan, Jack and Steve! Without whom, comics would not be what they became. Marvel would not be what it was in the 60s, 70s, and 80s, as well as the 90s...not sure what they are today! Excellent, Chuck! I remember the 80s as a young boy collecting comics and certainly sometime in the summer of 82 I think it was when I opened a Marvel Comics envelope and inside a letter from none other than Jim Shooter! A rejection letter after I had submitted some pinup drawings that were most probably horrible! But Jim Shooter was a true gentleman and despite his rejection, he encouraged me to keep at it! I did but enlisted in the Army and made a career out of it and soon I will start publishing my own comics through my imprint, AGL COMICS. Oh, and I wish that I still had his letter, which I had up to about late 2014 when much of my old drawing which I had in several boxes were destroyed! Long story. But will always remember Jim's letter and hope to meet up with him in the future... AGL, Former Green Beret and ComicsCreator!
If the comparison of Kirby and fucking Michelangelo is remotely serious... I believe you two are certifiably insane... Praying for you , that you can further educate yourselves about what he and Da Vinci were capable of, in their fullest attributable conquest of art itself. Kirby was an amazing penciller, but Da Vinci or Michelangelo were titans of expression, in a stratosphere infinitely more grand than any notion of pulp art or print art. Check yourselves.
You should stop worrying about all this stuff and put on your wife's panties and dance around in front of little kids. Don't you have North American man boy love association meeting
Hi Chuck. A well-known British collector once visited my home and brought along ( with a box of other stuff) high grade copies of Action 1, Detective 27, Superman 1 and Batman 1. I held them and showed them to my wife (Think of the cover of Superman 100.) Never thought to have a photo taken! Doh!
Hi Jim. Hi Chuck. I was born in 1951. Loved the Silver Age. But tell me, truthfully, what did you think of John Forte's art. He was more than fine on the Tales of the Bizzaro World series... But otherwise?
Dear Chuck, i'm an Italian comic book collector and every time i watch this videos the only word i can say is ...amazing! This is your job, but beyond, this is your passion and i very appreciate your vision of work and life. Thru the years i' ve purchased many times comics from your website and everything has always arrived to me packaged with extreme care. Carry on Mr.Chuck! A big hug, from Bologna, Italy Marco
My Wife and I owned a comic Shop in Australia for 30 Years. We are retired now however our Business existed because of pioneers like these two. Great Video. Do yourself a favour and read the Early issues of Jim Shooter's company Valiant comics.
